Five articles in the last week from the world of healthcare staffing and technology.
Preventing nurse burnout in your hospital – 7 step guide
- Key takeaway: Nurse burnout is a serious and growing problem for health facilities.
Healthcare reform puts a squeeze on revenue
- Key takeaway: The goals include improving access to care for this segment of the population and reducing the amount of uncompensated care provided by the nation’s hospitals.
Go the extra mile for customer service
- Key takeaway: Have you ever had the unfortunate opportunity to get that phone call?
Healthcare reform may worsen doctor shortage
- Key takeaway: Doctors could face backlogs, and patients could find it difficult to get quick appointments.
Patient engagement: use of IT to empower patients
- Key takeaway: We must change health IT from provided based healthcare to citizen based healthcare.