Hospice News October 27, 2023
With burnout as a major cause of turnover, hospices are applying technology to take some of the pressure off of staff in hopes of boosting retention.
A frequent goal is reducing the amount of time spent on documentation. Though complete and accurate documentation is essential to regulatory compliance, patient safety and securing payment, the sheer amount of it is taxing for staff.
Hospice nurses pointed to this issue as their number-one concern about their jobs in a recent survey by The Amity Group. Among the dissatisfiers is the encroachment of documentation into clinicians personal lives. More than 90% of survey respondents indicated that they spend at home completing these tasks outside of their work hours.
This can put a strain...
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