Washington governor supports agreement between nurses and hospitals
Patient Safety Monitor Alert, February 6, 2008
Want to receive articles like this one in your inbox? Subscribe to Patient Safety Monitor Alert!
Union leaders and heads of the Washington Hospital Association have come to an agreement to effectively staff all hospitals in the state, reports the The Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The plan was endorsed by Governor Chris Gregoire on February 4. Gregoire thinks the agreement is a step in the right direction because it keeps patients safer while lowering costs.
The new plan calls for hospitals to keep track of how many nurses they have budgeted to be on each floor during each shift and how many nurses actually are there. Hospitals and the state will be doing a better job of keeping track of nursing needs, says Gregoire.
To read the article, click here.
Want to receive articles like this one in your inbox? Subscribe to Patient Safety Monitor Alert!
Comments
0 comments on “Washington governor supports agreement between nurses and hospitals ”
Related Products
-
Patient Safety Monitor
As part of your Patient Safety Monitor membership, you'll receive Briefings on Patient Safety. In this 12-page monthly...
-
Patient Safety Monitor Alert
This e-mail newsletter provides healthcare professionals with the latest patient safety news, while offering useful...
-
Patient Safety Quality Monthly
Ken Rohde, Senior Consultant for The Greeley Company with over 25 years of experience in quality management. His roles in...
-
Occurrence Reporting:
Take advantage of the information occurrence reports provide and make sustainable enhancements at your facility. Expert...
Most Popular
- Articles
-
- HIPAA Q&A: Answering service messages
- Featured blog post: Nurses face felony charges after reporting physician to the Texas Medical Board
- Q&A: Coding for dry skin due to cold weather
- Q/A: Volume requirement for reporting hydration services
- Are your workforce members texting PHI?
- Topic: CMS, OESS post new security compliance review information, checklist
- What does case-mix index mean to you?
- Privacy, security concerns high in HIEs
- QA:Coding multiple initial infusions
- OB services: Coding inside and outside of the package
- E-mailed
-
- Featured blog post: Nurses face felony charges after reporting physician to the Texas Medical Board
- Q/A: Volume requirement for reporting hydration services
- HIPAA Q&A: Level of encryption needed for email
- HIPAA Q&A: Answering service messages
- HIPAA Q&A: TPO disclosures to a business associate
- Are your workforce members texting PHI?
- Q&A: Coding for dry skin due to cold weather
- Hospitalist-surgeon comanagement has no effect on outcomes
- Don't let these sentinel events trigger falsely
- Correctly bill ancillary bedside procedures in addition to the room rate
- Searched