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Nurse leaders push for strong teamwork to improve care
As new delivery models call for collaboration across the healthcare continuum, the American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) and the American Nurses Association (ANA) last week issued...
Doc-nurse relationships: A sore subject in sore need of a solution
Alicia Caramenico
In a recent Hospital Impact blog post , Jonathan H. Burroughs recalled an instance early in his medical career when he disrespected an inexperienced nurse and drove her to
Fierce Q&A: ACO results are worth the challenges at OSF Healthcare
Amid collaborative efforts as a Medicare Pioneer ACO , Illinois' OSF Healthcare yesterday amicably ended efforts to team up with Rockford Health System. The move followed close scrutiny from the
Infection rates fall 60% with children's hospital collaboration
Children's hospitals across Ohio are finding that collaboration has improved care quality. After teaming up in 2009, the eight participating hospitals saw surgical site infections drop 60 percent and
Docs, nurses take the lead in healthcare collaboration
As new healthcare delivery models foster collaboration between caregivers and other staff, physicians and nurses are taking on executive leadership roles, The Atlantic reported . In fact, 64 physician
Academic medical centers need better brands, partnerships to survive
As the industry incorporates health reform provisions, political and financial challenges will force academic medical centers (AMC) to adjust their funding, strengthen their brands and embrace
From Volume to Value: Cigna's collaborative accountable care programs
Dick Salmon
Americans spend enormous sums of money on healthcare, but that hasn't resulted in a healthier population. Chronic conditions, such as diabetes and heart disease, continue to
Pharmacists key to reducing infections, hospitalizations
Add pharmacists to the list of care givers, hospitals and consumer groups that will help the Health & Human Services' national patient safety collaboration save more than 60,000 lives and up to
Statewide infection rates slashed in half with hospital collaboration
Thanks to teamwork among 53 hospitals in Ohio, central line-associated bloodstream infections in intensive care units dropped by 48 percent over 22 months, the Ohio Hospital Association announced
It's time for payers to build trust, partnerships with providers
San Francisco really is a lovely town, and I was happy to spend time there last week at the AHIP Institute . After three days filled with conference sessions and meetings, I sat down in the
