The Western PA Healthcare News Team
Nursing
The inclusive nurse: Improving patient care through cultural sensibility
New STTI book encourages addressing personal biases for positive patient interactions As a result of a rapidly changing health care ...
Around the Region
The Rise of the “-ists”: A Model Offering New Opportunities and Challenges for Locum Tenens Physicians
By Joseph Turner The hospitalist model of care has spread like wildfire since its introduction 20 years ago. In the mid-1990s, ...
Staffing & Consulting
Using Technology to Reinforce Best Practice Care
By Marsha Knapik, DirectorBrian Keller, Senior IT Applications DeveloperCorazon, Inc. Not so long ago, scribbled nurse’s notes and physician orders, along ...
Rural Healthcare
Overcoming Obstacles in Pennsylvania’s Rural Health Care System
By Brian Neese on behalf of Alvernia University Online Although Pennsylvania is the sixth most populous and ninth most densely ...
Healthcare System
The Story of Excellent Health Care
Hospitals are filled with doctors, nurses, and other health professionals: men and women with the utmost respect for science. At ...
Nursing
Etiquette is the Missing Link to Success in the Workplace
Second edition of widely acclaimed STTI book addresses business etiquette for nurses Professional etiquette reaches far beyond which fork to ...
HIPAA
Doing Business with Medical Clients
How the HIPAA Security Rule Affects Your Business By Brian Shrift, HCISPP When most business people think about HIPAA, they ...
