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News

ER Smart Card Speeds Triage Time

Patients move through triage at Wellington Regional Medical Center much more quickly these days, thanks to the ER Smart Card the Florida hospital has been distributing to its patients and residents in the community. 

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• Patients Cut Preventative Care in a Poor Economy
• ‘Most Wired’ Hospitals Find More Satisfied Patients
• Healthcare Leadership Conference Focuses on Improving Quality, Safety and Performance

Features

Aging Nurse Project Promotes Retention

Massachusetts General Hospital values its older, more experienced nurses and has a new initiative in place to not only retain these workers but to draw on their expertise in an effort to help keep newer nurses at the bedside.

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• Team Triage Speeds Up ED Throughput
• Survey Finds Few Aware of Allied Worker Shortage
• Health Coaches Lower Readmission Rates

Management perspective

Nursing: THE Recession Proof Profession

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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• Old is New: Transitioning the Older New Graduate RN into Practice
• Managing Patient Identification: The Right Patient, Every Time
• National Patient Safety Goals for 2008