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who can predict? We are expecting more patients to utilize the healthcare system with Obamacare - but no idea how much the reimbursement will be, so cannot predict if we can afford more staff. I recommend being cross-trained in other departments that may have more stable census (L&D, ER) or work agency till you can make a better informed decision.
Not here. I'm in NY and our unit is almost full all the time. The hospital census has generally been middle of the road to high. I think we had a couple of days where it was low enough for people to be called off a few weeks to a month ago. Getting called off on our unit is a very rare thing....
We may see all of this level out, as far as census goes.
In March of 2011, the Affordable Care Act released guidelines that hospitals, MDs offices and other providers have been implementing. We all know this better as the Accountable Care Organizations.
It has taken some time to ramp the process up. In my organization we have an active ACO working. The ACO is a collaboration of MD groups and the hospital working together to manage care.
There are nurses who call folks after they are released from the hospital -- to try to prevent readmission. And this has shown great success.
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I work in Indianapolis, and our hospital has had a low census for an abnormally long period (since mid-Februrary). Nurses are being cancelled and using up all their PTO hours. Is this occurring in other places? Is now a good time to get my masters, or are they going to be obsolete in a few years due to this reform? Thanks!