How to Develop a Nursing Care Plan for Your Hospital

nikkimanuel 05 25, 2023

Nurses have been through a lot over the past 3+ years, from a global health crisis to skyrocketing staffing shortages. But as care teams emerge from the chaos, they’re taking lessons from the pandemic. One such lesson? Creating a well-constructed care...

justin-wampach 05 11, 2023

Resident physicians are essential to everyday clinical workflows. They not only ensure continuity of care but also provide front-line support for understaffed care teams across the organization. With such an important role in the success of care delivery, other providers...

ryanbush 05 02, 2023

Every May, we celebrate National Nurses Month to honor the nurses' significant contributions to healthcare delivery. The American Nurses Association (ANA) established the first National Nurses Week in 1985. Since then, it has grown into a month-long celebration honoring nurses...

cheryl 03 31, 2023

Despite the pandemic's effects beginning to wane for some, nurses in America are still feeling its effects. The healthcare industry faced nursing staffing shortages even before the pandemic. Since then, burnout, exhaustion, fatigue, and declining mental health have become increasingly...

ryanbush 02 22, 2023

The healthcare industry is constantly evolving, with new technologies and innovations being introduced to improve patient outcomes and experiences. However, despite these advancements, the issue of avoidable days remains a significant challenge for hospitals. Avoidable days in healthcare refer to...

chris-lowder 01 04, 2023

Extended treatment times, overburdened healthcare professionals, and fractured communications are just a few challenges facing today’s complex healthcare system. Healthcare professionals are also plagued with long delays in clinical consultations. Accurate, prompt clinical consultations are essential to patient care. The...

nikkimanuel 12 28, 2022

In healthcare, every second counts. The ability to quickly respond to Code Blue situations, ease patient transfers, and seamlessly collaborate across healthcare teams is essential to achieve favorable patient outcomes. But clinical workflows are notoriously complex – often characterized by...

cheryl 12 21, 2022

Emergency department (ED) overcrowding is an issue that has plagued hospitals and patients alike for many years, and the COVID-19 pandemic illuminated the problem and created a sense of urgency for addressing it. ED overcrowding occurs when there is not...

ricardo-estrada 12 16, 2022

Many healthcare organizations use portals to communicate with patients, which are cumbersome and don’t provide the best user experience needed for efficient provider-to-patient communication. Patients prefer having a direct conversation with their physician without having to deal with downloading an...

will-oconnor 12 02, 2022

Healthcare has come a long way, but advancements like electronic health records (EHR) are limited in functionality. EHRs were designed as a record-keeping source for patient information and billing purposes. They cannot serve as an adequate communication platform for healthcare...