According to a survey of more than 600 nurses conducted by LinkedIn last month, 25 percent of respondents said artificial intelligence will have the greatest negative impact on nursing, and only five percent believe it will have the greatest positive impact on the field.
The field of nursing informatics continues to grow. During a roundtable at HIMSS, three nurses touched on the significance of collaboration in nursing informatics, as well as tips to keep in mind while implementing digital tech.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
As the healthcare industry transitions, nurses will have a huge role in leading the charge to help patients tackling chronic disease to proactively manage their health and keep them out of the hospital.
"We're trying to turn the key in the brain that changes motivations," said Maureen Glynn, senior director of research and compliance for Care Innovations.
Startup RampUp Nursing is hoping that its new website — still in beta — can bust open the world of recruiting and placing nurses.
One of the most drastic changes resulting from the survey was the implementation of a formal dress code for RNs. In January, RNs began wearing pewter gray and white scrub uniforms embroidered with the Geisinger logo and the designation “Registered Nurse.”
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
The assault on usability of EHRs continues, though this time it comes not from physicians, but from nurses. And it makes sense, because nurses frequently are the ones responsible for the bulk of patient documentation.
The five-phase plan, said to be suitable for all clinicians, appears in the October issue of the Journal of Nursing Administration.
The innovation lab, called MakerHealth Space, officially opened at Galveston's John Sealy Hospital Friday.
Patients expect to be treated like people, not identified by their illness or injury, Christy Dempsey, chief nursing officer at Press Ganey, said at the Cleveland Clinic's Patient Experience Summit. "I want you to take a minute and remember that your patients are scared," she said. "They need compassion."
We will highlight Build My Health's revenue practice management tools, which could help physician practices add up to $250,000 to their practices.
The state you live in could drastically affect what a career in nursing would look like.
The number of jobs within the health IT space is growing, according to a report from HealtheCareers Network. Although the number of jobs posted in the third quarter declined by 4 percent from the second quarter, health IT was still up by 5 percent over the year. One percent of all healthcare job posts were […]
The National Institutes of Nursing Research is putting $3 million toward further research by Linda Aiken, a professor of nursing at the University of Pennsylvania, that is focusing on how changes in nursing practices can improve patient outcomes. The study, which is getting supplemental funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Alex Hillman Foundation, […]
Going to a nurses union meeting is a little bit like going to an evangelical church service. “We all have to stand up, and it’s a struggle,” says Veronica Cambra, a nurse reporting a grievance at Kaiser Hospital in Fremont, Calif., as though she’s giving testimony. “And we will overcome this, OK?” The rest of […]
Starting July 15, nurse practitioners in Kentucky who have completed a four-year collaboration with a physician will be allowed to prescribe routine medications without a doctor’s involvement, a major shift that could help improve consumers’ access to care. The law that makes this possible passed after five years of legislative debate. Nurse practitioners are fighting […]