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EMR systems shift nurses’ attention away from patients

Healthcare It News

However, attention has shifted from the patient to the EMR system, with nurses spending 20-40% of their time on the EMR platform. As hospitals become more automated, with the addition of digital tools and food delivery robots, patient expectations are increasingly creating a new issue of alarm fatigue for nursing staff.

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Empowering Staff, Improving Patient Outcomes, and Optimizing Operations with Digital Transformation

HIT Consultant

According to a recent AMN Healthcare survey focused on the ongoing impact of the pandemic, 30% of nurses say they remain likely to leave their career in healthcare and 18% say they will retire from nursing, demonstrating a continued drop in retention and satisfaction. Time constraints are noted as a key factor in physician burnout.

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O.R. Optimization Process Improvement for Implant Management | EP. 32

Vie Healthcare

Jim Ferch ( 09:36 ): So you know, when a case is completed, a circulating nurse takes those stickers who runs over to the computer and in the OR, that was… The case was just completed, and documents the charting information for those implants for that patient account.

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Train to Retain: How to Build a Strategy Around Training

Home Health Care

Nursing staff, for instance, benefit from skill enhancement programs to care for clients with tracheostomy and ventilator needs. Our training incentives predominantly align with long-term monetary pay rate increases, positioning participants in an improved stance by honing their skills, whether as aides or nurses.”

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Quality Improvement: Eliminating the Silo Effect in Healthcare Organizations

HIT Consultant

In an environment where tools are available to bring multiple teams together collaboratively, the QI department might work with the nursing and patient safety teams to sift through published literature and rapidly identify promising process improvements that would drive CAUTI rates down. Eliminating the silo effect.

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3 Ways to Leverage RPA for Greater Value: Lessons from Healthcare

HIT Consultant

RPA improves document workflow processes by applying rules-based technology to eliminate repetitive tasks without the need for human interaction. Understanding the problem the technology is supposed to solve helps determine the workflow changes needed and how to effectively measure key process improvements.

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Improving Patient Experience: 8 Overlooked Fundamentals

Readiness Rounds

Don't ignore process improvement efforts but stay heavily focussed on sustainable real-time feedback. The Involvement of All Departments in the Process Patient satisfaction isn't a responsibility that falls solely on the shoulders of the nursing staff. It's a team effort that involves every department within a hospital.