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In an earlier, simpler era--not really that long ago--the hospital medical staff was a relatively unmitigated blessing to the hospital bottom line. The inscription on an administrator's coffee mug, 'Build [...]

Improving nurse-physician relations has long been tagged as a top concern by nurse and physician executives, as well as by many hospital CEOs. But only recently has this concern become [...]

The top administrators of a large midwestern hospital initiated management by wandering around (MBWA) as a technique for enhancing communication between the administration and the nursing staff. Worker loyalty and effectiveness were also enhanced, especially among the nurses on evening and weekend shifts who rarely interacted with management. MBWA has been loosely described as managers wandering around observing and exchanging ideas with employees. While nurses did feel communication within the hospital improved, many felt few of the top administrators actually followed through on their suggestions for improving working conditions.

Liability for Wrongful Terminations: Are Hospitals at Risk? Hospitals, like all employers, have been significantly affected by the greatly increased incidence of employment-related litigation or by the threat of such [...]

The article discusses that it is a very unfair practice being implemented by hospital trusts wherein they are charging nurses for parking. Nursing Times has launched a free parking campaign for nurses asking the trusts to abolish parking charges for nurses.

The Baton Rouge General hospital had undergone an expansion to cater to the increasing number of patients. However, the hospital has now encountered another dilemma because of the existence of a shortage of nurses and other clinical positions. Details of the expansion and methods employed by the hospital to attract medical personnel are presented.

According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the end of this decade will place employers in a pickle. The BLS projects a shrinking workforce--in large part due to [...]

Coping with difficult people Grappling with "people problems" is the toughest task most managers face. This assignment is a particularly tricky one in the lab, where the atmosphere is charged [...]

Evaluation of Health Care Work Environments via a Social Climate Scale: Results of a Field Study Summary Health care organizations must be concerned with their work environment and its effect [...]

Piedmont Healthcare has hired 25 members of Atlanta Cardiology Group away from rival Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta, and is negotiating to acquire the services of Cardiac Disease Specialists and Cardiology of Georgia. The move is expected to strengthen its research capabilities and its position in the cardiovascular services in Atlanta. Views on the move are presented.

The hospitals are required to adopt various new measures and techniques to enhance and change one's everyday practices for improving and enhancing patient and employee satisfaction to provide a better community and healthcare to the patients. The analysis reveals that building a cultural environment around the staff, in addition to better communication and rewarding the successful are the few essential steps to be taken.

Based upon the insights of Magnet Coordinators who have achieved ANCC Magnet[R] Recognition, Part III of this series will explore creative approaches to engaging staff, sustaining Magnet status, and achieving [...]

Part I of this series explored aspects of organizational purpose and culture, executive support, and relationship dynamics with physicians and other clinical disciplines (Smith, 2006). In Part II, strategies to [...]

When Legacy Salmon Creek Hospital opened last year in Clark County, Wash., the areas obstetricians found themselves in a bind. The hospital was built to serve a rapidly growing region [...]

How can we penetrate an insured population? How can we ensure that our marketing dollars are maximized? How can we correlate marketing expenditures to revenue? How do we know what's [...]

The phrase "lean and mean" entered the business management manuals sometime around the late 1970s, early '80s. It describes a business plan that does not replace employees who retire or […]

The hardest task for any leader is to assess physicians' readiness for organizational change. While readiness is critical, however, physicians' willingness to change is often the lynchpin in any successful [...]

The problems associated with nurse and pharmacist shortages are becoming an old and sad story. Now you can add a new chapter: The lack of medical coders has risen to [...]

Labor shortages in both clinical and nonclinical areas are plaguing hospitals and health systems around the country. In Methuen, Massachusetts, Holy Family Hospital and Medical Center is pioneering new ways [...]

At Saint Louis University Hospital, CEO Crystal Haynes regularly walks the floors to talk with nurses and other employees about their jobs. At North Shore--Long Island Jewish Health System, chief [...]

The article outlines the responsibilities of the Medical Education Officer (MEO) in identifying and assessing serious stress problems in junior doctors, as well as managing individual intervention strategy, and defusing critical stress situations.

ONE OF THE COMMON cries today is, 'Where have all the nurses gone?' As turnover rates go up, and the labor expense of health care organizations escalate with excessive costs [...]

The important role of health care assistants is being undermined within the UK National Health Service, which fails to recognize the career aspirations and educational needs of a vital group of nursing staff. Up to 83,000 health care assistants in the UK work long hours and undertake menial tasks for a salary of 6,500 pounds sterling. The government is seeking to encourage health care assistants to apply for nursing qualifications and better their status within society.