The United States is rapidly transforming into one of the most racially and ethnically diverse nations in the world. Groups commonly referred to as...
There is an imbalance in the makeup of the nation鈥檚 physicians, dentists, and nurses. This imbalance contributes to the gap in health status and the impaired...
Keeping Patients Safe: Transforming the Work Environment of Nurses identifies solutions to problems in hospital, nursing home, and other health care organization...
If implemented appropriately, health IT can help improve health care providers' performance, better communication between patients and providers, and enhance...
With more than 3 million members,聽the nursing profession is the largest segment of the nation鈥檚 health care workforce. Working on the front lines of patient...
This report from the Institute of Medicine makes an urgent call for fundamental change to close the quality gap, recommends a redesign of the American health care...
Occupational back pain in nurses (OBPN) constitutes a major source of mor-bidity in the health care environment. Published in the Journal of Long-Term Effects of...
Published in JAMA, this editorial describes the fundamental importance of knowing the costs of patient care before you can reduce the costs. Clarity about the...
Published in JAMA, the following study examines the administrative costs associated with billing and insurance-related activities at an academic health care system...
Published in the Journal of Applied Gerontology, the following study utilizes the job demands-resources model of burnout to examine relations between job demands,...
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