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Sure, an award is great recognition, and a national award is even nicer. But asked about how she felt winning the Organizational Innovation Nurse Director Award from the American Organization of Nurse Executives, Carla Borchardt, MS, RN, BC, director of Professional Practice and Magnet Project director at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD, talks more about the honor the award bestows upon the hospital and her peers.
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In hopes of averting a looming crisis that threatens to restrict access to quality health care, several Maine organizations have teamed up to work collaboratively to address the shortage of nurses and other health care workers.
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Maine hospitals reported an 8.3% vacancy rate for registered nurses and 13.3% for radiological technicians in 2002, according to the Maine Hospital Association in Augusta.
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A new survey released by the Bureau of Health Professions at the Health Resource and Services Administration reports that 44 states have convened task forces or commissions to study health care work force shortages.
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A new web site designed by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) in Alexandria, VA, and Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, CA, will recommend customized treatment plans for diabetes patients. The plan uses a complex software program called Archimedes to model health care outcomes.
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The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) in Oakbrook Terrace, IL, has published examples
of acceptable alternative approaches to complying with its 2003 National Patient Safety Goal recommendations. In July 2002, the Joint Commissions Board of Commissioners approved the 2003 National Patient Safety Goals the first to be issued by JCAHO.
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Hospital rankings and report cards are growing in number and importance, but a new University of Michigan study suggests these measures may be inaccurate if they dont take into account the high number of very sick patients that large hospitals receive as transfers from other hospitals.
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As part of a major ongoing effort to pursue service excellence, The Great Neck, NY-based North Shore-Long Island Jewish (LIJ) Health System has entered into an agreement with The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, LLC, of Atlanta, on a program aimed at fostering a corporate culture in which patients are given the same respect, attention, and courtesy as guests at a luxury hotel.
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Seeking a shared vision for safe medication use in hospitals in the face of continuing work force shortages, leaders of five nursing and pharmaceutical organizations recently gathered in Washington, DC, to discuss how they could work together to achieve this common goal.
