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Safe Staffing in Healthcare – Acuity vs. Ratios

Acuity-based staffing models can improve outcomes, staff satisfaction and financial performance, but require a technology solution to insure safe staffing. HealthStream’s Acuity and Assignment Manager can help leaders synthesize all of the required data to support an acuity-based staffing model.

April 03, 2023

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ShiftWizard by HealthStream Named Winner of the 2023 Workday Partner Innovation for Advanced Staff Scheduling Integration for Healthcare

March 10, 2023 — ShiftWizard™ by HealthStream™ was awarded the 2023 Workday Partner Innovation Award for Advanced Staff Scheduling Integration for Healthcare. Workday, Inc. provides on-demand financial, human capital, and information management software.

March 31, 2023

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5 Reasons Why Lifelong Learning is Essential in Healthcare

Here are 5 strong reasons lifelong learning in nursing is a long term career need in healthcare to ensure that employees stay abreast of advances in healthcare.

March 31, 2023

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Make Continuing Education in Healthcare Easy!

CE should be part of your organization’s strategy to attract, retain and develop nurses and allied health professionals. HealthStream’s CE Unlimited is a practical way to put robust, customizable clinical information in the hands of your clinical team. It can also mean significant savings in costs and administrative time and effort for your organization.

March 30, 2023

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Reducing the Likelihood of Cardiac Arrest

HealthStream’s ART Program is a proven evidence-based program that helps empower organizations to address patient deterioration. It equips your staff with the necessary knowledge to anticipate deterioration, recognize the risk factors that can lead to cardiac arrest, and target diagnostic and therapeutic interventions that can stabilize patients before they reach a critical stage.

March 29, 2023

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Align Staffing to Patient Demand with Acuity and Assignment Manager

HealthStream’s Acuity and Assignment Manager can help your organization with one of the most critical issues faced by healthcare leaders today – staffing. By aggregating the data that you already have, this solution can help ensure that you have all of the information you need to provide optimal care to patients while supporting staff with equitable assignments based on objective, real-time data.

March 28, 2023

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Web-based, Hassle-free Credentialing and Enrollment Software for Growing Medical Practices

When it comes to credentialing and enrollment, you simply can’t afford to skip software made for the job!

March 28, 2023

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7 Nurse Retention Strategies That You Can Use Now

Utilize these 7 nurse retention strategies from HealthStream to keep your healthcare employees happy and engaged with their work.

March 24, 2023

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Patient Safety In Nursing: The Nurse's Role

Learn how patient safety in nursing depends on understanding how and why we are treating patients and how that treatment affects our patients, from HealthStream.

March 24, 2023

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Lifelong Learning in Nursing Is Vital

Learn why an interest in lifelong learning in nursing is considered to be an element of professionalism for anyone working in healthcare, from HealthStream.

March 24, 2023

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Upcoming Changes to HIPAA – What You Need to Know Now

Some big changes to HIPAA are expected to be announced within the next few weeks. You can begin to prepare your organization now by familiarizing your team with the proposed new rule and training employees on how to comply with the updated requirements.

March 22, 2023

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An Innovative Integration for a Single Source of Truth

It’s time to take control of the way you and your team handle staffing decisions. By utilizing this innovative partnership with Workday and ShiftWizard™, you’ll be able to leverage your time and attendance data to make real-time, cost-effective productivity decisions.

March 22, 2023

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Optimize Competency While Reducing EMS Training Costs

Recent changes in regulations governing how and where EMS training is provided have paved the way for EMS organizations to optimize their team’s competency while also reducing their training costs.

March 21, 2023

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HealthStream Partners Addressing Top Healthcare Technology Hazards

The right educational tools can help your organization, retain, and engage employees. They can also help reduce the risks associated with healthcare technology hazards. Creating a safety culture begins with education. Our premier partner network can help your organization fully educate staff about their responsibilities when using unsafe devices or equipment.

March 20, 2023

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How Nurse Leaders Can Ensure Fairness in Workforce Scheduling

Having an effective and healthcare-specific workforce scheduling system is an essential component to helping nurse leaders foster a fair and inclusive environment for their staff.

March 20, 2023

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A Foundational Need for Safe, Quality Care

Google and YouTube are poor substitutes for safe, reliable access to trusted information on clinical best practices. In the absence of alternatives, you nursing and allied health staff may turn to these sources. EBSCO and HealthStream can put an entire library of clinical decision and support skills in their hands right where they need it most – at the patient bedside – or anywhere else for that matter – ensuring that your patients get safe, high-quality care for every patient every time.

March 20, 2023

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New Joint Commission Standards to Reduce Healthcare Disparities – What You Need to Know

The new Joint Commission standards will apply to acute care hospitals, ambulatory care, behavioral health, critical access hospitals, and human services organizations. Healthcare organizations can begin preparing to meet the new requirements now.

March 17, 2023

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Reduce Credentialing and Provider Enrollment Timeframes with CredentialMyDoc™

Streamlining your credentialing and enrollment processes will deliver increased efficiency while allowing you to provide the best care possible. Here’s how CredentialMyDoc can help.

March 14, 2023

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The Impact of Unconscious Bias on Healthcare

Unconscious bias often leads to false assumptions and negative outcomes for minority groups in the healthcare setting. We must focus on reducing the impact of unconscious biases on physician-patient interactions, which contributes to health disparities.

March 14, 2023

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Acuity-based scheduling: A promising strategy for optimizing patient care

There are multiple variables to balance when constructing shift schedules for healthcare staff. One key factor for hospital managers to consider is patient acuity, and yet there is much discussion about how to consider it when making staffing decisions.

March 02, 2023