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May 25, 2011 | Journal Article
A study measuring the relationship between the adult primary care physician workforce and patient outcomes found that a more concentrated physician workforce was usually associated with better patient outcomes.
February 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Dartmouth and CMS study questions whether increasing physician supply will lead to improved access to care and higher patient satisfaction.
December 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Patient care suffers when emergency department directors have difficulty in obtaining on-call coverage by specialists.
February 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Much must be changed to increase diversity in health care professions, including education, career support, how we value professionals who provide direct care, and even arguments for why society needs diversity among professionals, according to a prominent advocacy organization.
June 12, 2009 | Journal Article
A Critical Element for Health Reform
January 1, 2005 | Journal Article
In January 2004, a California law went into effect that regulates minimum nurse/patient ratios in hospitals because several studies had documented worse patient outcomes when nurse/patient ratios fell. This study examined associations between low nurse/patient ratios and adverse patient outcomes.
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. ...
June 1, 2003 | Journal Article
This article guides nurse managers through the methods, findings, implications, and limitations of studies about nurse staffing and patient outcomes
March 1, 2007 | Journal Article
Hospitals are beginning to provide scholarships in nursing education programs.
March 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Nurses’ ability to provide primary care is “hampered by the constraints of outdated policies, particularly those involving nurses’ scopes of practice.”