Healthcare Management & Administration Blog

Adapting to the New Realities of Clinical Trials

A sometimes-daunting array of processes and technologies is putting a new kind of pressure on clinical research professionals that demands innovative training and a core reassessment of how to demonstrate skillsets.

We Must Focus More on Lifelong Learning in Healthcare

Lifelong learning was one of eight recommendations in the 2010 IOM report that stated, “Significant barriers must be overcome if the shortage of nurses is going to be offset and more advanced and expanded nursing roles are going to be filled.

Predicting and Ensuring Physician Success: Assessments and Training

When it comes to physician-hospital alignment and physician engagement, you probably agree with Bryan Warren of Select International that there is no secret sauce for predicting success.

ACA Section 1557: Open to Interpretation?

Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act requires the availability of qualified interpreters for any persons with limited English proficiency and can impose corrective action or monetary penalties for failure to comply.

Four Ways That Nurses Work to Demonstrate a Patient is Cared For and Safe

Keeping a patient safe heavily relies on open communication. In order to assure family members of patients that their family member is safe and well cared for, communication is a necessity.

The New Rules of Healthcare Recruiting: Best Practices

Industry disruption empowers healthcare HR and talent management leaders to create sophisticated processes to attract and engage the right candidates. Hiring the right people has never been more important in this age of radical reform, innovation, and consumerism.

Solving Revenue Cycle Staffing and Hiring Shortages with the nThrive Transitions Program

Revenue cycle roles such as Patient Access reps, CDI Specialists, and other revenue cycle roles are either short in supply or limited on what they have available for qualified professionals in their market. The Transitions Program from nThrive can help solve this problem.

Is Your Physician Practice Leaving Money on the Table? Thinking About MIPS

The stakes will keep getting higher for physicians who are not reporting quality measures. Shouldn’t you start preparing for MIPS participation and compliance?

Molding a Talent Strategy for Care Organizations

Successful organizations across the continuum of care must define a hiring strategy built around specific behavioral attributes. The ones who do so improve patient and resident satisfaction scores, build a more engaged workforce, and often improve employee retention.

Healthcare Trends are Reshaping the Recruitment Landscape: Infographic

Emerging, long-range trends impact the healthcare workforce in key ways, including driving up demand for staff across the board. Healthcare faces a shortage of important roles. Learn in this infographic how recruiting and hiring must change in healthcare.

Core Competencies Could Strengthen Clinical Research Workforce

Having a set of core competencies will be “incredibly helpful” in addressing the current clinical research associate (CRA) shortage. This will benefit those transitioning into clinical research, as well as those making lateral or vertical moves in the clinical trial workplace.

Healthcare Employee Retention: Best Practices

In 2015, Memorial Hermann staff were working feverishly to keep up with demand for healthcare in their growing Houston service area. Implementing tools like Stay Interviews, the healthcare organization raised the overall retention rate from 75% to 88%.

Improve Your Odds of Healthcare Hiring Success with Psychometric Testing

Those who are reticent toward psychometric testing would be well-served by thinking about building the entire selection system without focusing on the assessment alone.

Patient Safety is Improving: Some Positive Indications of Progress

The most recent National Healthcare QDR cites that measures of patient safety improved, with a 17 percent reduction in HACs.

Ready for Conflict of Interest (COI) Management Implementation? 10 Best Practices

Implementing a new software solution to manage conflicts of interest (COI) can be a daunting effort for an organization. The team must be fully prepared and engaged. Here are ten best practices that can help ensure a successful implementation.