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Results of a recent study showed the introduction of a visual aid into an electronic health record order entry system reduced unintentional duplicate orders for lab and radiology tests by 49% and 40% respectively. The study, which included nearly 184,700 patients, took place in the Beth Israel…
The American Nurses Association (ANA) this week released 13 updated policy statements on the prevention and care for HIV and related conditions. “Our nation cannot solve this epidemic without nurses,” said ANA President Ernest Grant, PhD, RN.
The landmark Institute of Medicine report To Err is Human spurred two decades of system-level approaches to improving the quality and safety of U.S. health care.
The AONL and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) have collaborated since 2010 to explore using academic-practice partnerships to advance the profession by preparing a well-educated workforce. Their work is explored in the December issue of the Journal of Nursing Administration.…
Health care leaders have come around to the idea soft skills, such as empathy, can deliver hard results, such as improved patient outcomes. Central to the debate about soft skills is the concept of joy.
A growing shortage of nursing experience could undermine quality of care the authors of a December JONA article argued.
Almost every hospital machine now comes with an alarm, and the constant noise has threatened to overwhelm nurses. Meanwhile, patient fear of setting off bed or other alarms can lead to immobility, a critical problem for patients whose recovery depends in part on movement. The Joint Commission…
A digital version of the 2020 AHA Environmental Scan is now available. This annual publication details the most-pressing data and trends in health care today. Insights from the scan will help health care leaders strategize and plan for the future with insights related to access, health and well-…
Twenty years ago, the Institute of Medicine released, To Err is Human, a report which drew attention to the need to do more to prevent medical harm.
Researchers, innovators, patients and others with expertise in nephology are invited to submit proposals to Redesign Dialysis Phase 2, a competition to develop prototypes to improve dialysis.