Can NPs and PAs Replace Physicians?
Non-physician providers like nurse practitioners and physician assistants have formally been around since the 1960s, but over the last 10 to 15 years, there’s been large growth in these areas, Bernard notes. In 2020, the number of non-physician providers was around 277,000, but more recent tallies bring that number to 545,000.
CMO Exchange: How to Address Healthcare Worker Burnout
Healthcare worker burnout was widespread before the coronavirus pandemic and spiked during the public health emergency. A study found that from September 2019 to January 2022, overall emotional exhaustion among healthcare workers increased from 31.8% of staff members to 40.4%.
Nursing Needs a Reality Check: Changing Expectations
According to the American Nurses Association, almost 18% of newly licensed registered nurses quit their jobs within the first year. A 2024 study found that new graduate RNs are leaving for a multitude of reasons, including their age, health status, supervisor and peer support, job demands, job competence, organizational commitment, job satisfaction, and work environment.
PSQH: The Podcast Episode 113 – Addressing Workforce Hurdles and Improving Patient Care
On episode 113 of PSQH: The Podcast, Michael Charlton, CEO of AtlantiCare, and Helene Burns, Chief Nurse Executive at AtlantiCare, talk about how addressing workforce hurdles can improve patient care.
Reducing Workplace Violence for Nurses
According to the Emergency Nurses Association, seven out of 10 emergency room nurses report being kicked or hit on the job, and one in four nurses in general report having experienced workplace violence involving a patient—and that such violence is underreported.
Mobile: Healthcare’s New Access-to-Care Differentiator
The opportunity to improve access to care via mobile is significant but only if consumer experiences meet expectations and drive adoption and reuse.
Mount Sinai to Use AI to Detect Mental Health Concerns
The $20 million project, funded by a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), will include researchers from Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Columbia and Carnegie Mellon Universities and use ambient tools developed by Deliberate AI.
Mental Health Matters: How CNOs Can Help Prevent Nurse Suicides
Nurses face new challenges, including high stress emergency situations, workplace violence incidents, and death, on a daily basis with patients and families. All of those events can take a major toll on a nurse’s mental health, which can lead to more serious problems.
Addressing the Prostate Cancer Health Disparity in Black Men
September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. About 1 in 8 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during their lifetime, according to the American Cancer Society. Prostate cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer death in American men, behind only lung cancer, the cancer society says.
Predictive AI Helps Providers Plan Patient Care
At West Tennessee Healthcare, executives say they’ve saved more than $5 million over the past year by using an AI platform from Xsolis to review patient data, enabling them to predict when a patient will be discharged and communicate with payers on authorizations and any denials.