Becker's Healthcare July 10, 2023
In a break from most hospitals’ stance on mandating staffing standards, Penn Medicine is urging state legislators to pass a bill that would require hospitals to follow minimum nurse-to-patient ratios.
On June 28, the Pennsylvania House approved House Bill 106. The Patient Safety Act sets limits on the number of patients nurses can be assigned in different units. For example, intensive care unit nurses would be assigned no more than two patients at a time. The legislation now heads to the state Senate.
Kevin Mahoney, CEO of the University of Pennsylvania Health System, based in Philadelphia, expressed support for the legislation in an opinion piece published July 9 in Penn Live.
“As CEO of Pennsylvania’s leading health system...
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