Turnover in Medical News

New Study Identifies Strategies to Retain Experienced Nurses as Nursing Shortage Looms & Nation's Health Care Needs Grow

... a number of health care organizations lowered turnover rates among experienced nurses by making a ... items, did not contribute to an overall drop in turnover among experienced nurses; however, they did ... the issue. Although no single initiative lowered turnover rates at all of the health care organizations ...

The Beryl Companies Reinvents Call Center, Shatters Old Paradigm

... as an industry with low morale, high employee turnover and less-than-ideal working conditions, call ... is in the numbers. In an industry where client turnover is the norm, Beryl's whole-new-call-center ... for the heart" - contributes to Beryl's low turnover rate, which is 400 percent below industry ....

Nationwide Nursing Shortage Spotlights Need for Retention Programs

... -- Median turnover Rate of 27.1 Percent for First-Year Nurses ... -- UHC/AACN Nurse Residency Program(TM) Reduces turnover Rate to Almost One-Fifth the National Average ... by 2016. For new nurses entering the profession, turnover is a major issue. In fact, the median ...

The Economy Plus Flexibility Keep Physicians in Practice

... Medical Groups Are Favorably Managing turnover According to Cejka Search and AMGA Survey ST ... America are getting better at anticipating their turnover rates and actively addressing the causes of ... Survey respondents reported a 6.1% turnover rate in 2008, compared to 6.7% from the 2006 ...

Operations engineering for more efficient operating rooms

... has led to significant improvements in turnover times for operating rooms at three California ... California HealthCare Foundation, reducing O.R. turnover time was adopted as a goal because "this single ... and can be compared to industry benchmarks." turnover time was reduced at all three hospitals, at ...

Infohrm Member Client Saves Millions of Dollars Through Workforce Analytics

... potential savings of $6 million in early tenure turnover costs. Washington, DC ... a similar challenge to most global firms: rising turnover rates among staff with less than one year of tenure. High turnover among this segment of the employee population had ...

Bacterial peptide provides new insight into common tumor suppressor

... identify substances that reduce or block p27kip1 turnover and thereby allowing re-expression of the protein ... that the mechanism by which argyrin A reduces turnover of p27kip1 involves inhibition of the 20S ... argyrin A is a proteasome inhibitor that prevents turnover of p27kip1 and exerts potent antitumor ....

2004 long-term care act raised costs and worsened care, study shows

... lower than the recommended numbers and staff turnover actually increased. The study used publically ... Under the current legislation, nursing staff turnover grew worse in nursing facilities and was ... wages and benefits for nursing staff to reduce turnover and stabilize the workforce. ...

Burgerville Honored for Dedication to Employees and Innovative Workplace Practices

... In an industry that typically has high turnover rates, Burgerville understands that caring for ... is at an all-time high. A reduction in turnover has saved Burgerville more than $500,000 and the ... to 54 percent in one year, while management turnover decreased by 18 percent. "The link between ...

Transforming Care Together Initiative at Charleston Area Medical Center Increases Time Spent on Patient Care at the Bedside

... In addition, as a result of implementing this initiative, staff turnover has significantly decreased from 33.8 percent to 12.9 percent. Coupled ... the hospital has achieved a cost savings of $240,000. "Nurse turnover is always a concern because it interrupts the flow of patient care and ...

Aegis Living Was Created To Place People First in Senior and Assisted Living Communities

... thorough training program. In an industry that suffers from a 93 percent turnover rate, Aegis retains the majority of its employees for one of the lowest turnover rates. The company also created the Potato Soup Foundation to provide ...

TeamStaff Reports Second Quarter Results

... solicitations to bid and notice of awards were delayed due to key employee turnover and the timing of the receipt of stimulus funds. We are now encouraged by ... Statement" below. Over the past several months, the Company has seen turnover in key government contracting positions and agencies waiting for the ...

Upside-down world: DNA protecting protein helps cancer drug to kill cells

... on a chemical modification to leave DNA after doing its job, and its turnover is very slow. When large amounts of 5FU are present in DNA the slow turnover can overload the entire repair system. Under those circumstances, an ...

Forest Laboratories, Inc. and Cypress Bioscience, Inc. Announce Commercial Availability of Savella(TM)

... France's second biggest independent pharmaceutical laboratory, achieved a turnover of 1.7 billion euros in 2007. It employs nearly 10,000 people including ... and Rene Furterer. The Pierre Fabre group dedicates 25% of its annual turnover to R&D in five main therapeutic directions: oncology (PFM's priority ...

