HOUSTON – The processes of coding and charge capture are often complicated, time-consuming, paper-intensive tasks more suited to administrators than clinicians. To make those tasks easier for everyone ...

While bar-coding technology can improve medication administration safety by reducing errors, it's not always preferred by the nurses who use it. Worse, some nurses try to override or work around the ...

Nurse anesthetists often receive guidance from physician anesthesiologists, yet bill their time as if they are making decisions alone, according to a recent study of more than 9,000 cases. Nurse ...

Nurses and physician assistants are an integral part of a successful electronic health record implementation, according to EHR Intelligence. A 2008 EHR adoption survey found practices had an 83 ...