The Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services outlined its priorities and goals in its quality and strategy plan. Translating its goals into leadership actions, however, is another matter.
Human-centered design on aging well … Happening now in Louisville
By
Martie Moore
Jul 25, 2018
He answered with confidence and insight. He had fought in one of the wars and knew his history on the others. I shamefully could only answer one or two questions.
Strategic goals: Now comes the hard part.
By
Martie Moore
Jul 09, 2018
In the first two articles of this series, the CMS Quality Strategy Goals were discussed. While those quality and strategic goals are audacious, the other half of the plan is the Mount Everest of Healthcare....
Strategic goals: Do your goals align with the goals of CMS?
By
Martie Moore
Jun 01, 2018
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has clearly stated a pathway for change including health literacy, true partnerships and moving the focus of care into a self-management model.
Strategic goals: Do your goals align with the goals of CMS?
By
Martie Moore
Apr 27, 2018
Many times as leaders we feel that our actions are prescribed by entities beyond our immediate needs of those we serve.
The power of biases
By
Martie Moore
Mar 26, 2018
Establishing processes to utilize root cause analysis for quality improvement is necessary, but it takes discipline. One of the first steps is to challenge your own beliefs about safety and quality failures.
Fall prevention and protection from injury: A global challenge
By
Martie Moore
Feb 23, 2018
Research indicates that every second of every day, an older adult around the world falls and sustains injury. In a care setting, a fall is even more so troublesome.
Lessons Learned: What falling out of the sky taught me
By
Martie Moore
Jan 05, 2018
Suddenly the plane dropped and items went flying, including people. We heard the strange noise again and realized that this was not normal turbulence.
Employee engagement: Bringing head and heart to every action, every day
By
Martie Moore
Nov 29, 2017
I shared with the charge nurse my inner joy about filling all our staffing holes completely. She looked at the schedule and mumbled, “Great — you have scheduled nothing but Refrigerator Nurses.”
Don’t be a Humpty Dumpty leader: How to engage your inner creative self
By
Martie Moore
Oct 13, 2017
In my last article, I shared with you the latest research on employee and leader engagement. Let’s now look at what leaders can do to improve engagement and help themselves become an engaged leader.