DMEC Think Tank Addresses 'Extreme Productivity' in Difficult Economic Environment

... a greater say in their work and enhance job satisfaction to reduce turnover and improve morale. The Think Tank also showcased specific ... a benefit advocacy firm, uses a variety of innovative programs to address turnover and motivation within its younger employee base. H-E-B Grocery ...

Human Heart Can Make New Cells

... about 1 percent of cardiomyocytes are exchanged each year, but the turnover rate decreases with age to only 0.45 percent by age 75. "If we can ... produces was estimated using healthy hearts -- whether the rate of cell turnover in diseased hearts is the same remains unknown. To find out the rate at ...

Forest Laboratories, Inc. and Cypress Bioscience, Inc. Announce Revised Timing for Commercial Availability of Savella(TM)

... France's second biggest independent pharmaceutical laboratory, achieved a turnover of 1.7 billion euros in 2007. It employs nearly 10,000 people including ... and Rene Furterer. The Pierre Fabre group dedicates 25% of its annual turnover to R&D in five main therapeutic directions: oncology (PFM's priority ...

Forest and Cypress Announce FDA Approval of Savella(TM) for the Management of Fibromyalgia

... France's second biggest independent pharmaceutical laboratory, achieved a turnover of 1.7 billion euros in 2007. It employs nearly 10,000 people including ... and Rene Furterer. The Pierre Fabre group dedicates 25% of its annual turnover to R&D in five main therapeutic directions: oncology (PFM's priority ...

Patient Care Means Employee Care at Illinois Hospitals

... For® in the U.S. For the 928 employees trained in HeartMath, their turnover rate is half the overall turnover rate for all staff. "We have heard countless stories from our ...

Lee's Pharmaceutical Kept Up the Rapid Pace of Growth; Profit Attributable to Shareholders Surged 176% in the Nine Months of 2008

... (HK$'000) (HK$'000) (%) turnover 89,760 51,486 +74% Gross Profit ... of scale in sales, the Group's selling and distribution expenses to turnover ratio reduced to 28.19% for the third quarter of 2008 from 28.84% for the ...

Home Care Workers, Seniors, Disabled From Across Massachusetts to Protest Poverty Wages, Lack of Health Insurance, Wednesday, June 18 at Office of Governor Deval Patrick

... (PCA) home care workers, poverty wages for home care workers, and high turnover rates (40%-60%) which are making seniors and people with disabilities ... and a meaningful wage increase comes during a period of crisis-level turnover for the state home care system, as between 40% to 60% of all PCAs leave ...

Bone drug could help prevent the spread of breast cancer

... drug used was zoledronic acid, a drug that decreases bone turnover and reduces bone fractures in patients with osteoporosis. The findings ... produce a favorable environment for cancer cells. The suppression of bone turnover by zoledronic acid or other bisphosphonate drugs could make bones less ...

Vancouver Coastal Health Authority Makes Waves With Patient Flow

... said Ida Goodreau, President and CEO, VCH. "For example, 'bed turnover time' is a key indicator which let's us know if we are utilizing our bed ... of the patient flow automation industry with the first automated bed turnover solution, the first digitized electronic bedboard(R) and patient placement ...

Readily available treatment could help prevent heart disease in kidney patients

... stimulates blood vessel cells to become bone-forming cells. Skeletal turnover normally allows the bones to assimilate excess phosphate, but in people with CKD, bone turnover is inhibited and excess phosphate stays in the bloodstream. There it can ...

Testosterone Therapy May Reduce Bone Loss in Older Men

... preliminary data show beneficial effects of testosterone therapy on bone turnover markers in older men with low-to-normal testosterone concentrations using ... low levels of testosterone respond to appropriate replacement as far as turnover markers indicate," said John Eisman, director of the Bone and Mineral ...

Despite Looming Shortage of State and Local Public Health Workers, Americans Confident Governments are Prepared to Deal with Public Health Threats

... sector's, and state and local governments are facing their greatest turnover ever. Vacancy rates are up to 25 percent in some public health agencies, ... vacancy rates as high as 20 percent in key public health positions, and turnover rates as high as 14 percent, according to data from the Association of ...

Top Employers Show Investing In Health and Well-Being Leads to Business Success

... employees alike, including benefits such as reduced stress, lower employee turnover and enhanced organizational performance. At a ceremony in Washington DC ... (British Columbia). These five organizations report an average turnover rate of just 11 percent -- significantly less than the national average of ...

