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IN THIS ISSUEWednesday, August 13, 2008  
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News
 ‘Most Wired’ Hospitals Find More Satisfied 
  Patients

 Healthcare Leadership Conference Focuses
  on Improving Quality, Safety and Performance

Feature Story
 Team Triage Speeds Up ED Throughput

Staffing Matters
 Nursing: THE Recession Proof Profession

News 
Feature Story

‘Most Wired’ Hospitals Find More Satisfied Patients

By Christina Orlovsky, contributor

As hospitals delve deeper into the realm of information technology (IT), research continues to demonstrate the positive impact of electronic advancements on many aspects of healthcare. The latest link: increased patient satisfaction.
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Healthcare Leadership Conference Focuses on Improving Quality, Safety and Performance

By Melissa Wirkus, associate editor

The American Hospital Association and Health Forum held the 16th annual Leadership Summit in San Diego, California, in July 2008, bringing together more than 1,500 senior leadership executives, trustees and clinical leaders looking to improve quality, safety and performance within their organizations.
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Team Triage Speeds Up ED Throughput

By Debra Wood, RN, contributor

With patients waiting long periods for treatment, Vanderbilt Medical Center's emergency department has created Team Triage, a multidisciplinary plan to decrease wait times.
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Staffing Matters

Nursing: THE Recession Proof Profession

By Marcia Faller, RN, MSN, chief clinical officer & executive vice president, operations, AMN Healthcare

Read anything about recession-proof jobs today and nursing is at, or near the top of, the list. We are in the throes of the most serious nursing shortage in history--today's count is close to 125,000 hospital positions vacant across the country.
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Special Announcement: Healthcare Briefings Introduces New Column

AMN Healthcare introduces, Staffing Matters, featuring Chief Clinical Officer and staffing expert, Marcia Faller, RN, MSN. This monthly column hosted in Healthcare Briefings takes you the heart of key issues facing hospital executives, administrators and other healthcare leaders. From the nursing shortage to cost/benefit analysis to healthcare reform and beyond, Ms. Faller will hit on the hot button topics of the day, while considering solutions for tomorrow. Read on and let us know your thoughts on the featured topics. This interactive column provides an opportunity for you to comment on Ms. Faller’s point of view and share your own.

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Did you know?
More states are beginning to waive fees for "never events," such as operating on the wrong body part, transfusing the wrong blood type or leaving medical instruments inside the patient. Twenty-three states have now adopted the no-pay policy per certain preventable errors. Just last year, the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality estimated that preventable errors cost insurers approximately $1.5 billion per year. Hospitals in the no-pay states hope the rule will instill more confidence in their patients that the hospital is doing all they can to prevent these errors from occurring.

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