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March 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
The Office of Rural Health and Primary Care, State of Minnesota Department of Health, worked to improve both needs assessment and support services for recruitment and retention in the state's rural areas.
National Program
The TCAB program was led by the Institute for Health Improvement (IHI), and has generated significant information about the value of involving nurses and other front-line staff in the redesign of care delivery models and systems.
November 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Nursing students need to be taught the guiding principles of Transforming Care at the Bedside (TCAB), a nurse-led, quality improvement program, from the first day of nursing school so that their entire education prepares them to work in a collaborative, adaptive environment centered on patient care, according to this article on curriculum and TCAB.
November 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Implementing Transforming Care at the Bedside (TCAB), a nurse-led quality initiative which aims to create rapid improvement, resulted in large gains in outcomes and large savings in costs, according to two executives with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, one of the hospitals participating in the TCAB pilot program.
September 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
According to this brief, almost 75 percent of physicians were accepting all or most new Medicare patients, the vast majority of physicians contracted with managed care plans, and slightly fewer than six in 10 physicians provided charity care in 2008.
January 1, 2006 | Journal Article
Nurses are the largest group of health care professionals providing direct patient care in hospitals, and the quality of care for hospital patients is strongly linked to the performance of nursing staff, according to an Institute of Medicine report. ...
March 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
The State of Nebraska Department of Health launched five regional networks that have improved access to care in rural areas, offered managed care products to rural consumers, and enhanced recruitment and retention efforts of rural physicians.
December 31, 2002 | Story
The shortfall is a demographic phenomenon. Nurses are growing older. The average age of a nurse in the United States is 44, and many nurses are expected to retire within the next decade, or soon thereafter.
June 14, 2006 | News Release
Variables such as flexible work hours, increased benefits, newly created professional roles, better designed hospital equipment and buildings, and an atmosphere of respect for nurses are central considerations for hospitals seeking to recruit and re ...
January 9, 2007 | News Release
Grants awarded for 13 research projects to advance learning about what works to retain experienced nurses in hospitals.