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CMS revised guidance offers nursing homes flexibility in nurse aide training

December 14, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Healthcare Staff

Nursing homes struggling to get uncertified temporary nurse aides (TNA) trained to federal training requirements by the Oct. 7 deadline now have more flexibility. ...

Medical Environment Update

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Care coordination and the labor shortage: How we can prepare

December 14, 2025

Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors, Healthcare Staff

Today’s care coordination is often a manual and time-consuming process that depends on hard-copy patient lists, notes, and other physical documentation. Improving this state of affairs has historicall...

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Can tattoos accurately measure blood pressure?

December 14, 2025

Patient Safety, Quality & Errors, Cybersecurity & Technology, Healthcare Staff

Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M University have created an electronic tattoo that can be worn on the wrist comfortably for hours while providing accurate, continuous...

Medical Environment Update

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Electronic peer-to-peer consulting to combat long wait times

December 14, 2025

Quality & Errors, Healthcare Staff, Cybersecurity & Technology

Statistically, the longer a patient waits to see a specialist, the more likely they are to fall off their care plan or experience additional complications. And wait times continue to increase; by some...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Safe practices to reduce CPOE alert fatigue

December 14, 2025

Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors, Cybersecurity & Technology, Healthcare Staff

When you visit a website for the first time and it asks for your cookie preferences, how often do you just click “accept all” to get on with what you’re doing—especially if you’re busy and have a bunc...

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More than 5K nurses sign up for free burnout prevention program

December 14, 2025

Workplace safety, Healthcare Staff

More than 5,000 nurses have signed up for a new free nurse burnout prevention program in which the American Nurses Association (ANA) is encouraging its members to participate. ANA has partnered with S...

Medical Environment Update

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May 2022 MEU Quiz

December 14, 2025

Cybersecurity & Technology, Laboratory Safety, Workplace safety, Healthcare Staff

Did you read the stories from the May MEU, and how well do you remember them? Test your knowledge with this short quiz. ...

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Three ways a coordinated approach can solve the nursing shortage

December 14, 2025

Leadership & Finance, Healthcare Staff

Though COVID-19 narrowed the focus on the nursing shortage, other conditions have contributed to it far longer than the pandemic: a higher education system that is training too few nurses; workforce c...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Key trends and cautionary tales: Staffing shortages and patient safety

December 14, 2025

Leadership & Finance, Policies and Procedures, Health Equity, Healthcare Staff, Quality & Errors

Ask any healthcare executive to name the biggest issue that will demand their attention in 2022, and the response will be staffing shortages and their impact on patient safety. Those focused on improv...

Medical Environment Update

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Staffing shortages aren’t just a business problem, they’re a patient safety threat

December 14, 2025

Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors, Healthcare Staff

Since 2020, the healthcare industry has lost nearly half a million workers, exacerbating staffing shortages that existed prior to the start of the pandemic. One of the hardest-hit areas is the pharmac...

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CMS revised guidance offers nursing homes flexibility in nurse aide training

Care coordination and the labor shortage: How we can prepare

Can tattoos accurately measure blood pressure?

Electronic peer-to-peer consulting to combat long wait times

Safe practices to reduce CPOE alert fatigue

More than 5K nurses sign up for free burnout prevention program

May 2022 MEU Quiz

Three ways a coordinated approach can solve the nursing shortage

Key trends and cautionary tales: Staffing shortages and patient safety

Staffing shortages aren’t just a business problem, they’re a patient safety threat

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