Of the many fundamental changes brought about by the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2009, one of the most significant is the newfound emphasis on patient/member satisfaction. Prior to the ...

Nurse burnout was linked to lower healthcare quality and safety as well as lower patient satisfaction, according to a new review and meta-analysis. The report was published Tuesday in JAMA Network ...

Imagine you or your loved one is sitting in a hospital bed, you need something so you ring the call bell and … wait, and wait, and wait for someone to arrive. Has this happened to you yet? Did it ...

A new Gallup poll has named nurses first and doctors a distant second in the 2023 health care provider rankings. Released Dec. 18, the new survey revealed that 82% of those asked rated nurses ...

Perioperative nursing leaders have their work cut out for them to recruit, retain and develop tomorrow’s leaders amid an aging workforce and national nursing shortage. About 55 percent of top-level ...

A nurse-led family support intervention in ICUs led to a small, but statistically significant, improvement in family satisfaction with care. Satisfaction with involvement in decision-making also ...

An overwhelming majority of nurses are happy with their career choices in 2024, with 92% glad they entered the profession, according to Medscape’s 2024 “What They Love and Loathe: Medscape Nurse ...

The nurse staffing crisis isn’t new, but the situation has only intensified since the Covid-19 pandemic. “Our hospitals are at risk if they don’t have enough nurses.” Nurses from Montefiore Medical ...

KCCI EIGHT NEWS AT SIX. KCCI INVESTIGATES CONCERNS FROM SOME MEDICAL STAFF WORKING AT MERCYONE. AS KCCI ALYX SACKS SHOWS US, THOSE CONCERNS RANGE FROM THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS ASSIGNED TO EACH NURSE TO ...

Alexander Podgornyy, CEO at IT Medical, software development company, specializing in custom AI-powered solutions for the healthcare sector. AI assistants have the potential to carry out many of the ...

Its opponents, primarily organizations that represent doctors, contend that giving nurses more independence would increase risk to patients. Physician oversight ensures proper diagnosis and treatment, ...