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In an example other employers may want to strongly consider, hospitals around the country are re-creating their cafeterias as they strive to become healthier places to work.
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They cost about $10 and can be easily clipped to a waistband to count the number of steps walked each day. Could a simple, inexpensive pedometer be the key to ramping up an employee's physical activity?
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If your boss was asked what you do in a typical day, do you think he or she would accurately describe your role and the impact it has on your workplace?
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Including patients and family members in everything from developing a plan of care to making changes in the hospital's physical appearance has paid off at MCGHealth in Augusta, GA.
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Reducing falls is a constant worry for hospitals, and sometimes it seems there are no new ideas. But many health care providers are finding the most success with an approach that includes a wide range of efforts, everything from special equipment and monitoring systems to making sure every employee is empowered to prevent falls.
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Not all teaching is equal. Some is time - and labor-intensive. That is the case with training on equipment that many premature babies and other children must use to survive.
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At Children's National Medical Center in Washington, DC, families are given a patient pathway to accompany certain clinical pathways that are used by the medical team to coordinate care.
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Although the proposed wage index reductions by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will vary from county to county and state to state, hospice experts agree that all hospices will be affected.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) doesn't call it a rate cut. However, the net result of the proposed hospice wage index elimination over the next three years is a reduction in reimbursement.
