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Measuring Nurse Manager Workload: A Tool to Guide the Right Unit Investments 

Effective nurse managers have never been more critical to improving frontline retention. Yet, the growing scope of the role makes it difficult for many managers to connect, engage, and grow their teams. This session will outline the first wave of findings from an ongoing Nursing Catalyst series on measuring manager workload in a principled manner. […]

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An Inside Look at How Health Systems Can Scale Virtual Nursing

In the past five years, hospitals have turned over 101.4% of their RN workforce.  Virtual Nursing (VRN) pilots have become an effective means for staff engagement and retention, improved quality outcomes and overall reduction in nurse burnout. As health systems move beyond the pilot stage and push towards financial ROI on VRN, scaling these programs […]

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From Silos to Synergy: Integrating Community Health into Your Systemwide Strategy

Establishing a sustainable community partnership strategy is top-of-mind for today’s health equity executives. To support solution acceleration, The Health Management Academy’s Health Equity Alliance team serves as a centralized brain trust for identifying, scaling, and assessing the impact of systemwide initiatives. Dr. Deb Salas-Lopez (SVP, Community & Population Health at Northwell Health) and Deb Moran […]

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Strategy Catalyst: Margin Pools

As historical margin pools have shifted across the industry and within health systems, most systems have sought different opportunities for revenue diversification. The Strategy Catalyst team has taken a calculated look at the following and invite you to register for our webinar to learn: Which opportunities seem to be succeeding? How are top health systems thinking […]

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Nursing Catalyst: Workforce Retention Strategy

Nurse leaders would agree—we need to rethink how we approach retention because the same old strategies aren’t working. Forty percent of RNs report decreased satisfaction with their jobs, and it costs health systems approximately $52,000 to replace one RN. In a first-of-its-kind study, Nursing Catalyst re-examined the “forces of magnetism” leading to med/surg units experiencing […]

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Strategy Catalyst: Shifting Margin Pools

Projected operating margins for leading health systems are expected to decline from -0.8% to -1.6% in 2023. Historically safe margin pools for leading health systems have become less stable in the past few years. Similarly, the Covid pandemic shifted margin pools across the industry, opening profitable business lines while others contracted. As health systems look […]

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Academy IQ Virtual Briefing: Investment in Healthcare Tech: Where are Leading Health Systems Spending?

On-Demand   Join Academy IQ for a virtual briefing on how leading health systems expect their budgetary spend in healthcare technology to change over the next three years. These cutting-edge insights will equip industry partners with greater clarity into the healthcare technologies leading healthcare systems plan to budget for an implement. This gives industry partners […]

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Health Equity Alliance: Top Health Equity Trends in 2023

DEI Leaders – the Health Equity Alliance, a consortium fostering scalable solution acceleration and crucial leadership activation, is giving health equity leaders the opportunity to learn more about how health systems are prioritizing the following efforts across 2023. Featured speaker, Corey Smith, Director of Health Equity for Corewell Health, will share insights and key takeaways […]

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Nursing Strategy On-Demand Briefing: How “Unicorn Units” Retain Nurses

As average nursing turnover reaches unsustainable peaks, outlier med-surg units have been able to sustain, or even decrease, their pre-pandemic turnover. These “unicorn units” are reporting  turnover rates as low as two percent—eschewing conventional responses to workforce retention which have proven insufficient. Academy Nursing Catalyst experts took a closer look at several “unicorn med-surg units” […]

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On-Demand Briefing: Top Leading Health System Insights to Guide Your Commercial Strategy in 2023

Leading Health Systems are facing unprecedented margin pressure and economic headwinds are expected to prevail through 2023. Unfortunately, this has meant tighter budgets for them, longer sales cycles, and a more challenging environment for industry partners. The Academy surveyed the top executives from Leading Health Systems on their top priorities for 2023 and not surprisingly, […]

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