Fall Conference Date Set Register now and save Abstracts being accepted
The next Consortium
educational conference, “Clinical Excellence; Caring to Provide the
Best in Patient Care,” will be held December 8, 2023 at Charles Dodge City Center in Pembroke Pines, Florida. Register today and save with early bird rates. The Consortium is now accepting abstracts for podium
and poster presentations through October 13, 2023. Please make your submission by clicking here. Of particular interest are
programs, research, scholarly projects, and process improvement exemplars that
address the physical, psychological, environmental, and emotional challenges to
providing excellent patient care. For a conference flyer, please click here.
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Consortium
welcomes Baptist Outpatient Services as newest member
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Baptist Outpatient Services is the Consortium's newest member and the first hospital system outpatient services division to do so. "After attending the most recent Consortium conference and seeing |
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the energy and collegiality, I knew that I wanted nurse leaders at Baptist Outpatient
Services to engage in the excellent committee work underway as nurse leaders
elsewhere within Baptist Health do. I
since have learned that the Consortium wishes to better engage nurse leaders in
nonacute community settings and we look forward to helping grow Consortium
membership by those providing care in the community," remarked Janisse Post RN, MSN, MSHA, DHSc,
the Chief Nursing Officer/Assistant Vice President at Baptist Outpatient
Services. Conveniently located throughout
South Florida, Baptist Health’s outpatient facilities provide cutting-edge
diagnostic, surgical, endoscopy and sleep services in a comfortable
environment. The organization’s array of same day care services, including
Express Care and Urgent Care, as well as immediate online doctor visits with
Baptist Health Care On Demand, are world-class healthcare options for a wide
variety of common ailments. Baptist Outpatient Services also includes
freestanding Emergency Departments and Baptist Health Hospital | Doral.
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Spring/Summer 2024
cycle for the South Florida Centralized Clinical Placement System starts August 28
The Nursing Consortium of Florida has announced the
following schedule for the Spring/Summer 2024 cycle of the South Florida Centralized
Clinical Placement System: - Monday 8/28 – Sunday 9/3 Hospitals update
availability.
- Monday, 9/4 – Sunday 9/17 Schools submit
placement requests.
- Monday, 9/18 – Sunday 10/01 Hospitals respond to
placement requests
Please click here
for more information.
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CMS issues Making Care
Primary model Request for Applications
CMS has issued a new Request for Applications (RFA) which introduces Making
Care Primary (MCP), a new Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation advanced
primary care model that aims to reduce program expenditures and improve key
measures of patient outcomes through more coordinated, integrated, whole-person
care. MCP provides a pathway for primary care clinicians with varying levels of
experience in value-based care (including practices new to value-based care,
those supporting underserved communities, and small, independent, and rural
practices) to gradually adopt prospective, population-based payments that
support the delivery of advanced primary care. The Request for Applications (RFA) details model payment, care delivery,
quality, and other policies. Send your
questions to MCP@cms.hhs.gov. Please click
here to read more.
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Gain insights and solutions
for leading the hospital of the future
On September 7, at 10:00 am Modern Healthcare Custom Media will host The Hospital of the Future
a complimentary virtual event exploring the innovations and forces that are
driving healthcare into the future. This Virtual Briefing convenes hospital and
health system executives to explore the transforming roles of care providers
and share how their organizations are evolving in response to industry trends
and patient needs. Keynote Speakers are Mark Kandrysawtz, VP and Chief
Innovation Officer, WellSpan Health and Novlet Mattis, SVP and Chief Digital
and Information Officer, Orlando Health. Participate for insights to advance
your organization’s technology capabilities, care delivery strategies and
community health outreach. Please click here to register.
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Baptist Health most-awarded healthcare system in South
Florida based on U.S. News & World Report 2023-2024 Rankings
Consortium member Baptist Health has once again been
recognized in the 2023-2024 U.S. News & World Report rankings
as the most award-winning healthcare organization in South Florida. Baptist Health hospitals
and institutes are among the very best in America, securing a total of 45
awards. Baptist Hospital is recognized as the #1 hospital in the
Miami Fort Lauderdale metro area and the fifth in the State of Florida. Baptist
Health Miami Neuroscience Institute is ranked #39 in the nation in the
Neurology & Neurosurgery category, among other High-Performing
designations. Additional Baptist Health hospitals are recognized
as High Performing in several conditions and procedures, including diabetes,
kidney failure, stroke, pneumonia, knee replacement, heart failure, geriatrics
and more. Baptist Health is also recognized as High Performing in Cancer Care,
Heart & Vascular Care, Brain & Spine Care and Orthopedic Care. Please click
here to read more.