Minnesota Registered Nurses Promote Law to Improve Patient Care and Address Health Care Costs

... Voluntary Hospitals Association determined that organizations with higher turnover rates (21% or more) had a 36 percent higher cost per discharge rate than hospitals with lower turnover rates of 12 percent or less. Recent surveys conducted by MNA ...

First study examines newly-licensed RN work attitudes and intentions

... into the work experiences of newly-licensed RNs that may help reduce the turnover rate of hospital nurses. The national study is the first to explore ... retention of newly-licensed RNs as well as factors that lead to the high turnover rates among them. We plan to continue surveying these RNs for two more ...

American Laser Centers Announces Launch of 'ALC University'

... ALC University has nearly tripled the amount of technician training hours, increased the efficiency of treatments provided, reduced technician turnover and created uniformity among remote facilities. "With the swift growth ALC has experienced it was clear that the company's training ...

St. John's Hospital Acquires Latest Technology in Robotic-Assisted Surgery

...   Advanced 3D HD visualization with up to 12x magnification An updated user interface for streamlined setup and Operating Room turnover times Enhanced digital OR integration Dual-console capability to support training and collaboration during minimally invasive surgery. ...

Oakland Port Commission Seeks Resolution to Allow Local Officials Real Power to Clean Up Diesel Truck Pollution; Improve Security, Safety

... to other major benefits of the LA business model that relies on capitalized trucking firms, rather than low-wage independent contractor drivers, for turnover to and upkeep of clean vehicles. Amidst a recession, the LA Clean Trucks Program has reduced public and port subsidies and spurred remarkable private ...

Health clinic conditions may be to blame for decrease in primary care physicians

... suggest that a chaotic clinic environment may further exacerbate this problem and potentially lead to lower quality of patient care due to physician turnover and lack of continuity in care." Data for this study were collected from 422 family practitioners and general internists and 1,795 of their adult ...

Golden Meditech Announces Financial Year 2008/09 Annual Results

... and overall profitability. The segment reported strong revenue growth of the Cord Blood Bank Division during the year, with the division's total turnover increasing by 61% to HK$221,221,000. The Guangdong Cord Blood Bank reported a 221% growth in sales compared with the previous year. Mr. Kam ...

Expanding into New Markets with Customer-Focused Solutions, Orion Health Sees Strong Growth

... workflow for healthcare providers. Our commitment to innovation is shown by our strong investment in research and development - close to 20% of turnover per annum." The company's Rhapsody™ Integration Engine has seen a 69% percent increase in global sales revenue (driven by a 115% ...

Positive CHMP Opinion for JAVLOR(R) in Metastatic Treatment of Bladder Cancer After Failure of a Prior Platinum-Containing Regimen

... regimen. About Laboratoires Pierre Fabre Pierre Fabre group, France's second biggest independent pharmaceutical laboratory, achieved a turnover of 1.75 billion euros in 2008. Approximatively 10,000 people including 1,400 in the research sector, are employed. Its therapeutical areas are ...

Pulse Oximetry Entrenched as Standard-of-Care in Patient Monitoring, States Frost & Sullivan

... care in the intermediate and sub-acute areas of the hospital," notes Frost & Sullivan Senior Research Analyst Janani Narasimhan. "The rapid turnover of patients from critical care to sub-acute areas continues to spiral even as the demand for pulse oximetry monitoring in cardiac step-down units and ...

Who Says a Gym Membership Can't Be Free? Wexer is Redefining the Fitness Industry

... section of the site. "Wexer is a volume driven model. We need a lot of active members with a behavior that allows us to make a micro turnover per member. Only 6 weeks into operations, it´s still too early to foresee what the metrics will look like at full speed, but we can see that we have ...

Teamsters Call on United Way to Aid Frontline Blood Drive Workers

... say many of the problems the Red Cross has experienced over the last decade, including the ongoing federal consent decree, are exacerbated by high turnover among employees, many of whom are paid little better than minimum wage. "Red Cross executives are attempting to rationalize their actions by ...

Group Health Cooperative Shows Investing in More Primary Care Pays for Itself

... said Michael Erikson, vice president for primary care administration. "We believe the reduction we saw in our care teams' burnout will result in less turnover and recruitment costs for physicians and other clinical staff -- perhaps up to $2 million dollars a year, across all recruiting areas for our primary ...