Apr 17, 2017
A safety training program aimed at helping healthcare staff respond to disruptive and threatening patient behavior led to improved safety for both staff and patients, according to a recent evaluation report completed by the Labor Management Project’s research team....
Jan 13, 2017
Over the past 10 years, people with diagnoses of mental illness (depression, bipolar disorder, etc.) have been admitted to nursing homes at higher rates than people with dementia only. Meanwhile, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued...
Jan 13, 2017
Community health workers (CHWs), who are integral to healthcare in parts of the developing world, can also play a vital role in U.S. healthcare reform, according to a report released by the Arnhold Institute for Public Health at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount...
Jan 13, 2017
A December 2016 Issue Brief from the Commonwealth Fund reports that the U.S. healthcare system is not meeting the complex needs of high-need patients, many of whom have unaddressed behavioral health and social issues. The Fund’s survey of high-need patients found that...
Dec 9, 2016
“We definitely need nurses to be part of the care team. I look forward to seeing how we can together change the lives of patients,” Mount Sinai Performing Provider System Medical Director Edwidge Thomas told the over 500 nurses and other healthcare workers who...
Dec 9, 2016
Thirty employees from Good Samaritan Hospital recently departed from their normal routine to attend an all-day Patient-Centered Care (PCC) training in Suffern, New York, the last in a series of 33 sessions. They were instructed by two of their own: Care Partner Cheryl...
