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A paper published in JAMA Network Open in December 2023 provides health care leaders with guiding principles to reduce algorithm biases and avoid repeating mistakes that have led to worse outcomes for racial and ethnic minorities.
The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety this month published a 50th anniversary issue on health care equity.
The American Hospital Association last week released social media content and graphics in English and Spanish to help hospitals raise awareness about human trafficking during January’s National Human Trafficking Awareness Month.
An American Hospital Association podcast explores how three rural hospital leaders are retaining their workforce and attracting future generations of health care workers.
The Department of Health and Human Services’ this week released a final rule that partially restores the long-standing process for enforcing federal conscience laws, and strengthens protections against conscience and religious discrimination.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality will host a webinar featuring best practices for administering the Surveys on Patient Safety Culture on Jan. 24 from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. ET.
Leaders from Kaiser Permanente and Mass General Brigham discuss in an American Hospital Association podcast innovative workforce approaches to help clinicians thrive professionally and personally.
A study found specialized training, an easy-to-navigate environment and staff stability ─ as well as adding staff ─ are necessary to ensure high-quality care for patients with dementia living in nursing homes.
Primary care facilities employing stressed and burned out nurse practitioners experienced increased rates of elder patients with chronic conditions requiring emergency care, a study found.
Transcendental meditation improved the well-being of clinical nurses by decreasing posttraumatic stress disorder, anxiety, and burnout and increasing flourishing, according to a study.