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Charitable Expectations of Nonprofit Hospitals

July 23, 2009 | Journal Article

How should nonprofit health care providers be expected to benefit the communities that they serve? Maryland's program points the way for other states as a new federal law goes into effect in 2010.

Addressing Language Barriers in Health Care

March 1, 2007 | Issue Brief

This issue brief from the Speaking Together project, presents an overview of the program funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation whose aim is to identify, test and assess strategies for hospitals to provide effective language services to patients with limited English proficiency.

The Story of Transforming Care at the Bedside

January 30, 2005 | Report

Recommended Reading A New Era in Nursing Evaluation of Transforming Care at the Bedside Empowering Better Nursing Care Tools for Transforming Care at the Bedside The Transforming Care at the Bedside (TCAB) Toolkit Transforming Care at the Bedside Ta ...

In Any Language

May 1, 2008 | Report

This report highlights the experiences of the 10 hospitals participating in the Speaking Together program, showcasing the proven practices that were implemented to improve language services at the health care institutions.

A 36-Hospital Time and Motion Study

July 1, 2008 | Journal Article

This article examines the methodology and findings of a time and motion study to measure how nurses spend their time at work. The study suggests areas for improvement in terms of efficiencies and reveals the arduous nature of nursing practice.

Measures

June 4, 2008 | Toolkit

A successful language services program begins with a strong foundation.

Transforming Care at the Bedside

July 11, 2011 | Program Result Report

Transforming Care at the Bedside (TCAB) was a national initiative to improve hospital patient care and the hospital work environment by empowering front-line nurses to implement innovative new practices on their units.

The Strengthening Hospital Nursing Program

January 1, 1999 | Book

In this chapter of the Anthology, the authors summarize the results of the evaluation of the Strengthening Hospital Nursing program and present an in-depth report on three of the 20 hospital sites.

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