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5 Essentials of Nursing Orientation
Learn about 5 essentials of nursing orientation and its pivotal role in the competency and retention of newly hired registered nurses, from HealthStream.
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Air Methods Achieves Flexibility, Cost Savings with Resuscitation Suite
Air Methods, an emergency air medical services company, transitioned from a traditional leader-led resuscitation program to the American Red Cross instructor-less model, saving them time and money.
May 11th, 2021
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Opioids: A National Health Crisis
As the opioid crisis continues to unfold across the United States, healthcare providers are increasingly caught in the crosshairs of a dilemma: How can they provide the highest quality patient care while also complying with federal, state, and local mandates around prescribing and reporting abuse?
May 11th, 2021
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Mandatory Training for Nurses: An Insider’s Assessment
When nurses learn that a mandatory training session has come up, mixed emotions usually occur. There can be excitement about something new, as well as grumbling about a tedious and time-consuming task. The latter response need not be a given.
April 30th, 2021
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HealthStream Community - The Next Level of HealthStream Customer Support
HealthStream has launched the HealthStream Community, a private hub for customers to access product training, support documentation, and peer discussions. With intuitive navigation, a powerful search engine, and an Ideas portal for feedback, it enhances customer support and collaboration.
April 21st, 2021
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10 Ways to Encourage Better Physician Communication
Physicians looking to deliver a superior patient experience must take the time to evaluate how they communicate and commit to practicing new ways of speaking to patients.
April 19th, 2021
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The Importance of Effective Communication in Nursing
Registered Nurse Nicole Kraut shares her experiences with HealthStream and how she believes effective communication is most important during patient interactions.
April 19th, 2021
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Preparing for the 2021 Joint Commission Safety Standards Deadline? HealthStream’s Quality OB Program is Associated with Lower Risk Claims
Today, U.S. maternal mortality rates are still unacceptably high, with the number of maternal deaths significantly surpassing those from all other highly developed countries. Approximately 700 deaths occur annually from pregnancy-related complications, and 50,000 women are injured every year during childbirth.
April 19th, 2021
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What is Competence in Healthcare? (Part I)
Competence lies at the heart of any talent management effort in healthcare. Competency is a cornerstone on which a successful healthcare organization is built.
April 19th, 2021
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What Is Cultural Competence in Healthcare?
Now more than ever, healthcare professionals and everyone supporting them in the industry need to work to break down any barriers to care. One way many organizations are making an effort to meet more patients’ needs is to focus on cultural competence.
April 19th, 2021
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Healthcare Trend Watch — Artificial Intelligence (AI) Dramatically Changing Healthcare
Artificial intelligence clearly has the potential to drive meaningful change at numerous points along the healthcare continuum. The most effective deployments of AI in the healthcare space will augment human capabilities, not replace them.
April 17th, 2021
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Understanding The 3 Types of Acute Care & The Staffing Needs of Each
Different patient needs mean there are a variety of care settings, and each has its own unique challenges and requirements when it comes to proper staffing. Here we describe the three types of acute care.
April 16th, 2021
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To Improve Healthcare Quality Outcomes, We Must Focus on Turnover
High turnover rates can have a significantly detrimental impact on hospitals, patients, and healthcare staff. Staff turnover in hospitals is estimated to cost at least two times the pay of a regular employed nurse.
April 16th, 2021
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Understanding Medical Billing Cycles and Solutions
Medical billing is complicated for trained professionals, so why do providers expect patients to understand it without a little help and coaching?
April 16th, 2021
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Setting the Perfect Nurse Rotation Schedule
Making scheduling easier and more efficient for nurses and their mangers can lead to higher levels of engagement and satisfaction and perhaps also improve metrics related to patient experience, quality, and financial performance.
April 16th, 2021
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The New Rules of Healthcare Recruiting: Best Practices
Industry disruption empowers healthcare HR and talent management leaders to create sophisticated processes to attract and engage the right candidates. Hiring the right people has never been more important in this age of radical reform, innovation, and consumerism.
April 15th, 2021
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The Benefits of a Clinical Ladder Nursing Program
Read how the benefits of a clinical ladder nursing program focuses on advancing careers past novice to retain nurses while gaining higher salaries, from HealthStream.
April 15th, 2021
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Three Webinars Focused on Healthcare Revenue Cycle Management
Here are links to three recorded HealthStream webinars about solutions to common challenges in healthcare revenue cycle management.
April 15th, 2021
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Six Best Practices for Establishing a Centralized Verification Office: The Experience of Our Lady Health System
The Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System is a five-hospital system in Louisiana with five employed medical groups and a clinically integrated network. Here are six best practices to guide an effort to centralize credentialing across a multi-facility system.
April 14th, 2021
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Organizational Goal Setting in Healthcare: Best Practices
Goal setting is one of the most important activities for any healthcare organization and one of the examples of smart goals in healthcare, from HealthStream.