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Show: January 13, 2013:
- This week on Sound Medicine...
- How does the Affordable Care Act affect taxpayers now?
- How can hiking increase creativity?
- Can hospital observation areas decrease health care spending?
- How can hospitals improve the quality of their care?
- How can lack of sleep lead to depression and learning defecits?
- Will osteoporosis screenings fall victim to budget cuts?
- Are extreme conditioning programs safe?
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How can hospitals improve the quality of their care?
Host: Steve Bogdewic, PhD
Interview: Matthew McHugh, Ph.D., J.D., MPH, R.N., assistant professor of nursing at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
According to Matthew McHugh, Ph.D., J.D., MPH, R.N., just ask a nurse. McHugh is an assistant professor of nursing at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. He recently led a study in which more than 16,000 nurses from 400 hospitals in California, Florida, New Jersey and Pennsylvania evaluated their hospitals’ quality of care. The researchers found that nurses' perceptions of care accurately reflected hospital outcomes. Researchers also found that nurses working in hospitals with an outstanding level of care consistently reported that their hospitals provided an excellent level of care.
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- Learn more about how nurses’ insights are valuable for improving quality of care in hospitals. here
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