To ensure big data is used to influence outcomes that are meaningful to the nursing profession, nurse executives need to act as data visionaries and architects. But how? Have you ever found yourself ...

Underreporting of falls and pressure ulcers in nursing homes was frequent and “widespread” in a new study of such incidents and whether they were accurately reflected on Care Compare. Over six years, ...

Emory School of Nursing has launched a data science certificate program to help nurses better understand informatics. How comfortable are nurses with mining Big Data? "Zero, zero, zero, zero," ...

Twelve years ago, the U.S. government introduced a powerful tool to help people make a wrenching decision: which nursing home to choose for loved ones at their most vulnerable. Using a simple star ...

"Taken together, these shifts signal that the nursing labor market may be entering a period of greater stability. Organizations are not only seeing fewer extended vacancies, they're also experiencing ...

Data drives decision-making, and this podcast empowers nurses to embrace the transformative potential of information. Hear from experienced nursing and informatics leaders about how data provides ...

EHR vendor Epic’s nurse-sensitive indicators and outcomes will now be integrated into Press Ganey’s National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators. Press Ganey’s National Database of Nursing Quality ...

When 17 nursing homes closed in Ohio in fiscal 2023, the Ohio Health Care Association, which represents nursing homes in the state, echoed a refrain often used by the industry to explain closures and ...

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. New Jersey’s long-term care population has been hard-hit by ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s top aide told Democratic lawmakers that his administration took months to release data on the coronavirus death toll among nursing home residents ...

WASHINGTON — Nursing homes have to publicly disclose their vaccination rates for flu and pneumonia, but there’s no similar mandate for COVID-19 shots, even though the steepest toll from the virus has ...

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