Complicated rules surround hazardous waste disposal and healthcare facilities want to reduce volume to save costs, but run the risk of not complying with the many regulations and agencies that monitor waste streams.
Gratitude is one of the most powerful forces that move an organization forward. It requires little to no increase in spending, increases employee engagement, decreases workforce stress and burnout, and rewards the giver as much as the receiver. This is an excerpt from an article in the monthly...
A new Government Accountability Office report examining the first three years of Hospital Value-based Purchasing program found modest financial benefits for hospitals and no apparent change in quality of care.
Burnout drains organizations of their mission and leads to costly and sometimes lethal consequences. Quint Studer, in his new book Healing Physician Burnout, defines burnout as a progressive loss of idealism, energy, and purpose. The good news is that while the problem of burnout may appear...
At any given moment, the intensity level within the ICU at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) in Boston can shift from relatively low to dangerously high. For clinicians, this shift is often instinctual, but difficult to grasp. A flurry of new patients may suddenly require more...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 26, Issue 10
