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Karen Kemp is a systems analyst and project manager for Covia (formerly Episcopal Senior Communities), a group of nonprofit senior-living communities in and around the San Francisco Bay area. For more than 50 years, Covia has been committed to providing outstanding residential...

We’ve all seen them – posters on the wall that proclaim an organization’s commitment to a set of values. Too often these sit alongside other posters that subtly but clearly run counter to those values. Or they’re the overlooked backdrop to conversations that reflect decisions and...

This guest blog post is by Bryan Fiekers, Senior Director of Research Services at HIMSS Analytics

Before and during HIMSS2018,...

Each year coinciding with Nurses Week, I write a CNO Perspective report in which I examine a topic that I believe to be of current importance to nurse leaders. 

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Rhonda Collins, MSN, RN, is Chief Nursing Officer at Vocera. Her most recent CNO Perspective report is called Using Integrated Technologies to Solve Today’s Nursing Challenges: A How-to Guide for Nurse Leaders....

Managing a hospital is never more stressful than on the morning a Joint Commission survey team arrives in the lobby, unannounced, to spend the next five days examining your facility for compliance with Joint Commission, CMS and state requirements.

I manage survey...

Sue Murphy, Chief Experience Officer at University of Chicago Medicine, was one of three Vocera customers who were featured speakers at HIMSS18. She talked about how...

National Doctor’s Day (March 30) is a day reserved for all of us to honor physicians for the work they do.

As I set out to write an expression of gratitude to my fellow physicians in recognition of our day, I reflected on a personal experience I had just a few...

The fun twist: Easter eggs. Easter eggs are secret messages or jokes intentionally hidden within software code. The name borrows from the holiday ritual of Easter...

Safety culture and patient engagement are the focus of Safety Awareness Week, March 11-17. The theme of the week is “We are all patients.”