Articles Tagged With: Staffing
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COVID-19 Vigilance Must Continue in 2021
Whatever roles ambulatory surgery centers play as the COVID-19 pandemic drags on, leaders should prioritize securing supplies in the event of another worldwide supply chain disruption.
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Rural EDs Trail Other Areas in Number of Available EPs
An aging workforce and rising demand could spell trouble in coming years.
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Frequently Asked Questions
The author answers recently submitted questions from readers.
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Managing Surgical Risk, Budgets Is Trickier Than Ever
Surgery centers face multiple challenges as they navigate the new landscape of fewer cases, risk from COVID-19, and little government help.
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Ethical Principles Apply to Furloughs and Layoffs
Many hospitals are making tough financial decisions on staffing. Ethical considerations may be overlooked in the process.
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Q&A Part 2: Some Surgery Centers Closed, Others Helped Local Hospitals
After deciding what their operating model would look like during the COVID-19 crisis, surgery center leaders had to determine appropriate staffing levels — furloughs, layoffs, or fewer hours. Additionally, administrators had to decide whether to ration precious personal protective equipment and other supplies, or loan this materiel to frontline facilities in desperate need.
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Registrars Working Same Jobs, But in Different Spaces
COVID-19 led a 10-hospital system based in Maine to create remote work arrangements for each facility, based on staff size and other variables.
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Impact of Intensive Care Unit Personnel Decisions and Staffing on Patient Outcomes
Nurses with relatively high autonomy, alongside a dedicated intensive care unit (ICU) clinical pharmacist and 24/7 intensivist coverage, were associated with the lowest hospital mortality, shortest ICU lengths of stay, and shortest mechanical ventilator durations compared to other staffing models.
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Flexible Shifts Smooth Sudden Transition to Remote Work
Hospital registration has suddenly moved from face-to-face encounters that happen right when the patient presents, to a work queue-based task handled remotely.
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Registrars Redeployed to Cover Overwhelmed EDs
Facilities are shuffling staff to relieve emergency department staff trying to keep up with COVID-19 triage.