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McKinsey Global Survey finds explosive growth
of generative AI
The latest annual McKinsey Global Survey on the current
state of AI confirms the explosive growth of generative AI (gen AI) tools. Less
than a year after many of these tools debuted, one-third of the survey
respondents say their organizations are using gen AI regularly in at least one
business function. Amid recent advances, AI has risen from a topic relegated to
tech employees to a focus of company leaders: nearly one-quarter of surveyed
C-suite executives say they are personally using gen AI tools for work, and
more than one-quarter of respondents from companies using AI say gen AI is
already on their boards’ agendas. What’s more, 40 percent of respondents say
their organizations will increase their investment in AI overall because of
advances in gen AI. Please click here to read more.
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Register now for a candid conversation with Mayo Clinic
leaders September 6, 2023, online
Join Mayo Clinic industry leaders, JoEllen Frain, Nanne
Finnis, Anne Dabrow Woods in a one-hour, candid conversation about
workforce-related challenges and opportunities, a webinar on September 6, 2023,
2:00 – 3:00 pm. Learn the ways Mayo Clinic uses best practices in creating
an outstanding employee experience and identifying organizational practices by
Mayo Clinic that are used to sustain performance improvement. The discussion
will center on the reality that healthcare organizations address many
challenges today; they must simultaneously elevate culture and innovative
workforce solutions that make their organizations a great place to work. Please
click here to read more.
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More nurses needed to help
run the healthcare business
America needs more nurses. Not just nurses to help
patients, but especially nurses to run the business. A recent article in
MedPageToday by Joel Theisen, BSN, RN, who is a nurse, founder and chief executive
of Lifespark, a Minnesota senior health company, stresses the importance of
getting nurses into senior management positions in the healthcare industry.
Theisen says, “I have attended meetings too numerous to count with executives
who define medicine by dollars and cents. Their view of healthcare is through
spreadsheets, profit-and-loss statements, and claims management metrics. Nurses
are different. We aren't all about numbers. We are wired and trained to focus
on people -- what people want, what people need, and how we can make their
lives better. To borrow a phrase from the business world, nurses are
customer-driven. I believe that encouraging nurses to work the business side
of healthcare can serve as a motivator that keeps good people in the healthcare
profession -- and makes the overall industry better, too. Please click here to
read more.
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Lee Health ranked among top 15% of hospitals in the U.S. by CMS
All four Lee Health’s acute care
hospitals including Consortium member Cape Coral Hospital have been awarded four or five stars by the Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services (CMS). This puts
Lee Health hospitals in the top 15% of hospitals in the country. Gulf Coast
Medical Center maintained its four-star status and Cape Coral Hospital
increased to four stars while HealthPark Medical Center and Lee Memorial
Hospital brought their four-star rankings up to a prestigious five stars. Please click here to read more.
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McKinsey interviews Zeynep Ton about her new book on how
great companies empower employees and reduce turnover
McKinsey & Company’s Global Publishing Editor Elissa
Bandler interviews Zeynep Ton, professor of the Practice at the MIT Sloan School of Management and president
and cofounder of the Good Jobs Institute about her new book, The Case for Good
Jobs: How Great Companies Bring Dignity, Pay, and Meaning to Everyone’s Work
(Harvard Business Review Press, June 2023). Ton’s book examines the positive
impact of targeted job strategies on performance, productivity, and profit. Ton says that she found two approaches to profitability. The
dominant approach was to see employees as a cost to be minimized and to invest
very little in people over market pay. Consequently, this means operating with
high employee turnover. Companies that use this approach worked in ambitious
cycles where their high turnover led to lots of operational problems, customer
service problems, reduced productivity, reduced sales, and more. The other,
less used approach was to see people not as a cost to be minimized, but as the
drivers of value, profit, and customer service. In that case, the goal was to
invest heavily in them—pay a lot more than the market wages and operate with
very low turnover. These companies also made employees’ work a lot more
valuable to more than pay for the investment in them. They operated in a cycle
of low employee turnover and high performance. Please click here to read more.
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Optum and Capella University announce new Nurse
Practitioner Program
Optum, a diversified
health services company, and Capella
University, an accredited online university, have announced a new
educational program designed to address the growing need for skilled, advanced
practice nurses. The collaboration will pair Capella’s educational
capabilities with Optum’s clinical expertise and sites of care. The program
will help students prepare for
licensure and to lead in their field. In addition, many students will have the
option to access Optum’s national network of care locations to develop
real-world skills, as well as the benefit of dedicated Optum recruitment
resources and the opportunity to apply for available positions at Optum. The
program’s first offering is a Master of Science in Nursing – Adult-Gerontology
Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (MSN AG-PCNP). Enrollment is now open, with
courses beginning Oct. 9, 2023. A Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) program is
expected to launch at a later date. Please click
here to read more.
