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How diversity, equity and inclusion training plays a fundamental role in healthcare

Healthcare entities know they must create a more inclusive culture to accommodate their increasingly diverse staff and patient population. One way to keep diversity and inclusion top of mind is through comprehensive training.

March 02, 2022

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Credentialing Residents and Fellows

To remain in compliance, our industry experts explain the definitions and credentialing requirements set by the Joint Commission for organizations that teach residents and fellows.

February 22, 2022

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HealthStream Receives 4 Brandon Hall Excellence in Technology Awards

HealthStream is proud to announce that three of our leading solutions have received 4 Brandon Hall Excellence in Technology Awards for 2021. These winners demonstrate HealthStream’s ongoing commitment to technological innovation in healthcare workforce development.

February 15, 2022

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ShiftWizard Celebrates Record Customer Growth

In nursing, shift management involves the right balance between people and patients and quality of care. Developed by nurses, ShiftWizard’s nurse scheduling software helps with communication and reporting. Learn how ShiftWizard’s 99.99% technical uptime performance and increased R&D investments in 2021 are contributing to record customer growth.

February 11, 2022

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Provider Validate by HealthStream Supports the Transfer of Provider Data to Aid in Improving the Quality of Patient Care

Provider Validate, available in the App Orchard, allows Epic users to add external referring providers to their master provider database - directly from Hyperspace.

February 08, 2022

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Ten Trends for 2022: Sudden Shifts and Our Search for Stability

Over the past two years, we have experienced many sudden shifts. There have been times when cases of COVID-19 were rapidly increasing; at other times they were rapidly declining. These sudden shifts are making it hard to look ahead with certainty. Learn about facing the mental health, staffing, and supply chain crises that are shaping healthcare’s future in this article.

January 27, 2022

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Healthcare Disparities Among Hispanic Communities

Hispanic communities in the U.S. are one of several racial or ethnic groups of people that already experience health disparities and have been hard-hit by the pandemic. To understand how COVID-19 is impacting Hispanic communities, it's important to acknowledge the factors contributing to the existing gaps in accessing health and healthcare impacting the Hispanic population.

January 22, 2022

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Residency program offers visibility and blended learning

Learn how CHRISTUS Health's nurse residency program is leveraging visibility and blended learning to build a better foundation for nursing education.

January 04, 2022

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Building a Learning Culture that Drives Organizational Performance

Transforming your organization’s training can put the organization on a path towards becoming a high-reliability organization. It can help staff connect the dots between state and federal regulations and their own behaviors. When beginning the process of transforming your organization’s training, be sure to address the generational differences in learning and learning preferences and use tools that can deliver this training as efficiently as possible.

December 21, 2021

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Clinical Analytics and Competency

Clinical analytics can help inform your organization’s efforts to build clinical competencies, improve retention and help create a culture of lifelong learners. It can help organizations determine whether or not they are meeting or exceeding organizational goals for safety, effectiveness and efficiency and can point the way to the steps that are necessary for improvement.

December 21, 2021

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Flexibility, communication key to successful onboarding with myClinicalExchange

CoxHealth System implemented myClinicalExchange to streamline onboarding for their nursing students.

December 20, 2021

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Leadership Development: A Must-Have for Future Success

Healthcare leaders face a daunting future. There is continued uncertainty about our nation’s ability to curb the current COVID-19 pandemic. Beyond that, there is the need to retool existing processes to meet the needs of a new decade.

December 20, 2021

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Six Professional Goals for Nurse Managers

Prioritizing personal and professional goals can be difficult for nurse leaders, but maintaining and improving clinical and managerial skills is essential. Prioritize these six goals to maintain focus on those skills while modeling personal and professional growth for nurses on your team.

December 15, 2021

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UW Health

After implementing myClinicalExchange, UW Health saw 65% reduction in onboarding time and $26,000+ reduction in annual salary expenses.

December 13, 2021

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The Benefits of a Custom Healthcare Compliance Solution

Technology has changed nearly every aspect of healthcare delivery and it can also improve how healthcare organizations manage the complexities of compliance. Be sure that your solution can be customized to meet your organization’s unique needs.

December 09, 2021

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Cost Savings and Convenience with CE Unlimited

Learn how Columbia Memorial Hospital saved an estimated $18,000 by utilizing CE Unlimited.

December 07, 2021

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Nurse Development and Retention – The Future

Ongoing challenges in nurse retention and development are likely. However, healthcare executives report somewhat low levels of confidence that their organizations have developed strategies that will successfully address the issues.

December 07, 2021

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From Commitments to Competitive Advantage: Implementing a GRC Framework

Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) affects nearly every department within a hospital or healthcare system. GRC is vitally important to complying with regulation, adequately assessing risk, and ensuring policies and procedures are followed enterprise-wide. Learn more about what needs to consider prior to implementing a GRC strategy at your organization.

December 01, 2021

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Quick, Easy Access to Training Boosts OR Nurse Confidence

Discover how CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital utilized AORN Periop 101, within their existing HealthStream platform, to onboard and educate new perioperative nurses.

November 23, 2021

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Age-Specific Competencies: What are They and How to Manage Them

Training and measurement around age-specific competencies should be a part of your competency measurement program. Use the right tools to ensure that providers understand the needs of patients at every age and stage of life. Also, use tools that will help your organization’s leaders know whether or not your team is providing the best in age-specific care.

November 23, 2021