About 20 to 30 percent of hospital waste comes directly from the operating room; hence, everyone who works in the OR should be informed about the positive effects of controlling operating room [...]
Hospitals deal with various quality-related problems. Some of these include financial issues, government mandates, patient safety and quality care, staffing concerns, patient satisfaction, access [...]
Due to generally poor quality, hospitals can experience Medicare reimbursement reduction for preventable medical cases and hospital acquired diseases, as well as readmissions due to ineffective [...]
Accreditation through The Joint Commission (TJC), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Magnet Recognition and more affect health care quality -for nurses and the hospital in general.
Nurses are directly involved in almost all aspects of hospital quality, including patient care, bedside and medication management, assistance with surgeries and other major operations, data [...]
Electronic Health Records (EHR) are more effective when nurses are part of the planning and design stages, prior to implementation.