Tag: business
Study: Sleep-Deprived Nurses More Likely to Regret Clinical Decisions
Lack of sleep and on-the-job fatigue are taking a toll on nurses, leaving them at greater risk of making errors or regretting decisions while...
Massachusetts Nurses Sue Healthcare Company in Wage Dispute
Unionized nurses in Massachusetts have filed a class-action lawsuit claiming their employer owes them overtime pay. In the lawsuit filed in December 2013, Baystate Visiting...
Top 10 Health Technologies for 2014 Reference Guide Released
ECRI Institute, a nonprofit organization that focuses on finding the best ways to improve patient care, has created a resource to help hospitals and...
Survey: Most Organizations are “Very Concerned” About Controlling Cost of Healthcare
Individuals aren’t the only people who are carefully monitoring healthcare costs. According to findings from the “State of Employee Benefits in the Workplace” survey...
Medicare Releases Best and Worst Hospitals for Replacing Joints
Hip and knee replacement surgeries are common in hospitals across the United States, and Medicare has begun examining how well patients fared afterward. There were...
Medicaid Expansion May Spark Physician Shortage
The shortage of physicians and other health practitioners will soon be exacerbated as health care reform provides coverage for millions of Medicaid patients. According to...
Nursing Faculty Needed to Meet Increased Demand for Nursing Programs
Nursing programs across the country are being forced to turn away qualified applicants due to a shortage of qualified instructors. The problem is the result...
Midwifery Education Programs Seek RNs for Applicants
Over the past five years, on average, there are 230 applicant spaces left vacant for potential midwives in the United States, according to the...
Technology is Transforming the College Experience
Compared to the lives of their parents, today’s young college students are connected to the world in ways their parents could have only imagined....
Employers Want Humans Not Robots: Automation and Current Job Trends
Despite what some pundits are staying, robots and automated technologies will not replace huge sectors of the labor market. Technology may contribute to a...