Committed to advancing our industry’s transformative ideas and practices, Clairvia kicked off its 2010 user conference by announcing a new Care Value Management (CVM) customer award program to recognize outstanding healthcare organization achievements in two areas: innovation and leadership.
During the inaugural 2010 Innovation and Leadership Awards ceremony held August 19th, Clairvia presented Catholic Health Initiatives [...]

Texting, as well as email-and Internet-enabled smartphones, have changed the way we communicate. Now, they can change the way you manage your scheduling needs, helping you cut waste and provide your team with up-to-date information anytime, anywhere.

Clairvia customer and highly respected national leader, Kathleen D. Sanford, RN, MA, DBA, FACHE., was interviewed by HFMA in July in an article titled “Staffing Issues: A Major Concern for Nursing.” Sanford, senior vice president and CNO of Catholic Health Initiatives raises very important questions such as truly understanding the cost of nursing services, and [...]

In an article co-written with Rhonda Anderson, RN, DNSc, FAAN, FACHE for the October 2009 issue of Nursing Economic$, Dr. Karlene Kerfoot, Chief Nurse Executive at Aurora Health Care, stated, “the role and function of nurses in acute care settings must be supported by evidence related to outcomes.” Noting that “evidence-based staffing goes beyond ‘filling [...]

The following is condensed from Dr. Birmingham’s article in the June, 2010 issue of Nurse Leader, available online to subscribers, at the magazine’s website.
Working directly with patients at every moment of every day, nurses can play a transformative role in raising the value of care. When the right nurses are assigned to the right patients, [...]

On June 16, 2010, ANA-supported Safe Staffing legislation was introduced in the House and Senate.

Part 1: Length of Stay
The other day I heard that even with increased taxes and program cutbacks, within a few years the rising costs of medical care would overcome those efforts to keep the US financially healthy. While we might not have “signed up” to solve the country’s financial problems, you can bet that those [...]

March 1, 2010 is a day of transformation for our company. Through three decades of developing and implementing software solutions for the healthcare industry, we have focused on optimizing staff assignments and scheduling. The name by which our company has been known, AtStaff, reflected that focus. Now, with an understanding of the positive results our [...]

Can you picture an Indy car? the driver walking to the car, cameras scanning down to the drivers ….. high heeled shoes? In the car she goes, revs the engine, races around the track and crosses the finish line! Off comes the drivers helmet and out of the car steps ….AONE President Pam Rudisill welcoming us to Indianapolis!!!  

As knowledge and technology in healthcare has advanced leaps and bounds in the past 50 years, are patients at a higher risk for errors occurring during their treatment, and if so, what changes need to be made to make our patients safer?