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Six Ways Healthcare Leaders Can Be More Effective During Staff Rounding: eBook Excerpt

Leader rounds on staff should not be done merely as a way to follow protocol; they should be done with a purpose. Leaders should perform rounds to collect actionable information and to promote a “people-centered” culture across the organization. While several strategies can make rounds more purposeful, a key driver is effective communication.

April 01, 2021

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Leadership Development is a Growing Concern in Healthcare

Healthcare providers are functioning in a landscape that seems to be reshaped on a daily basis. While attempting to adjust to the explosion of healthcare reform, new regulations, performance standards, payment structures, ever-changing technology, and myriad other requirements, there remains the need to provide care to patients – and to do it perfectly every time.

April 01, 2021

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Select and Develop Healthcare Staff with Science-Based Tools

Healthcare organizations can improve their staff, culture, and outcomes with scientifically-developed behavioral assessment tools for hiring and for organizational development.

April 01, 2021

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CPR Skills Are Being Expanded to Airport Travelers

There’s a new way for people to learn how to save lives at a number of airports across the country. It is now possible to learn and practice Hands-Only CPR, a short process that takes just a few minutes; kiosks in five airports provide quick lessons and allow learners to practice via a video touch-screen and a kiosk-attached CPR manikin.

April 01, 2021

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Physicians: Provider Enrollment Must Go Digital

As healthcare organizations hire providers, they must enroll the providers with payers; there is also an increasing expectation to shorten the onboarding times. Proper and efficient provider enrollment is the key to providers’ participation with insurance plans.

April 01, 2021

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Physicians: Keeping Current When It Comes To CME

Continuing medical education (CME) in the U.S. is regulated by both state medical boards and specialty boards. All states require CME for license registration, and most states require CME for license renewal.

April 01, 2021

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Five Tips for Managing Employed Physicians

Physicians often lead the team that surrounds every patient, and we must integrate them into the patient experience in a way that enables the best patient outcomes.

April 01, 2021

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Questions Physicians Ask about 2016 Healthcare Trends

This post excerpts an article from the Q1 2016 Provider Advisor about 10 significant issues and trends currently facing physicians.

April 01, 2021

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Best Practices: Behavioral-Based Questions for Peer Interviewing (Part 3)

So, now you know the skill-based questions you’re going to ask, but what about questions to determine if the candidate is right for your organization’s culture? You should compile your own personalized, behavioral-based questions, incorporating your organization’s Standards of Performance.

April 01, 2021

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Best Practices: Behavioral-Based Questions for Peer Interviewing (Part 2)

So, now you know the skill-based questions you’re going to ask, but what about questions to determine if the candidate is right for your organization’s culture? You should compile your own personalized, behavioral-based questions, incorporating your organization’s Standards of Performance.

April 01, 2021

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Best Practices: Behavioral-Based Questions for Peer Interviewing (Part 1)

So, now you know the skill-based questions you’re going to ask, but what about questions to determine if the candidate is right for your organization’s culture? You should compile your own personalized, behavioral-based questions, incorporating your organization’s Standards of Performance.

April 01, 2021

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The Healthcare Data Security Threat: How the NFL and HIPAA made headlines

Cyber-attacks will continue to plague healthcare organizations, and the results are costly for patients and facilities alike. Healthcare facilities must take a proactive approach in terms of training their staff members on how to detect and prevent physical and cyber security threats.

April 01, 2021

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Webinar: Panel Discussion on Using Employee Engagement and Talent Strategies to Drive Success (6/29)

Today’s challenges mean that leaders are thinking differently about talent – how to select, engage and develop people at every level who will support the organization’s goals. This interactive panel discussion will explore how senior leaders view talent, today.

April 01, 2021

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Security Awareness, a Permanent Concern in Healthcare, Requires Training

Why is healthcare cybersecurity important? 48% of healthcare organizations experienced a security incident involving the loss or exposure of patient data in the past 12 months. On average, a facility will have to protect against 11.4 cyber-attacks per year.

April 01, 2021

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Spring 2016 Workforce Advisor Focuses on Workforce Development in Non-acute Care

The Spring 2006 issue of Healthcare Workforce Advisor looks at what it means for the workforce when most healthcare in America is actually delivered outside the hospital—through our clinics, surgery centers, skilled nursing facilities, home health agencies, hospice and palliative care services, rehabilitation centers, behavioral health facilities, and medical practices.

April 01, 2021

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National CPR-AED Awareness Week - A Reminder That We Can Save More Lives

National CPR-AED Awareness Week is a great time to remind ourselves that cardiac arrest is a serious healthcare emergency for which everyone in healthcare needs to be prepared. Importantly, our response to cardiac arrest is something that we can improve, so that more people survive it.

April 01, 2021

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Healthcare Recruiting: It’s Time to Make it Easier

Healthcare hiring is hard, but it doesn’t have to be. Even with the influx of competition, compliance, and complexities surrounding the healthcare industry, there are an equal number of strategies to help reduce your recruiting costs.

April 01, 2021

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Onboarding Programs a Solution to the Growing Nurse Shortage

The literature supports a one-year onboarding program that offers a blended learning approach to address the unique learning needs of residents is essential to building confidence, fostering retention, and ensuring knowledge transfer.

April 01, 2021

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Healthcare Recruiting: Improve Retention and Internal Referrals

Whether you are talking about new customers or new employees, the rule is the same: it costs much more (7-10 times as much) to find a new one than to keep the one you have happy. Working to improve retention and internal referrals can be one of the most effective recruiting strategies you can employ.

April 01, 2021

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Healthcare Recruiting: Leverage Your Data and Dollars

One common mistake made by many healthcare providers, and most other industries for that matter, is overpaying to get great talent. That does not mean that better talent does not warrant better pay. It does mean, however, that you do not have to overpay.

April 01, 2021