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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.
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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.
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The best approach to managing claims denials is a proactive approach. In this article, we review the common reasons for denied claims, the financial impact on healthcare organizations, and 8 strategies for how to effectively decrease denied claims.
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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.
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Communication, Collaboration, Critical Thinking: Preparing the Preceptor for Success
This whitepaper reviews results from a survey of hospital leaders to gauge their thoughts and perceptions of preceptor training, as well as their successes with their own programs and the impact on nurse success and patient safety.
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Home infusion company increases productivity by 60% and simplifies scheduling
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Ten Trends for 2023: CMS Cuts and Other Disruptors
Changes in physician reimbursement and a renewed focus on the industry from key healthcare disruptors are two of the top ten trends for healthcare leaders to monitor. Both are likely to drive additional changes in how and where care is delivered.
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2022 HealthStream Clinical Industry Report
The HealthStream 2022 clinical industry report is designed to provide clinical and education leaders insight into key findings related to clinical competency development.
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Nurse Strikes are Scary, but License Verification Doesn’t Have to be
Nurse strikes are becoming more common. Learn how HR teams can expedite license verifications for temporary resources with Workforce Validate.
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How to Use APIs in Healthcare Learning
You’ve likely heard that APIs can magically transform business, reduce waste, speed processes, and improve bottom lines. What does this mean for healthcare, and specifically for healthcare learning? Let’s explore the advantages of using APIs and some specific use cases to illustrate the wide variety of ways in which they can help transform your learning workflows.
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Ten Trends for 2023: Hospital at Home and Integration of Behavioral Health and Primary Care
COVID-19 continues to make its mark on healthcare, but not all COVID-19 changes were temporary or negative. Providing acute-care to patients in their homes and integrating behavioral health and primary care are important innovations that have been fast-tracked as a result of the pandemic. The remaining 4 trends will be covered in future blogs.
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Navigating Enrollment Requirements of a Group Merger with CredentialMyDoc
After merging with two other organizations, Tennessee Orthopaedic Clinics needed to find a way for all three divisions to work together seamlessly, without impacting patient care. They needed CredentialMyDoc.
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What Today’s Provider Enrollment Professionals Are Saying About Provider Data Management
Medical Services Professionals (MSPs) throughout the country agree their jobs require a lot of diligence, attention to detail, and patience. We’re on a mission to provide MSPs with actionable data they can use to improve their processes. Here’s what today’s Provider Enrollment Professionals had to say about Provider Data Management in our annual survey.
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Medical Fraud is on the Rise, Here's What to Watch Out For
Healthcare fraud, AKA false claims, is an expensive crime affecting individuals and healthcare organizations alike. Read about the risks and learn how to protect yourself with Workforce Validate.
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A Less Settled Healthcare Industry: 10 Trends for 2023
As the healthcare industry continues to take stock of the changes occurring since the pandemic began, the future is still uncertain. In this article, we explore the shifts we’ve been observing in the industry and trends on the horizon that may impact your organization in 2023 and beyond.
January 25th, 2023
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Ten Trends for 2023: Emerging Technology and Cybersecurity
COVID-19 will continue to have an impact on healthcare organizations for the foreseeable future; however, healthcare leaders will also need to focus on new and re-emerging issues in what are hopefully the waning days of the pandemic. The remaining 6 trends will be covered in future blogs.
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Your Top 5 Privileging Questions Answered: Requirements, Procedures, and More
Privileging involves requirements amongst providers and health systems and involves defined medical staff policies and procedures. HealthStream answers the top questions to come out of our Privileging 101 webinar series here.
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Ten Trends for 2023: Financial Woes and Staffing
The pandemic has exacerbated some operational and financial issues for healthcare leaders while also creating new ones. The future remains uncertain as the issues created by COVID-19 persist and combine with the flu and RSV, to continue to challenge the healthcare delivery system. The remaining 8 trends will be covered in future blogs.