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The Department of Health and Human Services this week announced a national strategy to address maternal mental health and substance use issues.
The American Hospital Association urged leaders of the Senate and House Appropriations Subcommittees on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education to prioritize funding in fiscal year 2025 for health care programs shown to improve access to quality health care.
Banner Health (Arizona) is scaling an artificial intelligence tool in all 33 of its hospitals to enable clinicians to spend more time with patients.
Jefferson Health solicited feedback on its virtual nursing pilot program from front-line nurses before starting to scale it to ensure the program’s success.
To improve recruitment and retention, nursing leaders should offer flexible scheduling features to better accommodate individual needs.
Nursing leaders should adjust staffing models, provide access to mental health resources and foster a culturing prioritizing employee wellness to reduce burnout and promote a more sustainable nursing workforce, according to Humana Senior Vice President and CNO Kathy Driscoll, MSN, RN.
UPMC Health System’s med-surg specialty units adopted a team-based care model to deliver high-quality patient care with greater efficiency, detailed in an article in the May issue of Voice of Nursing Leadership.
Nurse leaders are invited to attend a briefing on May 20 at 4:30 p.m. ET or May 30 at 12:00 p.m. ET about advancing nurse innovation at their organization through the NurseHack4Health Pitch-A-Thon.
AONL seeks nominations through June 5 for its Young Professional Voices program. Intended for exemplary nurse leaders under 40, the program showcases rising talent in nursing leadership and is open to nurses at all levels, titles and organizational settings.
AONL will host a live webinar exploring key findings of its recent report, Quantifying Nurse Manager Impact, and its implications for nurse managers and health systems on May 21 at 12:00 p.m. CT.