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Increasingly, hospitals use the data from their quality measurement activities, as feedback information for their …’s purpose in providing feedback, and (2) nurses’ perception of feedback as a job demand versus a job resource. This contribution … nurses. It is argued that feedback on quality measurements can result in quality improvement at the expense of or for the …
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Motivated by wide cross-sectional variations in intensity of care that are unrelated to patient outcomes, researchers and policymakers commonly claim that healthcare providers waste considerable re- sources, engaging in so-called “flat-of-the-curve (FOTC) medicine.” A key yet elusive...
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How best to utilize volunteers during medical emergencies is an essential part of hospital compliance planning. Onboarding recruited and spontaneous volunteers during crisis situations require careful consideration of multiple legal issues. Volunteer planning becomes more complex if volunteers...
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Using panel data from a large hospital system, this paper presents estimates of the productivity effects of human capital in a team production environment. Proxying nurses' general human capital by education and their unit-specific human capital by experience on the nursing unit, we find that...
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In the modern workplace, it is increasingly common for workers to concurrently attend to tasks across multiple physical locations. However, frequent site switching can lead to increased setup and overhead costs. Specifically, workers expend significant time and cognitive effort getting...
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It is taken as given by many policy makers that Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of prescription drugs drives inappropriate patients to treatment. Alternatively, advertising may provide useful information that causes appropriate patients to seek treatment. I study this dynamic in the context of...
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La recherche dont il est fait état dans cet article a consisté à analyser le processus de développement de deux projets de télémédecine en périnatalité (téléexpertise pour visiostaffs réunissant une maternité référente à plusieurs maternités périphériques et aide à la gestion...
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In France, more than 75% of the establishments spec ialized in the care for dependant elderly people are EHPADs (Establishments with housing for dependa nt and elderly people). These structures were created with the aim to rationalize the offer in this sector, but remain economically...
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