When the healthcare industry examines ever-growing burnout and staffing shortages, EHRs continue to top the list of reasons clinicians find themselves frustrated enough to step away.
As hospitals and health systems continue to seek solutions to workforce staffing—particularly nursing—many are veering away from traditional methods and embracing new ways of attracting and retaining employees.
DAX Express is an AI-powered solution that automatically documents patient encounters through voice-enabled technology. Clinicians can use the solution to take notes during patient interactions, helping speed up documentation and eliminate administrative burden.
The following is part two of our interview with Maya Bizri, MD, MPH, a psychiatrist and consultation-liaison psychiatrist looking for solutions to provide support for healthcare providers working in low-resource settings or in global disaster settings. She’s worked in conflict...
Moral injury is taking a mental and emotional toll on healthcare providers everywhere, from those treating refugees from the wars in Ukraine and Sudan to those at home writing prescriptions they know their patients can’t afford.
Staffing is a complex decision based on the experience and clinical expertise of the nurse, care team, resources, and patient needs,” AONL said in a prepared statement. “Organizational leaders, nurse managers, and direct care nurses, not policymakers, should collaboratively align staffing with...
For the good of providers and patients, behavioral healthcare facilities need to prioritize good customer service, says Kevin Ann Huckshorn, PhD, MSN, RN, ICADC, a licensed and certified mental health nurse and substance abuse clinician with more than three decades of experience...
One of the most common practices among nurse leaders to improve retention is employee rounding—so much so that the time-consuming practice has been “hard-wired” into leadership routines. Problem is, rounding as most nurse leaders conduct it, is generally useless, according to research by, in...
To address burnout, physicians and nurses prefer actions to boost nurse staffing, increase clinician control over workload, and improve work environments rather than wellness programs and resilience training, a new ...
Creating and sustaining a culture of safety has been a challenge for many healthcare organizations, but the objective value in having one can’t be overstated. Organizations like the Institute for Healthcare...