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KaufmanHall reports hospital financial outlook stable but
challenges persist
Despite an overall trend of continued margin improvement,
most hospitals underperformed in June as high expenses and economic pressures
persist, according to the latest data from Kaufman Hall. The median calendar
year-to-date operating margin index for hospitals was 1.4% in June, with fiscal
year-end accounting adjustments contributing to a slight bump in performance,
according to findings in the latest National Hospital Flash Report. As margins
continue to stabilize on the surface, the gap between high-performing hospitals
and those struggling in this new financial environment is widening. Please click
here to read more.
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U.S. News & World Report names Holy Cross Health as
High Performing in six categories among Best Hospitals 2023-2024
Consortium member Holy Cross Health has been named by
U.S. News & World Report to its 2023-2024 Best Hospitals as a High
Performing hospital for Diabetes, Heart Attack, Heart Failure, Hip Replacement,
Knee Replacement and Stroke. This is the highest distinction a hospital can
earn for U.S. News’ Best Hospitals Procedures & Conditions ratings. The
annual Procedures & Conditions ratings are designed to assist patients and
their doctors in making informed decisions about where to receive care for
challenging health conditions or elective procedures. U.S. News evaluated more
than 4,500 hospitals across 15 specialties and 21 procedures and conditions.
Hospitals awarded a “Best” designation excelled at factors such as clinical
outcomes, level of nursing care and patient experience. “Every day we do our
best to help our patient be their best,” said Mark Doyle, President and CEO of
Holy Cross Health. “We are honored to be recognized for our team’s commitment
to excellence in multiple disciplines.” Please click here to read more.
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Medpro named to Staffing Industry Analysts 2023 list of largest
staffing firms in the US
Consortium member MedPro Healthcare Staffing, a leading
provider in contract healthcare staffing services, was named one of the “2023
Largest Staffing Firms in the United States” by Staffing Industry Analysts. The
list, issued annually for 28 years, ranks firms according to their US staffing
revenue. Companies must have earned at least $100 million in revenue the
previous year to be included. MedPro earned $436 million in 2022 and was among
251 companies on the list. “Being recognized as one of the largest staffing
firms confirms our hard work and dedication to delivering quality healthcare to
facilities nationwide,” said MedPro Healthcare Staffing President and CEO Liz
Tonkin. Please click here to read more.
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HCA
Florida opens multispecialty clinic in Belle Glade
Consortium member HCA Florida, through HCA Florida Palms
West Hospital, has opened a multispecialty clinic in Belle Glade. The expansion
of services will bring the professional medical care to the Glades communities.
The newly-opened office has board-certified specialists in general surgery,
heart and vascular care and gastroenterology who will see patients on a
rotating basis in the shared clinic which features three exam rooms. “No longer
will people in the Glades, Hendry County and the surrounding communities, need
to take a full day to come east to see the specialists they need. We are
bringing these highly-skilled physicians right to them,” Palms West Hospital
CEO Jason Kimbrell said. “The Glades communities have been historically
underserved, and now, we are bringing world-class care to the Glades.” Please
click here to read more.
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Broward Health Imperial Point achieves ANCC Pathway to
Excellence Program® redesignation
Broward Health Imperial Point received Pathway to
Excellence® redesignation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).
The hospital has held this designation since 2014 and was previously
redesignated in 2018. It is the only Pathway organization in the tri-county
area and one of only 21 in the state of Florida. Worldwide, there are 204
Pathway organizations. This prestigious designation highlights a commitment to
creating a healthy work environment where nurses feel empowered and valued. “We value the vital role nurses play in the
delivery of compassionate and quality care and strive to create a work
environment that leads to professional growth, job satisfaction and retention,
especially in light of the nurse shortages we are facing,” said Judy Frum,
Chief Executive Officerat Broward Health Imperial Point, who is herself a
nurse. Please click here to read more.
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Cross Country Healthcare certified as a Most Loved
Workplace by Newsweek
Consortium member Cross Country Healthcare, a
market-leading workforce solutions and tech-enabled staffing, recruitment and advisory
services firm, has been awarded Newsweek Magazine’s Most Loved Workplace®
certification backed by the research and analysis of Best Practice Institute
(BPI). Most Loved Workplaces® recognizes organizations where employees are the
happiest and most satisfied at work based on their scores on the Love of
Workplace Index™. The index surveys employees on various elements around
satisfaction and sentiment, including respect, collaboration, support, and a
sense of belonging inside the company. Please click here to read more.
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