Becker's Healthcare June 17, 2024
Across healthcare, efforts to advance documentation are often focused on enhancing physicians’ workflow. But at Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Hospital, leaders are equally focused on improving documentation in nursing.
In March, JHH announced its fifth consecutive Magnet Designation, placing it among the 1% of U.S. hospitals that have achieved the designation — the highest national credential a hospital can receive for nursing excellence — at least five times. As part of the designation, the American Nurses Credentialing Center recognized Johns Hopkins with 10 exemplars, one of which recognized the hospital as a leader in nursing informatics.
Case in point: The hospital has saved nurses 170,620 clicks in four months, April Saathoff, DNP, RN, vice president and chief nursing information...