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The Economic & Emotional Cost of Hospital Readmissions | HealthStream
Learn how the cost of hospital readmissions by definition is enormous and Medicare & CMS is working to reduce this amount, from HealthStream.
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What a New Nurse Can Expect in the First Month on the Job
A new nurse’s first month on the job can be exciting and perilous, so it’s important that they, and their new employer, take a deliberate approach to those crucial early days of onboarding.
April 1st, 2021
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Recognizing Religious Beliefs in Healthcare
Given the wide range of religion practices across our national population, it is no wonder that healthcare providers and systems are often challenged by delivering care that meets and honors the religious needs of patients and their families.
April 1st, 2021
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How Lorien Health Systems Implemented Quality Manager
Implementing Quality Manager helped Lorien Health Services gain a new patient-centered perspective on listening to residents and empowering them to make their own care decisions. Lorien ultimately transformed the organization’s approach to customer service across the multi-facility senior care services company.
April 1st, 2021
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11 Clinical Privileging Best Practices
Peruse our review of best practices related to defining and formatting clinical privileges from AI to mentoring in internal medicine, from HealthStream.
April 1st, 2021
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Improving Communication in the Emergency Room
While communication is extremely important in every healthcare environment, the Emergency Room stands out as one where communication success is critical, especially when saving lives can be a matter of quick decisions and responses within minutes or hours.
April 1st, 2021
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The ABCs of Credentialing & Life Support Certifications
HealthStream covers why it is an important that health care staff and credentialing professionals learn about establishing requirements for basic life support.
April 1st, 2021
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The Importance of Patient Care Coordination for Outcomes
Given the multiple tracks that healthcare can take, from inpatient to outpatient and even to community settings, there is a need for care coordination and management of the transition between providers and all settings of care. Nurses are often at the heart of this effort.
April 1st, 2021
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The methodology of restorative healthcare
Unlock the benefits of Restorative Healthcare. Learn about its methodologies, impact on patient recovery, and how to implement it in your healthcare practice
April 1st, 2021
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What Does Successful Patient Access Training Look Like?
Patient Access training needs to go beyond basic orientation to match roles and individual aptitude in the effort to meet client needs. A best practice is to use trainee test scores and to determine the subjects where more focused time should be spent to best serve the client’s needs.
April 1st, 2021
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Short Staffing in Long-Term Care Is Having an Impact on Resident and Financial Outcomes
Staffing levels are one of the most important determinants of whether a long-term care facility is providing adequate care. However, many nursing homes have employee coverage issues and are failing the meet the CMS requirement “that a registered nurse be on-site at least eight hours every day.”
April 1st, 2021
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2021 – New Healthcare Regulations: What You Need to Know
The pandemic has, in some cases, slowed the pace of healthcare regulation implementation and enforcement, but new regulatory issues continue to emerge. Key initiatives will likely find new implementation dates in 2021.
April 1st, 2021
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Measuring Nurse Competency: Systems-Based Practice in Nursing
Systems-based Practice in Nursing involves approaching patient care from a wider perspective. In this practice practitioners demonstrate awareness of the larger context and system of healthcare and can access resources throughout the system to ensure optimal outcomes.
April 1st, 2021
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What Is Patient Compliance in Healthcare?
Patient Compliance involves following the recommendations of healthcare professionals in such areas as medication treatment, therapy, diagnostic tests, and lifestyle changes. Learn why noncompliance is common and what to do about it.
April 1st, 2021
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A Health System's Journey to Future-proofing Credentialing and Privileging
When the need to upgrade credentialing and privileging processes and grow a true CVO arose, the organization understood evaluating and pursuing new technology would be key to this transformation.
November 3rd, 2020
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Verification of Healthcare Affiliations — Is There a "Best Practice" Today?
Guidelines and recommendations on what to provide, verify, and perhaps omit when it comes to provider affiliation verifications. More isn't always best.
September 18th, 2020
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Full Circle of Care at Circle Health Services & The Centers for Families and Children
Moving quickly from a paper system to an electronic one while meeting regulation and compliance needs? CredentialStream meets and exceeds the credentialing needs, with a privileging and enrollment forms library as the cherry on top!
July 20th, 2020
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From Spreadsheets to Automation... Ideal Option
When Ideal Option's previous credentialing solution couldn't handle their expanding needs, CredentialStream proved the ideal solution with a smooth implementation process.
July 15th, 2020
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What is the Difference between Proctoring and Precepting?
CVO leaders want to understand how their organizations compare to others in the industry. Metrics and benchmarks are best analyzed with the understanding that there are many variables that impact the results. Here are some examples.
June 26th, 2020
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A Higher State of Care with St. Peter's Health
CredentialStream enabled St. Peter's Health to streamline their privileging processes as well as accelerate the application process and onboard new physicians faster.