Next fall, patients will be able to report adverse events in a limited time. They’ll be able to initiate an investigation with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality if they feel they were given the wrong medication or suffered a negative patient outcome.
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Nurses won’t be surprised to hear another study that finds health care workers suffer more injuries than in any other sector in the United States.
… Read more about: Healthcare workers continue to rank high on injured-on-the-job study »
Dear Brett and Judith,
The 20,000 nurses across the state of Minnesota in the United States proudly hail our courageous sisters and brothers of the NSW Nurses and Midwives Association.
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Nurses often take their skills beyond the bedside. They travel the world showing compassion for the world’s sick and suffering, spreading a single-standard of care for all people, and ensuring a just distribution of life’s basic necessities.
… Read more about: Don’t know how to save the world? Learn here. »
Recently, US News & World Report released its “Best Hospitals” list. What’s interesting is what criteria a national news magazine uses to judge what’s “best.” Link here.
… Read more about: What makes a good hospital? Really. »
Minnesota’s HMOs continue to bank huge surpluses. According to health care analyst Allan Baumgarten’s report, which was cited here by the Twin Cities Business Journal, health plans in the state collectively socked away $241 million in 2012.
… Read more about: HMOs’ piggy banks get bigger »
When the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the National Institute on Nursing Research released a study on the effects of nurse staffing in NICUs, it was a unique look into how nurse workloads affect non-adult patient outcomes.
… Read more about: Nurses not the only ones paying attention to staffing problems »
Minnesota lawmakers met at the Capitol on Tuesday to discuss ways to combat the spread of synthetic drug abuse that his hit Duluth, Hibbing, and other places spread wide across the state.
… Read more about: Synthetic Drug Committee Meets Again »
HEALTH CARE NEWS
How the American Health Care System Killed My Father Nor is he dead because of indifferent nursing—without exception, his nurses were dedicated and compassionate.
… Read more about: MNA NewsScan, July 10, 2013: Hospital scam puts patients at risk; ACA intensifies debate on patient safety standards »
HEALTH CARE NEWS
How Consistent Hospital Error is Having a Deadly Effect on the Health Care System “Medical harm is probably one of the three leading causes of death in the U.S., but the government doesn’t adequately track it as it does deaths from automobiles, plane crashes, and cancer.
… Read more about: MNA NewsScan, July 8, 2013: Hospital error rate “appalling;” Is 68 the new 65? »
Minnesota’s own UnitedHealth just made headlines by announcing that it is dropping out of the pool of private companies that would offer individual policies in California.
… Read more about: If big insurers drop out, who steps in? »
NOTES ON NURSING
More Cancer Specialist Nurses Improve Hospital Care Patients of better staffed trusts were more likely to report that people treating and caring for them worked well together and they received enough emotional support during outpatient treatment.
… Read more about: MNA NewsScan, July 3, 2013: Nurses, staffing, special skills combine to improve care for cancer patients »