Healthcare organizations can teach clinicians and nurses compassionate communication skills, including deep listening, clarity, and understanding patients' perspectives. Compassionate communication is ...

A standardized handoff can prevent inconsistent and inaccurate discharge summaries, a new study says. Transition of patients from hospital to a skilled nursing facility (SNF) often results in ...

Nurses spend twice the amount of time chasing other people to get answers as they do locating other resources – wasting as much as two hours a shift. That’s one of the findings of a Cisco survey of ...

Nurses are one of the most important assets to a hospital. They can reduce the likelihood of falls, infections and medication errors, and improve patient satisfaction. That said, the more hospitals ...

According to Becker’s Hospital Review, personnel shortages of all types were at the top of the list of pressing concerns for healthcare CEOs in 2021, eclipsing financial concerns for the first time in ...

Ongoing staffing shortages in nursing homes are making it difficult for nurses to communicate and efficiently share changes in conditions for residents, a new study has found. Researchers found that ...

A new review article highlights the importance of developing asthma action plans and clear lines of communication. The presence of asthma action plans (AAPs) and deliberate communication between ...

The study identified communication needs of emergency medicine nurses and physicians, in particular, what information should be conveyed, by whom and the most appropriate time to convey the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. UH Conneaut and Geneva recently received five-star ratings for nurse communication from Becker’s Hospital Review. The rating is ...

A qualitative study explored the value of specialized cancer nurses for patients with CRC in a country with geographic barriers to support services.

PerfectServe ®, a leading healthcare technology company specializing in unified clinical communication and provider scheduling solutions, today announced that nominations are now open for the sixth ...