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How to Prove that Cutting Staff Won’t Actually Save Money
When cutting costs, many hospitals trim less expensive staff, like techs and transporters. You may suspect this is a bad move, but we help you make the business case for creating the most efficient...
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Why Guess? Know How to Change Hospital Processes with Confidence
If you don’t know for certain that a process change will work before you try it, you’re guessing. People guess because it’s easier than looking at data. Or because they have anecdotal evidence. “That...
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How the Best Nurse Leaders Decide Which Problem to Focus on First
So you think you have a big chaotic mess and don’t know where to start? The Emergency Department (ED) boards patients. PACU backs up. Inpatient Average Length of Stay (ALOS) continues to increase....
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How the Best Hospitals Manage Social Determinants of Health
At the AONE and the Patient Experience conferences last month, three presentations stood out. Each described innovative ways to quantify and manage social determinants of health. HOME TELEHEALTH The...
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How to Reinvent Nursing for Population Health
58% of nurses currently work in an acute care setting. But, as providers start to manage health rather than treat illness, we expect inpatient days to decline. The number of hospital-based nursing jobs...
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How to Get the Most Value from Healthcare Conferences
This morning, sorting through notes from the American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) 2015 Conference I attended in April in Phoenix. I came across this doodle I scribbled in a margin: Have we...
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Rebuttal to “14 Things I Wish I Knew Before Becoming a Nurse”
Cosmopolitan magazine recently published “14 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Became a Nurse” that received a lot of attention and commentary on social media. I’m sure it also caught the attention of...
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How Will You Make Money If You Don’t Know What Nursing Costs?
“We have to cut nursing costs” are dangerous words when we don’t know what it actually costs for nurses to deliver patient care. Often, nursing care is still considered part of Room and Board. Without...
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Why Enlightened Self-Interest Improves Patient Care
Which would you rather take part in: an opportunity to enhance your skill set, or, a mandated quality improvement program? A recent study illustrates that investing in the professional growth of...
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How to Prevent Reimbursement Denials Before They Occur
Overlooked reimbursement denials can put 1-3% (or more) of net hospital revenue at risk. In a billion dollar revenue health system, avoidable denials run $8-25 million per year. Clinical denials...
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