A recent RNnetwork survey found half of the nurses they surveyed (49.8 percent) have contemplated switching professions, with 27 percent citing overwork as the reason. In his analysis of this data (as reported by Kelly Gooch on Becker’s Hospital Review),…
Hat tip to Sharon O’Keefe, CEO of the University of Chicago Medical Center, for introducing the phrase “make your assets sweat” to our team, which inspired me to write this article. The Affordable Care Act, increased government regulations and rising healthcare…
Anyone who has ever had the misfortune of dealing with a cancer diagnosis — either personally or as a caregiver to a friend or loved one — must have at some point wondered why they invariably had to wait well past their treatment appointment…
Explosion of data volumes. Interoperability of systems. Large servers in the sky that can analyze enormous amounts of data, compute complex algorithms in real time, and communicate in microseconds. Mobile communication through devices that patients, providers and staff all carry…
13 reasons why a fly-by-the-seat-of-your-scrubs approach to patient scheduling needs to change If you’re a patient reading this article while waiting for a doctor or nurse to show up, take a moment to appreciate the irony. You may be sitting in an…
How Data Science Has The Answers Why is it that every time I go to a doctor, I am given an appointment for a precise time and then every time, every single time, the doctor shows up at least 20 minutes…
