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It\u2019s National Nurses Week<\/a>, a time to recognize the dedicated and compassionate individuals who give their heart and soul to the profession of healthcare. It\u2019s an opportunity to not only honor those who have made taking care of others their life\u2019s work, but to think about how we can take better care of nurses themselves. This is especially true this year with the National Nurses Week theme being: \u201cNursing: the Balance of Mind, Body, and Spirit.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many of the frontline nurses and health leaders we speak with every day are concerned about nurses\u2019 heavy workloads. If nurses are overworked or unhappy in their jobs, it can lead to burnout and exhaustion that affects not only their wellbeing and job satisfaction, but patient care.<\/p>\n

Taking care of those taking care of patients has become such a vital issue in healthcare that the Triple Aim has evolved to the Quadruple Aim\u2014the fourth aim being to address clinician and staff satisfaction. It\u2019s increasingly being recognized that happy, healthy staff is crucial to achieving the other three aims\u2014improving patient experience, improving the health of populations, and reducing per capita cost of care.<\/p>\n

Professional nursing organizations are taking a stand on the issue and have identified effective staffing as one of the key strategies for improving nurses\u2019 work-life balance and wellness. For example, the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses offers six healthy work environment standards<\/a> that include appropriate staffing as well as true collaboration and effective decision-making.<\/p>\n

As health organizations digitally transform<\/a>, they\u2019re finding that today\u2019s technologies can help them align with such standards in innovative and efficient ways. For example, cloud-based workforce solutions<\/a> make it possible for nurses to go online and choose their shifts so they\u2019re a part of the staffing process and can create their own schedule to have the work-life balance they need. Visibility and analytics across a health enterprise can help balance staffing needs with nurses\u2019 availability and preferences. And algorithms can help match nurses skills with patient needs for acuity-based staffing, which improves job satisfaction.<\/p>\n

In our next blog, we\u2019ll share more about how a best practice workforce strategy can facilitate staffing that leaves nurses feeling empowered, energized, and happy in their work. So stay tuned for that blog at the end of this week on the nurses\u2019 blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It will take a village to transform healthcare and achieve the Quadruple Aim. That\u2019s why Microsoft and GE Healthcare work together every day on eHealth solutions that can help foster a healthy working environment for caregivers. Nurses Week happens once a year, but the compassion and dedication nurses bring to their patients never stops\u2014neither does our commitment to nurses.<\/p>\n

Please let us know if you have any feedback or questions via email<\/a>, Facebook<\/a>, or Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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