Nurses
In this episode John Haupert, Chair, 黑料正能量 Association and Mary Beth Kingston, executive vice president and chief nursing officer at Advocate Health will discuss nursing leadership trends and strategies that can make an impact as hospitals and health systems.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services鈥 proposal to implement mandatory nurse staffing levels 鈥渨ould have serious, negative, unintended consequences not only for nursing home patients and facilities, but the entire health care continuum,鈥 AHA told the House Energy and Commerce Health鈥
Building and retaining a nursing workforce is one of the many challenges facing health care today.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Friday released a proposed rule that would impose minimum staffing requirements for long-term care facilities, including skilled nursing facilities, that participate in Medicare and Medicaid.
The AHA strongly believes that a skilled, caring workforce is integral to delivery of high quality, safe care. At the same time, safe staffing is about much more than a number. We are concerned that in proposing a one-size-fits-all numerical staffing threshold, CMS would remove the role of clinical鈥
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Sept. 1 issued a proposed rule regarding staffing requirements for nursing homes that participate in Medicare and Medicaid. CMS estimates that about 75% of nursing homes would have to increase staffing in their facilities under the proposed鈥
Fisher-Titus' Stacy Daniel, director of clinical programs, and Katie Chieda, chief nursing officer, discuss their approach to recruiting international nurses to their community to ensure they remain a strong, independent health system for years to come.
Here鈥檚 what experts say health systems will need to do to build a future-ready workforce, achieve health equity goals and deliver care closer to home.
The Health Resources and Services Administration yesterday awarded $64.8 million to programs to train advanced practice nurses to provide primary care, mental health care and maternal care; $8.7 million to programs to train licensed practical nurses to become registered nurses; and $26.5 million鈥
In the Aug. 29 AHA Leadership Scan episode, 鈥淎dopt Proven Strategies to Navigate Today鈥檚 Nursing Workforce,鈥 experts will examine the playbooks of top-performing health systems.