Assessing staff competencies is helpful in making employment decisions, such as promotions, retention and termination. Rating employee skill sets also can be useful in assigning work, creating work ...

Is it true that during new survey process, surveyors will ask staff nurses and nursing assistants about their competencies, with questions such as, “Do you receive periodic evaluations on your skills, ...

The introduction of the United States Pharmacopeia Chapter <797> regulation in 2008 sent and continues to send shock waves through hospital pharmacy departments and other sterile drug preparation ...

What do new requirements mean about competency-based staffing? The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ final requirements of participation reflect the term “competency” quite a lot. This means ...

What if all of your plant staff were your best staff, regardless of how long they’ve been around? I apologize for leading with a tagline from a commercial Honeywell flyer, but I think it really gets ...

In a recent whitepaper from Cornerstone OnDemand, they explain how learning and performance with observation checklists can help with healthcare compliance and competency. Healthcare providers face ...

Your managerial staff is in charge of reaching departmental goals and employee development. Each leader has his own style, but at the same time, each manager should possess certain basic leadership ...

Competencies ensure the right people throughout your clinical workforce are equipped to achieve optimal performance outcomes. Successful competencies align with organizational goals and individual ...

The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate is currently supporting a new initiative to implement a mandatory cultural competency training program for Tufts faculty and staff, according to Walae Hayek, who ...