Blogs

Challenges for Resuscitation across the Care Continuum

Healthcare organizations across the care continuum need to increase their efforts to improve resuscitation readiness and competency. Here are some reasons doing so is more difficult in a non-hospital environment.

Blogs

Virtual Care Technology – Challenges & Solutions

Virtual Care Technology – Challenges & Solutions The Outlook for Virtual Healthcare Technology Virtual care technology may be one of the major ways we can change how healthcare is delivered to meet the growing needs of the U.S. population. Here are some its challenges and opportunities, as well as predictions for the future.

Articles

Improving Resuscitation throughout the Care Continuum

It’s no secret that resuscitation rates are grim across the spectrum of healthcare. Outside of acute-care settings, they range from a shocking 2 to 11 percent. In this article, Donna Hayes, former resuscitation coach at HealthStream, outlines lessons and suggestions for improving resuscitation throughout the care continuum.

Blogs

Palliative Care Vs. Hospice Care—How They Differ

Palliative care and hospice care are often mentioned together, which can lead to confusion about what each one entails. Lack of knowledge, especially about palliative care, may hamper the many benefits of these services for those who most need them.

Blogs

Coding Audits Ensure Accuracy, Support Clinical Decisions & Reduce Penalties

Coding audits can reinforce quality facility operations, producing efficiencies and cost savings while also enhancing patient care and defending against reduced or delayed reimbursements.

Blogs

Nine Key Steps for Successfully Standardizing Privileges in a Health System

There are many reasons a health system should standardize privileges—including improved program management, compliance, alignment of clinical practice, and clinical competence. Here are 9 steps a typical project to standardize privileges should follow.

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How to Ensure Your Healthcare Training Meets All Relevant Federal and State Training Requirements

Up to now, it has been very difficult for healthcare organizations to be certain their clinicians and other staff were receiving training that complied with every applicable federal and state regulation. hStream Compass is a solution for this common problem.

Recorded Webinars

An Insider's Guide to Using Regulatory Requirements for Quality Improvement

Join us for a discussion on common regulatory requirements, including QAPI and Facility/Organizational Capability Assessments, and how these requirements, when executed thoughtfully and sustainably, can have real influence on the quality of care.