While the best hospitals and other healthcare organizations have always been concerned about quality and the patient experience, the emergence of the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey, which was endorsed by the National Quality Forum in…
Leadership & Management
Overall, nurses are satisfied with their jobs, and helping others is the top driver of nurse satisfaction, according to Vital Signs 2012, a national nursing attitudes and outlook report by Jackson Healthcare, a healthcare staffing company.
Barry Arbuckle, PhD, serves as president and CEO of MemorialCare Health System, a six-hospital Southern California integrated delivery system headquartered in Fountain Valley, Calif., with more than 200 locations in Los Angeles and Orange counties.
The American College of Healthcare Executives asked CEOs to rank the following issues that confronted their organizations in 2012 in order of concern, with the lowest numbers reflecting the highest concerns. Rankings are based on responses from 472 CEOs from…
Hospital leaders must ensure their frontline staff members are devoted to advancing the organization's mission, but getting from point A to point B is not always easy, according to an infographic from The Advisory Board Company.
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Miami-based Jackson Health System has reached several agreements with its unions, settling issues of outsourcing staff and a federal lawsuit, according to a Miami Herald report.
A long-standing adage in the healthcare industry is "first, do no harm." When it comes to protecting the environment, this industry must take this challenge to heart. As a group, the healthcare industry generates over two million tons of waste…
Nurses at Santa Rosa (Calif.) Memorial Hospital started a two-day strike yesterday, the second walkout at the hospital since October, according to a Press Democrat report.
Burlington, Mass.-based Lahey Clinic is undergoing a name change, becoming Lahey Hospital & Medical Center as part of a new branding campaign.
Our nation is aging. By 2020, the number of U.S. citizens 65 or older will increase to over 54 million people — almost 16 percent of the projected US population. By 2030, one in five Americans will be at least…