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By Bill Siwicki for Healthcare IT News Shawn Sefton, RN, has experienced first-hand the operational, staffing and scheduling challenges that plague the U.S. nurse workforce, having worked as a nurse and in various nurse leader roles for decades. She spent her early career as a frontline ED and perianesthesia nurse in various hospitals. Then she…
By Rachel McArthur for Healthcare IT News The Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for the global healthcare community to embrace technology to prevent future pandemics. He warned, however, that employing advanced healthcare systems won’t be sustainable if they are not resilient and able to withstand major threats going forward. Speaking at…
Naomi Diaz for Becker’s Hospital Review The CIO role has shifted; once a leader in tech, CIOs are now a member of the executive team, with increasing responsibility revolving around consumer experience, digitalization, technology, marketing and innovation. Those leaders once labeled as IT implementation and management are stepping out into more strategic positions. Here, four…
By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review Louisiana is the most stressed state in America, and Utah is the least, according to an analysis released March 28 by personal finance website WalletHub. To compile its lists, WalletHub compared states and the District of Columbia across 41 metrics, including average hours worked weekly, personal bankruptcy rate and share…
By Katie Adams for Becker’s Hospital Review U.S. physicians who use EHRs spend an average of 1.84 hours a day completing documentation outside work hours, according to research published March 28 in JAMA Internal Medicine. The researchers analyzed responses to the 2019 National Electronic Health Records survey to learn more about the documentation burden being…