By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN On July 27th, 2016, CMS finally released the long awaited star ratings of hospitals in the United States by announcing "today, we are updating the star ratings on the Hospital Compare website to help millions of patients and their families learn about the quality of hospitals, compare facilities in their area side-by-side, and ask … [Read more...]
Is Rate Your Nurse Leader in Our Future?
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN I received an interesting request from one of our graduate students last week. She was looking for an alternative to a required class because she was concerned about the professor's negative ratings on the Rate My Professors site. Ironically, this request came shortly after I attended as session on Rateocracy: When Everyone and Everything … [Read more...]