Healthcare Management & Administration Blog

Healthcare Trend Watch — In Healthcare, We Need More Joy in Work

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) is embracing the issue of burnout and calling on the industry to aim for a higher goal—not just the absence of burnout but actually the presence of joy in the workplace.

The Growing Employee Burnout Problem in Healthcare

Many people working in healthcare are well aware of the growing employee burnout problem in the industry. This problem, affecting the quality of care and employee engagement, deserves a greater focus, for the sake of all involved.

What Is Nursing Informatics?

Nursing Informatics is a specialized area of nursing and branch of this profession that is seeing much growth. This blog post’s purpose is to be an elementary introduction to this burgeoning specialty.

Healthcare Trend Watch — CMS Is Changing Course

A major healthcare trend is CMS’s effort to reduce onerous regulation on providers and the industry. At the same time the Agency’s commitment to value-based care over fee-for-service continues.

Defining Staff Competencies to Build Healthcare Employee Engagement

Given the increasing intensity of the focus on competency, have we really connected the dots between competency and employee engagement? If not, we may be missing a fairly significant benefit of competency development.

The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Healthcare Will Continue to Grow

Artificial Intelligence (AI) holds lots of promise for the effort to improve healthcare, especially in terms of personalized training, as discussed in a webinar based on the article, 10 Healthcare Trends to Watch in 2019.

Healthcare Trend Watch — We Are Finally Addressing Population Health Management

A greater focus on population health management is emerging. Some top priorities for healthcare executives are data and analytics, total consumer health, and population health services.

Three Healthcare Hiring Trends for 2019 – What You Should Know

Developing strategies to match emerging healthcare HR and talent acquisition trends will help healthcare organizations compete more effectively for talent.

Patient Safety Awareness Week Provides Chance to Recommit to Healthcare’s Essential Mission

Patient Safety Awareness Week is a great opportunity to evaluate your facility’s safety practices and protocols — are they where they should be, or is some work needed to ensure the best patient care?

Healthcare HR Week Salutes the Important Work of Healthcare Human Resources Professionals

Healthcare HR Professionals Week has arrived, and that means it’s a great time to look at how HR supports every aspect of the HR workplace — and discover ways to help these hardworking professionals deliver comprehensive, successful solutions for workplace training and development.

Healthcare Workforce Shortages and Suggestions for What to Do about Them

Experts have been talking about the U.S. healthcare workforce shortage for some time. To combat this serious problem, here are five solutions that have been proposed.

Healthcare Trend Watch — Artificial Intelligence (AI) Dramatically Changing Healthcare

Artificial intelligence clearly has the potential to drive meaningful change at numerous points along the healthcare continuum. The most effective deployments of AI in the healthcare space will augment human capabilities, not replace them.

Challenges for Resuscitation across the Care Continuum

The care continuum involves many settings, including home health/hospice, ambulatory surgery, assisted living, and clinics. Care varies widely across the continuum from a traditional hospital environment, and these settings face unique challenges when it comes to resuscitation.

13 Smart Things Every Medical Staff Services Professional Should Know

How well we react to the changes in our worklife is an indicator of how effective we will be in our profession. Here are 13 smart things that every medical staff professional should know.

The Impact on Healthcare as Disasters Occur with Greater Frequency

Whether manmade or natural, disasters seem to be occurring much more often. This post discusses some examples and considerations about the impact on healthcare.