Tag: Job Satisfaction

Opening Keynote: Charting Your Course to Success—Financial Wins through Value-Based Performance

Editor's Note Although the central tenets of value-based healthcare have not changed, in many cases implementation has been reduced to little more than reducing costs, to the detriment of clinicians and patients. In a session at the 2025 OR Business Management Conference in February, economist Susanna Gallani, PhD, examined this…

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By: Matt Danford
February 10, 2025
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Proposed tax credit aims to bolster nurse preceptor ranks

Editor's Note Bipartisan legislation seeks to combat nursing shortages by financially incentivizing experienced nurses to train the next generation of healthcare professionals, Becker’s Clinical Leadership reported January 31. The Precept Nurses Act, introduced by Rep. Jen Kiggans, would offer a $2,000 tax credit to nurses who become preceptors in health…

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By: Matt Danford
February 4, 2025
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Videos digitize, automate preoperative, postoperative care

Immersed in texts, apps, QR codes, and streaming videos, we live in a digital world. And yet, healthcare has been slow to catch up. Most nurses and other staff still hand out packets of paper and relay information verbally, whether in person or over the phone. It does not have…

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By: Meghan Nechrebecki, MSPH
January 31, 2025
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Navigating difficult conversations as a perioperative leader

Perioperative leaders navigate some of the most challenging dynamics in healthcare. The precision required in the OR coupled with multidisciplinary teams and diverse personalities often lead to missteps or misunderstandings that can quickly brew into conflict. Effective communication is essential, particularly when addressing behavior, managing team dynamics, or delivering difficult…

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By: Tarsilla Moura
January 31, 2025
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Healing healthcare: How clinician incentives can help get from volume to value

Takeaways • Although the central tenets of value-based healthcare have not changed, in many cases implementation has been reduced to little more than reducing costs, to the detriment of clinicians and patients. • The right incentives, such as recognition and work support, can effectively inspire clinicians to deliver high value…

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By: Carina Stanton
January 31, 2025
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E-learning builds surgical tech talent pool for small, rural hospitals

CEO Karen Franco, MBA, spent years struggling to fill surgical technologist (ST) positions at Pacific Surgery Center in Poulsbo, Washington, due to a lack of viable training options. Nearly 1,400 miles away, Deb Braly, RN, a nurse educator in the surgery department of San Luis Valley Regional Medical Center in…

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By: Jennifer Kolb
January 31, 2025
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Providers push back on insurance cost-cutting hurdles

Editor's Note Escalating administrative hurdles from insurers are heightening tensions between healthcare payers and providers who criticize the measures for threatening patient care, Modern Healthcare reported January 22. According to the article, policies attracting criticism include stringent prior authorization rules, claims denials, and new fees for appeals. For their part,…

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By: Matt Danford
January 23, 2025
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Union nurses rally for greater staff, patient protection amid AI rollout

Editor's Note Thousands of RNs nationwide plan to rally in support of safer staff and patients today, January 16, amid widespread introduction of technologies driven by artificial intelligence (AI), according to National Nurses United (NNU). NNU reported on the plans January 14, noting that more than 100,000 members of the…

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By: Matt Danford
January 15, 2025
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Report: Medical student distress rises amid overall healthcare burnout improvement

Editor's Note The 2023-2024 State of Well-Being Report shows a modest improvement in healthcare worker burnout, with 50% reporting feeling burned out in 2023, down from 54% in 2022. HealthLeaders Media reported on the results January 2. According to the article, The Mayo Clinic’s Well-Being Index compiled 79,022 assessments to…

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By: Matt Danford
January 9, 2025
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Surveyed nurses, physicians likely to quit

Editor's Note Nearly half of nurses and physicians surveyed for a KLAS Arch Collaborative report expressed a likelihood leaving their current organization within two years, with 21% of nurses and 13% of physicians actually departing. According to a December 6 report in HIT Consultant, this trend trend carries substantial financial…

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By: Matt Danford
December 13, 2024
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