Staffing

“Asking a question is the simplest way of focusing thinking ... asking the right question may be the most important part of thinking.”

“There’s no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always leading to another.”

SAN DIEGO — In this video exclusive from ASN Kidney Week, Healio | Nephrology News & Issues Editorial Board Member Sheila Deziel, MSN, RN, CNN, FNKF, discusses issues facing dialysis nurses.

Insufficient infection prevention staffing can lead to higher rates of health care-associated infection, according to researchers who evaluated an online calculator that could help facilities meet staffing requirements.

Three-quarters of eye care providers report that inflation has directly affected their practice in 2024, according to new data from The Vision Council.

I discussed the projected future U.S. health care system shortage of ophthalmologists in my Lindstrom’s Perspective in the Jan. 25, 2024, issue.

An impending physician shortage has been hanging over ophthalmology for years. The aging population needs more eye care, but as ophthalmologists are aging with that population, there are not enough incoming physicians to take their place.

“The majority of meetings should be discussions that lead to decisions.”

WAILEA, Hawaii — Cataract and anterior segment services are on the cusp of entering a new “golden age,” according to a speaker here at Hawaiian Eye/Retina 2024.

“Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.”