Article

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

Article

Flexibility, communication key to successful onboarding with myClinicalExchange

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

December 20, 2021

Article

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

Article

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 14, 2021

Article

UW Health

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

December 13, 2021

Article

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

Article

Cost Savings and Convenience with CE Unlimited

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

December 07, 2021

Article

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

Article

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

Article

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

Article

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

Article

Setting SMART Goals as a Charge Nurse

The optimal way to create a SMART goal is to look at the big picture and then establish an attainable process for getting there. Having the right resources and using a disciplined approach that includes the right kinds of learning tools and people performance solutions can help ensure that your professional goals are achieved.

November 23, 2021

Article

Nurse Well-Being in the Face of an Ongoing Pandemic

In the face of an ongoing pandemic, it’s no surprise that nurses are distressed. The latest Nursing Professionals Pulse Survey reveals increased concerns about the nursing shortage and generational differences in ratings of career fulfillment. Discover where older and younger nurses differ in the assessment of their well-being. Read a summary here and access the full Q3 2021 survey report.

November 18, 2021

Article

What is ambulatory care?

Ambulatory care is an area of healthcare expected to experience a disproportionate share of growth in the coming years. This blog post explores the changing nature of ambulatory care and the work environment an ambulatory care nurse could expect to encounter.

November 16, 2021

Article

Increase Efficiency and Patient Safety through Proven Technology

Healthcare organizations and their frontline clinical workforces have absorbed the brunt of the pandemic, along with bearing the emotional toll of witnessing the deaths of hundreds of thousands of individuals due to COVID-19. Across the country, many organizations are facing the same problem—how to do more with less. Many healthcare organizations are solving this problem by tasking existing people with more responsibilities, a decision that puts their staff at an increased risk of burnout.

November 12, 2021

Article

Dedicated to the Work of Health and Healing at Sanford Health

The automation is really encouraging. We are especially excited about the reporting capabilities. We no longer have to build Excel spreadsheets and manually filter things out or change things. We leverage the out-of-the-box reports.

November 11, 2021

Article

What is healthcare analytics?

Healthcare analytics can drive the kinds of change that can lead to a safe, efficient and reliable organization by helping leaders to better understand how to harness the power of your organization’s data.

November 09, 2021

Article

Are Today’s Healthcare Leaders Prepared to Address the Mental Health Crisis?

“On top of COVID-19, we have a mental health epidemic. Burnout is happening everywhere, but it is especially happening with healthcare workers,” says Marjorie Morrison, CEO and co-founder of Psych Hub. “People are feeling completely drained and exhausted—it’s a really challenging time. And not only are people feeling burned out, they’re starting to get angry.” Morrison emphasizes that as the numbers continue to climb, both of COVID-19 cases and those experiencing mental health needs, we must ensure healthcare workers are taken care of—including the prioritization of their mental health.

November 05, 2021

Article

Ambulatory Surgery Centers – The Challenges

Despite the vigor of the Ambulatory Surgery Center market, this care sector is facing some significant challenges in the years ahead, like much of the rest of healthcare. Some of the challenges are discussed briefly here.

November 04, 2021

Article

Addressing Healthcare Disparities to Achieve Health Equity

On a universal level, every action, procedure, or decision involved in healthcare should optimize the possible outcomes that can be achieved as a result of care.

November 03, 2021