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.
"The communication gap in healthcare can be bridged with technology - particularly, phone or video based translation, Internet resources, and language apps."