Decision Critical Competency Tools for Healthcare

RNs and Computer Skills. Learn for Your Job, Learn for Yourself

June 14, 2011 – 5:56 pm

As the use of electronic systems in the healthcare workplace begins to reach a tipping point, the staff who are responsible for capturing the data into these systems have become a key success factor. Doctors, administrative staff and particularly nurses are being required to possess at least a minimum level of computer skills in order [...]

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Educate, Assess and Drop Falls

June 13, 2011 – 3:48 pm

In New Jersey, Community Medical Center seems to have uncovered the secret sauce when it comes to reducing the number of patients falls. Dropping the number by 30% in just one year, this 592 bed medical center has implemented a back to basics program comprised of education, assessment and intervention. This is all goodness, but [...]

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Tracking Performance with Portfolios

June 10, 2011 – 4:25 pm

In an article posted on Healthcare IT News back in 2010, the concern is raised as to how the CMS will provide consumers with an appropriate website tool through which to compare physicians. This requirement is part of the new healthcare reform law enacted last year, so the CMS is taking it pretty seriously.
Here’s a [...]

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Checklist Mania!

June 9, 2011 – 2:58 pm

OK, mania might be a little strong of a word, but there has definitely been a whole lot of new attention being focused on how healthcare facilities can reduce errors with the use of procedural checklists.
In the state of Nevada, the bill AB280 was recently passed into law, requiring hospitals to develop a safety plan [...]

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Portfolios for Nurses: Why Now is the Time

June 8, 2011 – 8:48 pm

In academia, the professional portfolio seems to have long been established as a requisite tool for the presentation of one’s body of work. More than a resume or curriculum vitae, the portfolio lets people get a full immersion experience on what a person has to offer. It is particularly relevant for any profession which requires [...]

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Strategies of Top Performing Hospitals

June 7, 2011 – 3:34 pm

It is no surprise that a recent report from Health Research & Educational Trust, American Hospital Association (AHA) and Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence indicates that some of the key elements which make these hospitals as high performing as they are has a lot to do with the efficiency of their processes and their capacity [...]

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Leaving Nurse Impersonations in the Movies

June 6, 2011 – 8:43 pm

When Renee Zellweger played a character who was impersonating a nurse in the film Nurse Betty, most movie goers probably didn’t think twice about it. A harmless back story to a cute comedy, right? The simple fact is that there may be a lot more people working every day as nurses, technicians and other care [...]

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Patient Safety Starts with Provider Competency

June 6, 2011 – 5:51 pm

These two US healthcare facilities could hardly be further from each other inside the country, but the trend they share couldn’t be more similar. Preventable events in US hospitals appear to be on the rise. These range from treatable infections to killer complications and in all cases, they are not acceptable. Aside from their newborn [...]

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VIDEO: Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health Systems (FMOLHS) switches to Decision Critical

June 2, 2011 – 7:11 pm

Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health Systems(FMOLHS) chooses Decision Critical as their healthcare LMS vendor, switching from their existing system of 5 years. Citing the ease of creating courses and tests as well as the advanced reporting functionality, FMOLHS expects big savings of time and money now that they are using the Decision Critical Competency [...]

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How will you demonstrate quality?

May 31, 2011 – 9:55 pm

In acute care hospitals today, the safety and quality officers are likely to be very well versed in the recently enacted Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). In fact, some who are newly appointed in this role may very well owe their job to it. That is because this is the law which sets [...]

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