When it came to revenue cycle management, St. Joseph’s Health, one of New Jersey’s largest safety net health systems, used to be very fragmented between ambulatory and acute care settings. THE PROBLEM Entering charges was done by hand, rather than through an automated process, with physicians having no visibility into the process. As a result, […]
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Pandemic-era burnout: Nurses in the trenches say technology hurts and helps
Nurses, the backbone of healthcare, typically have to deal with serious levels of burnout – the COVID-19 pandemic has made the problem that much worse: 61% of nurses have emotional and physical fatigue, according to a new survey of 226 nurses titled “Leading in Times of Crisis” by Inspire Nurse Leaders, a nursing education organization. […]
Q&A: 'For years nurses have been left out of the conversation'
Rebecca Love is an experienced nurse and entrepreneur that works in healthcare innovation. She is a strong advocate of the importance of nursing for the advancement of healthcare and was the first Director of Nurse Innovation & Entrepreneurship in the US at the Northeastern School of Nursing – the founding initiative in the country designed to empower […]
African-American Special Interest Group aims for diversity at the top levels within HIMSS and healthcare IT
When Optum director of Advisory Services Iris P. Frye went to her first global HIMSS conference more than five years ago, what struck her was that out of the sheer volume of people attending, few were African-American. Nursing informatics expect Danielle Siarri said she felt the same way, year-after-year. “The first time I attended, I […]