I am pleased to host Season 9 of The Handoff, a podcast for nurse leaders brought to you by Works. As an independent member of the podcast team, I really get to have a blast simply talking with incredible colleagues... Read More
I am pleased to host Season 9 of The Handoff, a podcast for nurse leaders brought to you by Works. As an independent member of the podcast team, I really get to have a blast simply talking with incredible colleagues... Read More
While this is different from Gallup’s annual honesty and ethics survey (that usually comes out mid-January), a recent Health & Healthcare Survey indicated 8 out of 10 Americans put nurses at the top of the list for excellent/good care among... Read More
She pulled two siloed departments together to develop efficiencies for patients and the healthcare system. He saw an opportunity to standardize items across providers, reducing inventory and saving finances. She knows there’s a better way to complete that process, and... Read More
I spent the majority of last week at a training about lean tools and concepts. At the beginning of the class, the instructor asked how many people volunteered for the class as opposed to how many were “voluntold” to attend... Read More
Here’s a smidgen of what I filled my brain with over the long weekend… No Amount of Alcohol is Safe from Medscape Oncology Tiny PMS Match Why the quality measures in health care are deeply flawed by Karen S. Sibert, MD, via KevinMD.com When... Read More
It’s easy to point out the wrong in health care. It’s all around us. Despite the brokeness, there are dozens hundreds of processes and moments that do work well. Praise is limited for the on-time surgery with appropriate and accurate “time-outs;” reconciled instrument counts;... Read More