by April Sciacchitano (@aprilcs) H&HN recently reported on the costliest one percent of patients. They comprise 20 percent of healthcare spending, and visited the emergency room about 10 times in the past year. Meanwhile, healthcare is on a mission to reduce costs and improve outcomes – and any solution that can do both at once [...]
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New Guidance Gives RNs a Social Media Safety Net
September 22, 2011 – 7:00 am
By Jenn Riggle Are the nation’s 2.6 million RNs invisible? Nurses have always been on the front line providing patient care. However, when hospitals develop their social media policies, they’ve often thought about how they should be customized to meet the needs of physicians- but somehow, they’ve forgotten about nurses. Maybe it’s not surprising that [...]
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