Articles Tagged With: staff
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OSHA Issues Alert on Safety of Nursing Home Workers
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is advising nursing homes to regularly screen staff for symptoms of COVID-19, as long-term care has been hit by devastating outbreaks of the virus.
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Researchers Offer Guidelines for Providing Psychological Support
Healthcare workers need psychological support during and after the pandemic as they cope with moral injury, acute stress reactions, burnout, depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder. A group of researchers published pragmatic recommendations for organizations about how to support their workers during the COVID-19 crisis.
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Clock Starts Ticking When COVID-19 Enters Nursing Home
Considering the high risk of spread after COVID-19 enters a nursing home, facilities must act immediately to protect residents, families, and staff from serious illness and death.
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Bedside Registration Best for Patient Flow, But the Process Needs Fine-Tuning
Bedside registration has been in place for more than 20 years in the ED at William Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak (MI). However, the process has changed many times in recent years
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Can’t Offer Salary Increases? Staff Might Prefer Flexible Scheduling
Morale was at an all-time low when Stefani Moore, regional manager of patient access at St. Joseph Health in Irvine, CA, took over the department. Self-scheduling was one of the first changes she made.
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Your Most Expensive Asset Might Be at Risk
I enjoy writing about issues that affect all of us in the surgery industry, from freestanding ambulatory surgery centers to hospital-based to office-based.
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Staff Members Asked For, and Received, More ‘Face Time’ With Managers
The most recent employee satisfaction survey at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, MN, revealed that patient access staff wanted more communication from management.
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Obtain Pay Increases, or Offer Incentives
Are you meeting with human resources staff to justify pay increases for patient access? Lauren Delpino, manager of the Patient Service Center at Chester, PA-based Crozer-Keystone Health System, offers these two “talking points”:
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Can Alarm Fatigue Be Conquered?
Yes, say the hospitals cutting the noise.
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Quality and Safety Promoted by Disclosing Errors to All Staff
Most hospitals have embraced the idea of disclosing medical errors to the patient and family members, but Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, goes a step further by informing all hospital staff about these incidents.