Given the rapidly changing healthcare environment, the role of physician leadership in driving change is of great importance. Great leaders not only will drive the changes necessary to implement a culture of safety and high reliability, but they will also be able to communicate...
A guide released by the Equity of Care initiative and the American Hospital Association's Hospitals (AHA) in Pursuit of Excellence outlines the steps necessary for an organization to become a "culturally competent" hospital. Cultural competence—the ability to provide care to patients with...
Maryland, Nevada, and Texas have joined the roster of states that require healthcare professionals in certain settings to wear a photo ID badge displaying their name and credentials. This makes it easier for patients to identify who on their medical teams are licensed MDs and DOs and who are...
Healthcare staffing models will shift to reduce post-discharge complications that can land patients back in the hospital, hospital executives and quality experts predict. Along with redeploying or retraining staff to avoid Medicare readmission penalties, some expect increased hiring for...
A New York state judge has ordered Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn, N.Y., to keep up its level of staffing after complaints by hospital workers that the State University of New York was allowing it to wither away even as officials publicly claimed they were doing everything possible...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 26
New Joint Commission requirements and revisions address leadership accountability for hospitalwide emergency management in hospitals and critical access hospitals. The prepublication requirements and revisions, announced earlier this week, provide a clearer description of leadership-level...
