Early during the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of medical school applicants rose 17.8%, according to Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). While the number of applicants and first-year enrollees for the 2022-2023 school year has reverted to pre-pandemic levels, several traditionally...
If you chair meetings for your medical staff, or if you work with or supervise someone who does, you need to be aware of common meeting management styles. The chair’s meeting management style can have a tremendous impact on meeting attendance, participation, and outcomes. The most effective...
This is the first article by two authors who are coming full circle back to HCPro. We both have previously worked with HCPro when it was partners with The Greeley company. Now that we’re back, we’re launching a monthly column. For this first entry, we have a conversation about how recent events...
The conviction of former Vanderbilt University Medical Center nurse RaDonda Vaught in March for negligent homicide and gross neglect of an impaired adult due to a medical error made headlines nationwide. Organizations such as the American Organization for Nursing Leadership and the American...
The average cost of a hospital stay in the United States is $2,873 a day, with the average stay lasting 4.6 days, according to a recent report by ValuePenguin using data from the Kaiser Family Foundation and the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
As more workers return to the office, the in-person meeting is back. After two years of virtual meetings, there are certain factors that need to be considered when meeting face-to-face. For example, room setup can affect a meeting in significant ways.
