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The American Hospital Association is recruiting hospitals to participate in a free, 12-month long cardiac rehabilitation initiative. TAKEheart, designed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), will help hospitals improve health outcomes by automating referral processes and…
Measles outbreaks in the past year have driven home
Using data from the Professional Practice Work Environment Inventory survey, researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston
Much of the research related to nurses and burnout has focused on bedside caregivers, but nurse leaders also face challenges and work in environments that create conditions for professional burnout.
As baby boomer nurses retire, they take with them decades of experience not easily replaced. In anticipation of this workforce challenge, the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance partnered with an academic center to prepare the next generation of nurses with some of the skills they will need before they…
The latest Joint Commission R3 (Requirement, Rationale, Reference) Report describes changes to two maternal safety standards accredited hospitals must meet.
The ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú for Nursing Leadership Research and Education is accepting proposals for research studies proposals focusing on the role of the nurse leader in patient safety and experience and clinician well-being specifically related to professionalism, professional appearance and/or…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced its plan to use current methodology when it releases Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings on its Hospital Compare website i
The Federal Office of Rural Health Policy and the Health Centers program at the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) released a guide this month on ways rural providers can work together to improve health in their communities. Its authors urge providers to create partnerships and…
A dashboard aggregating data from Bureau of Health Workforce programs is now available on the Health Resources and Services Administration website.