Press Releases

AHA News Now 9/4/08 - Group moves to prevent unethical recruitment of foreign-educated nurses

A task force representing a diverse group of stakeholders, including hospitals and health systems, today released a first-of-its-kind Voluntary Code of Ethical Conduct for the Recruitment of Foreign-Educated Nurses to the United States. The AHA and American Organization of Nurse Executives helped develop the code, which responds to concerns about unfair labor practices, questionable contract practices and threats related to the nurses’ immigration status. At a press event, AHA President and CEO Rich Umbdenstock said the code “reaffirms hospitals’ commitment to fair, transparent and responsible efforts to fill critical nursing positions with qualified foreign professionals.” Employers and recruiters who subscribe to the code commit to protect the rights of foreign-educated nurses, provide adequate clinical and cultural orientation programs, and ensure the practice of recruitment is not harmful to source countries. There are an estimated 300 foreign-nurse recruitment firms, and roughly 100,000 foreign-educated nurses resided in the U.S. as of 2004. For more on the code of conduct, visit www.fairinternationalrecruitment.org. AONE is an AHA subsidiary.

Cross Country Healthcare's Chief Nursing Officer Awarded
2006 R. Louise McManus Medal

BOCA RATON, Fla. – October 13, 2006 – Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. (Nasdaq: CCRN) announced today that Dr. Franklin A. Shaffer, EdD, RN, FAAN, the Company’s Chief Nursing Officer, was awarded the distinguished R. Louise McManus Medal at a ceremony held in New York City on October 5, 2006. read more...

US Healthcare News

Study: Quality Heart Care Widely Available Outside 'America's Best Hospitals'

OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. – August 18, 2006 - A new study from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations finds that hospitals ranked as the “best” for heart care by U.S. News & World Report are, in fact, among hundreds of hospitals across the country where patients can receive care that measures up to or exceeds the care provided in those facilities, as determined by measuring performance for specific evidence-based care processes. read more...

Articles

New PBDS Article from CCU in HT Magazine!
Cross Country Staffing takes travel nurse concerns about PBDS seriously. View the article by going to www.healthcaretraveler.com, under Perspectives select By the Numbers, then select The Performance Based Development System assessment tool affects travel nurses. read more...

Have questions about travel nursing? Our expert has answers - A number of readers have written us with questions about travel nursing. For answers to these questions, we turned to an expert in the field—Dr. Franklin Shaffer, EdD, RN, FAAN, Chief Nursing Officer at Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. read more...

CMS Details Proposal for Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program - In a paper, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) explains how Medicare plans to implement a value-based purchasing (VBP) program for hospital services starting in fiscal year 2009, AHA News Now reports. read more...

Study Finds Patients Often Uninvolved in Decisions About Where to Undergo Surgery - A study in the Archives of Surgery finds that, despite efforts to promote patient engagement in health care decisions, patients rarely independently choose where they will have major surgery, the Washington Post reports. read more...

HHS Outlines Plans for Fostering Personalized Health Care - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Mike Leavitt outlined the agency's plan for promoting the use of genetic data and health information technology (IT) to deliver targeted, individualized health care, Healthcare IT News reports. read more...

Harvard Official Says Generation Gap Slowing Adoption of Health Technology - In a guest commentary published in the Boston Globe, Joseph Martin, M.D., dean of Harvard School of Medicine, calls for a cultural shift in medical training to speed the adoption of new technologies and ultimately improve patient care and outcomes. read more...

Hispanic Health Web Portal Offers Resources for Physicians, Patients - The National Hispanic Medical Association launched a new cooperative Web site that allows health professionals to share information on care for Hispanic patients, the San Antonio Express-News reports. read more...

Delaware Launches First Phase of Statewide Information Network - The Delaware Health Care Commission is launching the first phase of the Delaware Health Information Network, which will enable a small group of health care providers to electronically share patient data, Government Health IT reports. read more...

Hospitals Increase Efforts to Prevent Nosocomial Infections - Amid growing public awareness of nosocomial infections, officials and hospitals in the Washington, D.C., region are stepping up efforts to track and prevent their occurrence, Washington Business Journal reports. read more...

UnitedHealthcare Launches Cardiac Quality Rating Program - UnitedHealthcare unveiled a new program to increase transparency in cardiac care by rating hospitals that adhere to emergency cardiac treatment guidelines, the Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal reports. read more...

Minnesota Health System Adds Quality Comparison Data to Web Site - Fairview Health Services in Minneapolis added a quality comparison component to its Web site to help patients make more informed care decisions, the Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune reports. read more...

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Articles in PDF format

Buyers Guide to Effective Management - Nurse Leader - April 07 - As one travels the country, it is hard to determine which is the greater problem for hospital chief nursing officers: the shortage of nurses or the cost of staffing. Download pdf ...

Linda Aiken - Nurse Labor Market Dynamics - The United States plays a pivotal role in the global migration of nurses. It has the largest professional nurse workforce of any country in the world, num- bering almost 3 million in 2004. Download pdf ...

Preparing Nurse Managers for a New World Order - Nurse Leader August 03 - Nurse managers of today are the linchpins to retaining nurses, and ultimately to the success of any healthcare organization. Download pdf ...

Staffing Alternatives Research vs Perception - Nurse Leader - June 06 - The most difficult thing in the world to change is an attitude, even when—most particularly when—the facts do not support it. Download pdf ...

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Vanderbilt University School of Nursing Dean named to NIH Directors adviser group.
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Drexel University to Honor Innovation Click here!

Cross Country attends the 2008 APTA Sections Meeting. Click here!

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