Mental Health Matters: How CNOs Can Help Prevent Nurse Suicides
Nurses face new challenges, including high stress emergency situations, workplace violence incidents, and death, on a daily basis with patients and families. All of those events can take a major toll on a nurse’s mental health, which can lead to more serious problems.
PSQH: The Podcast Episode 112 – Improving Staff Retention in Healthcare
On episode 112 of PSQH: The Podcast, Heidi Raines, founder of Performance Health Partners, talks about how to improve staff retention in healthcare.
Texas’ New Healthcare Workplace Violence Law: What It Requires
As violence against healthcare workers occurs with greater frequency than in any other industry, the state of Texas is requiring healthcare facilities to adopt workplace violence prevention plans by September 1, 2024.
How to Build a Program to Promote Physician Well-Being
The best physician well-being programs begin by measuring burnout and well-being, then selecting an appropriate strategy, the chief wellness officer of Allegheny Health Network says.
Using AI to Address Nursing’s Biggest Pain Points
AI is the topic du jour in the healthcare space these days, and while a lot of the talk has centered on using the technology to improve back-office functions and give doctors more time in front of their patients, nursing leaders are eager to claim some of that spotlight.
PSQH: The Podcast Episode 109 – The Overwhelming Flood of Patient Wearable Data
On episode 109 of PSQH: The Podcast, Richard Cahill, Vice-President & Associate General Counsel, The Doctors Company, talks about the impact of data from patient wearables on physicians.
How CMOs Can Battle the Anesthesia Staff Shortage
A recent article published in the journal Anesthesiology detailed the extent of the anesthesia staff shortage and offered solutions to rise to the challenge. According to the article, before the coronavirus pandemic, 35% of healthcare facilities reported an anesthesia staff shortage. Two years after the pandemic, the percentage of healthcare facilities reporting an anesthesia staff shortage rose to 78%.
How CEOs Can Combat Stress, Burnout Among Younger Workers
Conducted by the African American Research Collective, in partnership with the Commonwealth Fund, the survey fielded responses from 3,000 younger clinicians—doctors, nurses, dentists, medical assistants, and others—in early 2023.
Denver Health CMO Focused on Physician Burnout
Physician burnout was widespread before the coronavirus pandemic and spiked during the public health emergency. A study found that from September 2019 to January 2022, overall emotional exhaustion among healthcare workers increased from 31.8% of staff members to 40.4%.
CCO: UW Health Following Best Practices for Physician Well-Being
With a nationwide shortage of physicians worsening, physician well-being programs are essential for retention and recruitment. In addition, physician burnout remains a concern across the country, and it spiked during the coronavirus pandemic.