The aims of this study were: (1) to investigate the effectiveness of organizational level interventions in minimizing the occurrence of NSIs among the nurses employed in a hospital ED; and (2) to quantify the impact of such interventions on the safet...
Although practices should perform some internal auditing, if this is the only auditing done, there is the risk of the “fox watching the henhouse” effect. There are many considerations in establishing an audit program for physician practices, but the ...
As health care providers are being asked to address population health issues as well as those of their patients, some physician leaders see opportunities to have an effect beyond the examination room.
It turns out that taking care of worker health and well-being is the most effective way to increase engagement and performance. This article offers a comprehensive list of the “don’ts,” with suggestions on what to do instead.
Implementing a specific operating room management curriculum will, ideally, allow residents to gain practical and theoretical experience in this area and develop a better understanding of the scope of administrative medicine.
Strategic management is all about positioning your company relative to your competitors so that your performance will be better than theirs. In Part I of this article, we presented the internal considerations for a successful strategy; in this part w...
We believe integrating some form of cultural awareness and competency training into the curriculum at the undergraduate medical education level would help prepare future physicians for an increasingly diverse patient population.
