Careful communication is the top tool for creating a culture of patient safety, CNO Andrea Truex says. The most effective tool for patient safety? Frequent and thorough communication throughout each ...

Huddle handoff communication tool helps nurses feel safer from workplace violence A huddle handoff communication tool, developed by an academic hospital, may help improve the process for addressing ...

For nearly two weeks, a Manhattan man in his 20s languished on a ventilator at Lenox Hill Hospital as the coronavirus laid siege to his lungs. But as soon as he woke up, he was asking his ICU nurse ...

It’s no secret that healthcare as an industry could do better at being proactive with quality and safety data. Earlier this month, 13 leaders shared thoughts in NEJM Catalyst on how healthcare ...

As Studer Group coaches, we are sometimes asked for that “one thing” that will improve results, drive cultural change, hardwire behavior or create lasting quality. We’ve come to realize that there is ...

UPLAND – U.S. Rep. Bob Brady huddled with officials from the Crozer-Chester Nurses Association on Wednesday as he joined the effort to end the work stoppage that has seen nurses off the job since ...

Nick Nurse was a student at Northern Iowa in 1985 when he learned about a book that would influence his career, leading him to become the head coach for the Toronto Raptors and win an NBA championship ...

“I’m smart, I’m using a clean needle every time, I’m smart and then…I’m in.” It’s a warm summer evening in New Jersey. About a dozen nurses gather under the hum of fluorescent lights in a church ...

Editor's note: This story was updated to accurately reflect Gordon Scoles' coaching role at Iowa State. The book "Freedom of the Huddle" has been out of print for 35 years, but NBA coach Nick Nurse ...