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Travel nurses – strategies for effective management of documentation and scheduling

The ability to successfully imbed travel nurses into your organization will likely depend on having the right technology to be sure that these nurses can be credentialed, scheduled and oriented to your organization. Technology can help reduce the amount of time spent performing these tasks manually while assuring accuracy and ongoing monitoring that provides alerts that identify compliance issues.

April 25, 2022

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Empowering your perioperative staff

You can build competence and confidence in a high-risk/high-reward area – your ORs. HealthStream and AORN have partnered to offer content that will help leaders build competency and confidence in these teams. These tools also include tools to help measure that competence on a regular basis and can be part of a larger strategy to build staff and consumer confidence in surgical services.

April 19, 2022

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Are we headed towards a risk tsunami?

In order to minimize an organization’s risk from the coming risk tsunami, healthcare leaders need to be able to embrace innovative and multi-modal educational tools and new ways of thinking about how to rapidly onboard employees.

April 12, 2022

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HealthStream Quality Manager, formerly known as abaqis®, helps facility achieve 5-star quality rating

Through the implementation of abaqis, the facility’s Overall Star Rating increased from two to five in three years, including a deficiency-free survey in 2020.

April 11, 2022

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Nurse engagement strategies for the next generation

It is important to align education initiatives with the needs of learners. Learning solutions that support millennial and Gen Z learners need to be practical and relevant, but they also need to be individualized to the learner, technology-based and include visually appealing and interesting content.

April 07, 2022

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What next? Ensure safe, quality care during a staffing crisis

There are resources and strategies that can help healthcare leaders address the existing staffing challenges that were exacerbated by the pandemic.

April 06, 2022

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Need to Know Facts About Credentialing, Privileging, and Enrollment for FQHC Executive Leadership

If you’re a leader of Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), it’s important to know the ins and out of the credentialing, privileging and enrollment requirements your organization must adhere to. In this post, we outline the facts you need to know.

March 29, 2022

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In Times of Trouble, Fostering Well-Being Is Key to Retention, Quality of Care

Turnover among nurses was a problem jeopardizing quality of patient care long before the pandemic hit in early 2020. Not only were hospitals in certain parts of the U.S. already experiencing severe nursing shortages, but they were also reeling from an unprecedented number of retirements among Baby Boomers who were leaving the workforce.

March 22, 2022

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Ensuring Compliance With Regulatory Agencies

The cost of non-compliance in healthcare is very high and can impact patient safety and outcomes, result in enormous fines, the loss of public confidence and, in some cases, a loss of credentials. HealthStream can help your organization to remain in compliance with effective, cost-efficient solutions that address the spectrum of regulations covering healthcare providers.

March 16, 2022

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How to hit your revenue cycle goals in 2022

Education matters to employees and it is essential to the revenue cycle process. An essential step in meeting revenue goals is personalized education based on the learner’s role and educational needs. Education can reduce errors, streamline the revenue process and protect the bottom line.

March 15, 2022

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Developing competencies that address societal impacts on cardiovascular health

It is important to develop the kinds of strategies and skills that help healthcare providers address the societal impacts on cardiovascular disease management. Technology and education can help us address gaps in care and treatment and help better educate providers.

March 09, 2022

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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