• How the Education Sector Can Help Incentivise New Nurses

      The   World Economic Forum speculates the world could be short 13 million nurses by 2030. There are various reasons for this, with exhaustion, burnout and mistreatment ranking the top three. The COVID-19 pandemic also played a role in this figure, with an estimated 115,000 deaths in the worldwide workforce of healthcare workers. To...

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  • Insights Into the Peptide Bond Formation from a Mechanistic Perspective

    During protein synthesis, ribosomes are considered responsible for discriminating between the two chiral forms of amino acids and preventing the integration of D-amino acids into nascent proteins by reducing the rate at which peptide bonds are formed. Even though this phenomenon has been recognised for nearly forty years, no structures that...

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  • How Hospitals Can Incentivise New Nurses

    Nursing is a challenging and difficult career and one that, while rewarding, isn’t always the most rewarded path to take. Some motivations for nursing include feeling it is a calling to help give patients something they really need - steady work, standardised pay grades, established predictable best practices and employee benefits while working a shift,...

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  • Elevating Healthcare Through Educational Innovation

    In an era characterised by unprecedented medical advancements, healthcare stands on the cusp of transformation. As we marvel at breakthroughs in diagnostics, treatments, and technology, we must also turn our attention to how we prepare the healthcare workforce of today and tomorrow. This imperative has led us to explore the untapped potential of educational...

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  • Why I Love the Revalidation Process of my Nursing Council

    My dear readers,   Time is flying, and here we are - in the eighth month of the year. Where have the months gone?   Anyway, I am here to say something, right? And guess what, I have to say something quite interesting this month.   This year is quite special because it is my revalidation with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). Every...

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  • Quantum Physics and Executive Leadership Challenges

    The Context for the Health Sector Mr X is a highly-respected paediatric consultant in the UK. However, mental health issues (including being overwhelmed from pandemic backlog, and unwillingness to make decisions lower down the chain of medical hierarchy), have led him to a decision to leave the UK for a more positive, sustainable work environment....

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  • Key Performance Indicators and Metrics for ASCs to Measure Effectiveness of Billing Operations

    ASCs must track KPIs daily, weekly, monthly, and annually. ASC performance must be measured to keep your business and patients healthy. Financial benchmarks can help you monitor and improve your ASC's clinical and financial performance.   However, monitoring, analysing, and comparing ambulatory surgery center metrics to industry averages is the...

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  • Does the Law Favour the Public Procurement of Value?

    Conclusions of the Conference Held in Madrid on Value-Based Public Procurement   On June 6 th 2023, a conference was held on "The Public Sector Contracts Law: Does it favor value-based procurement?", organised by the Subdirectorate General for Public Procurement of the Madrid Health Service, with the collaboration of Impulsa Salud.   The rise...

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  • My Respect for Full-Time Staff Nurses

    My dear readers,   It is time again for thoughts from the island. May is particularly important to nurses as we celebrate Florence Nightingale's birthday on 12.05, International Nurses' Day.     I am very proud to belong to this community. To be part of this epic community is more than sharing professional views and skills. I cannot put...

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  • Logistics Platform and Centralised Purchasing: Efficient Change in the Madrid Health Service

    The COVID-19 pandemic, following the declaration by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on 11 March 2020, which elevated the health emergency to an international pandemic, and the rapid evolution of subsequent events on a national and international scale, required the adoption of immediate and effective measures to deal with this situation.  ...

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