“Leaders manage meaning when others are unable.” Gail T. Fairhurst I recently spoke with an experienced nurse manager about her role challenges. Without hesitation, she answered that it was keeping her 85 staff members informed about the changes in their health system that are occurring with health reform. It is interesting, she noted, they have very different … [Read more...]
Cost Transparency in Healthcare
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN A friend of mine recently lost her job and her health benefits quickly expired. The cost of a cobra policy was too expensive. She figured she was very healthy. She could take the risk, and wait until the insurance health exchanges (part of the Affordable Care Act) are available in October. Her luck did not hold out. She injured her knee … [Read more...]
From Volume to Value-Based Care
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN This past weekend, Dr. Tim Porter O'Grady (a nurse futurist) spent time with our emerging nurse leader students and their preceptors discussing the changing role of the nurse leader in the new evolving health-care delivery system. One significant change in health reform is the movement of reimbursement away from a focus on the volume of … [Read more...]
5 Strategies to Help Nursing Staff Manage Change
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN Leaders in health care agencies today are trying to strategically plan for a different model of reimbursement. The new model will be based on value of the services versus the old model which was based on the volume of services. It is almost a certainty that the change will bring a reduction in some health care services and fewer hospital … [Read more...]
6 Ways to be a More Strategic Nurse Leader
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN “Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action comes, stop thinking and go in.” Napoleon Bonaparte I was recently talking with a nurse executive from a free standing community hospital. As she looks at the future health care landscape, it has become clear to her that her organization is not well positioned for the changes … [Read more...]
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