Olga Yakusheva

Professor of Nursing | Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, Economics Editor | International Journal of Nursing Studies

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PhD, MSE, FAAN

Keynote Session

Innovation Through Systems

A Human Capital Approach to Nursing Value and Payment

Join us for an presentation by healthcare economist Olga Yakusheva, focused on reimagining the economic value of nursing. Discover how a paradigm shift could transform nurses into revenue-generators and strategic assets within the healthcare system, rather than merely viewing them as labor costs. Gain insights from health policy and economics that emphasize the crucial role of nursing in enhancing patient outcomes and fostering sustainable, human-centered health care.

Breakout Session

Innovation Through Systems

Methods for Quantifying Nursing’s Economic Value Contributions.

In this working session, nursing economic value experts will guide participants in identifying ways to measure the revenue contribution and economic return on investment (ROI) of new nursing development programs, redesign of staffing models, and implementation of new interventions for use in quality improvement, evidence based practice, innovation, and clinical research evaluations. Workshop activities will include identifying potential cost-offsets and monetizable quality and safety outcomes to build the economic business case for investments in nursing.

Biography

Dr. Olga Yakusheva, PhD, MSE, FAAN is an internationally leading expert and thought leader on the economic value of nursing to healthcare systems. She is an economist and Professor at Johns Hopkins Nursing and an Economics Editor for the International Journal of Nursing Studies. Dr. Yakusheva’s work has been published in top economics and medical journals including Review of Economics and Statistics and JAMA. Dr. Yakusheva’s research team has led studies quantifying the value-added contribution of nurses to patient outcomes and to organizational financial outcomes, to improve nurse staffing, reduce burnout, and promote the economic value of nurses. Dr. Yakusheva is the lead author of the Nursing Human Value Capital Model and the Value-Informed Nursing Practice and Leadership Model.