Hospitals Lag in Workforce Diversity

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John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the nation’s hospitals employ more than 4.8 million people, making these centers of healing powerful economic engines for the communities they serve. Unfortunately, when it comes to diversity in the workforce, hospitals are not leading the way. According to a survey from the… Read more »

10 Tips and 32 Strategies for Healthcare CEOs

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Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media An Institute of Medicine report released this month may give some cost-embattled healthcare executives just what they need, even if it’s not something they’re all ready for just yet. It’s a 10-point “CEO Checklist for High-Value HealthCare,” a list of tips on how to keep their organizations alive, written by… Read more »

Health IT a quantum leap from other industries

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By Ken Terry, FierceHealthIT Many physicians are dissatisfied with electronic health record systems, according to a recent survey of members of the professional networking site Sermo. Forty-four percent of respondents said EHRs are not designed with physicians in mind; 15 percent said they believe EHRs lower the quality of care; and 73 percent said EHRs… Read more »

6 Ways to Get Physicians on Board with Decision Support

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This article appears in the May 2012 issue of HealthLeaders magazine. The successful adoption of clinical decision support at Penn Medicine in Philadelphia came after years of work that included physicians and other clinicians in the development process, says Michael Restuccia, vice president and CIO. These are some of the important steps in the Penn… Read more »

How Medical Staffing Can Improve Patient Safety and Reduce Medical Errors

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Even with legions of clinicians and healthcare executives working to improve patient safety, medical errors still cost tens of thousands of lives each year. What more can hospitals do to reduce the number of medication errors, hospital infections and even wrong-site surgeries? Many institutions are making progress in guarding against medical errors by recruiting medical… Read more »