Improving nurse staffing in New York hospitals could reduce deaths, save money
According to a new study published in
Medical Care, improving hospital nurse staffing as proposed in pending legislation in New York state would likely save lives. The cost of improving nurse staffing would be offset by savings achieved by reducing hospital readmissions and length of hospital stays.
Researchers at the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research (CHOPR) at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, conducted independent research in early 2020 on whether pending nurse staffing legislation in New York state is in the public s interest. The study of 116 hospitals and 418,000 Medicare patients documented large differences in patient-to-nurse ratios by hospital from an average of 4.3 patients for each nurse to as many as 10.5 patients per nurse. The wide variation in patient-to-nurse ratios across hospitals in New York is contributing to avoidable deaths and unnecessary costs.
PHILADELPHIA (March 3, 2021) - According to a new study published in
Medical Care, improving hospital nurse staffing as proposed in pending legislation in New York state would likely save lives. The cost of improving nurse staffing would be offset by savings achieved by reducing hospital readmissions and length of hospital stays.
Researchers at the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research (CHOPR) at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, conducted independent research in early 2020 on whether pending nurse staffing legislation in New York state is in the public s interest. The study of 116 hospitals and 418,000 Medicare patients documented large differences in patient-to-nurse ratios by hospital from an average of 4.3 patients for each nurse to as many as 10.5 patients per nurse. The wide variation in patient-to-nurse ratios across hospitals in New York is contributing to avoidable deaths and unnecessary costs.
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The pressure is building inside the NY Governor’s Mansion on Friday after a combative press conference on Friday by Andrew Cuomo in which he expressed little regret over the way his Administration handled the request from information by the Department of Justice back in August 2020, justifying their refusal to supply accurate numbers and keeping the truth from the New York legislature at the same time because he was convinced the Trump Administration was only in interested in pursuing a political angle.
The entire press conference is on YouTube if you have the intestinal fortitude to get through it all.
Dilara Balkan
In 2021, advocates in New York and New Mexico two states where DPA has a long history of fighting to reform drug policy are campaigning to legalize marijuana. These legalization efforts are different than efforts in most other states because they not only disrupt arrests for use and possession of marijuana, but also prioritize reinvesting in communities and providing retroactive justice to those most harmed by racist drug policies.
Passing comprehensive legalization like the efforts in New York and New Mexico is extremely important, especially now. Equitable marijuana legalization means that a significant portion of marijuana tax revenue would be reinvested in the communities that bore the worst of marijuana law enforcement and that are now doubly pummeled by COVID-19 deaths, job losses, and business closures. New York and New Mexico are putting themselves into position to receive support and resources from marijuana legalization in order to help recover from these
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