Five articles in the last week from the world of healthcare staffing and technology.

Nursing shortage increases

• Key takeaway: The results indicate a continued trend in the direction of a nursing shortage, an issue that Travel Nurses help address.
  

The 20 best healthcare technology infographics of 2013

• Key takeaway: Annual recap of the best healthcare technology infographics created in 2013.
  

Medical errors draw $770,000 in fines in CA

• Key takeaway: Five patients died, a sixth sustained severe neurological damage, a seventh coded but was resuscitated, and an eighth endured a second surgery because of a retained surgical sponge, according to state documents detailing dangerous errors in eight California hospitals.
  

How can health IT positively impact human interaction?

• Key takeaway: When it comes to proliferation of health information from so many sources these days, I’m reminded of the saying, “Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it.”

The State of Healthcare Innovation 2014

• Key takeaway: See what healthcare providers, who responded to the HIMSS and AVIA 2013 Healthcare Provider Innovation Survey, plan for innovation in the year ahead.