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Meet a Champion of Nursing Diversity: Shelise Valentine

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Shelise Valentine, RNC, MSN, C-EFM, CPPS, CPHRM, is the Director of Clinical Education, Healthcare Risk Advisors, part of TDC Group and chairs nursing, co-chairs obstetric and simulation initiatives, and directs risk management and obstetric education for insured hospital clients to improve patient safety and reduce malpractice risk.

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How Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Can Influence Healthcare

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Also, hiring and retaining a workforce that is representative of the patient population served. Equity: Ensuring healthcare workers have what they need to do their jobs and patients have what they need in and out of treatment settings to effectively benefit from best practices in treatment (not to be confused with equality).

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Nuclear Verdicts in Obstetrics Show the Risk of Malpractice Claims — What Are the Root Causes?

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Breakdowns in communication — Effective communication is the backbone of patient safety. Yet nearly 70% of adverse events in obstetrics can be traced back to miscommunication among the care team. They know what is expected of obstetricians, the standards of care, and what comprises a best-practice model for optimal OB care.

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What Is a Healthcare Gap Analysis (or Gap Assessment)?

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What evidence-based best practices should be used going forward? “Conducting gap analyses is a best practice for identifying, reducing, or mitigating risk to your organization. For a strategic gap analysis, ask the following: What are the major organizational processes? What barriers exist for closing the gaps?

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Innovative Approaches To Improve Maternal Mortality and Maternal Care

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The DHCRC project will also help connect groups providing health care in remote areas to improve care delivery. Researchers anticipate that the project will improve equity and access for disadvantaged groups, help narrow the digital divide, and reduce acute care demand over time. In higher-income settings such as the U.S.,

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IHS Health IT Modernization Program: The Case for a Better Learning Management Platform

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These components will enable IHS and its partner organizations to streamline their clinical and administrative workflows, enhance their data collection and analysis, improve their coordination and collaboration with other healthcare providers, and provide patients better access to their health information.

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Reducing Maternal Mortality: Will the ‘Birthing-Friendly’ Hospital Designation Help?

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We must improve care in this area of maternal health by strengthening screening, diagnosis, treatment, follow-up, and ongoing care using recommended screening tools and evidence-based best practices, as well as developing innovative culturally appropriate community-based programs.