Staffing

Supporting the Provider Experience to Build a Good Patient Experience

January 25, 2024 - Does a better patient experience start with a better staff and provider experience? If you ask Deirdre Mylod, PhD, the senior vice president of Research and Analytics at Press Ganey, it has to. Indeed, there is a key behavioral and workflow approach to achieving a good patient experience. Optimal patient-provider communication, best practices for patient safety, and care coordination...


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HCAHPS, Patient Experience Scores Tank During COVID-19 Due to Staffing

by Sara Heath

A new RAND Corporation analysis of nearly 4 million HCAHPS surveys showed that hospital patient experience tanked during the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers wrote in JAMA Health Forum. Compared to...

How Staffing Problems Cause Racial Health Disparities in Nursing Homes

by Sara Heath

Nursing homes serving mostly Black patients employ fewer registered nurses than facilities serving mostly White patients, a staffing issue that researchers from NYU said could be driving racial health...

CMS Funds 200 Medical Residency Slots with Health Equity in Mind

by Sarai Rodriguez

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has awarded the first 200 of 1,000 medical residency slots to preserve care access in underserved communities, reflecting a commitment to advance...

Are Staffing Shortages Dissuading Healthcare Access for Patients?

by Sara Heath

Half of US patients think hospitals need to up their nursing staff, with concerns about nurse and other staffing shortages dissuading healthcare access for some, according to a survey completed by...

Staffing Shortages Joins Health Inequities as Patient Safety Risks

by Sara Heath

Staffing shortages and the impact COVID-19 had on the medical workforce’s mental health are the leading patient safety risks for 2022, joining familiar roadblocks like health inequities and...

Nurse Staffing Ratios Tied to High Costs, Patient Safety Savings

by Sara Heath

A Massachusetts ballot question considering mandated nurse staffing ratios will cost the Commonwealth, hospitals, and other healthcare organizations because of increased staffing needs, according to an...

NPs, PAs Could Reduce Primary Care Physician Shortage Nearly 70%

by Sara Heath

The healthcare industry is facing a primary care physician shortage that threatens patient access to care in coming years. Leaning on non-physician clinicians such as nurse practitioners (NPs) and...

How Nurse Staffing Ratios Impact Patient Safety, Access to Care

by Sara Heath

A Massachusetts ballot question has the healthcare industry debating nurse staff ratios and how they can impact patient safety and patient access to care. The ballot question at hand involves An Act...