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Maintaining Competency: Turning Concepts into Practice

A commitment to lifelong learning is not optional in healthcare. Learning new skills and keeping current skills sharp while growing personally and professionally is essential in the rapidly changing landscape of healthcare.

April 01, 2021

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Using Assessments and Training to Improve Conditions of Participation

Conditions of Participation are qualifications developed by CMS that healthcare organizations must meet in order to begin and continue participating in federally funded healthcare programs (Medicare, Medicaid, CHIPS, etc.) This article examines new ways healthcare organizations can use assessments and training to ensure staff understand and are adhering to policies that support compliance.

April 01, 2021

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7 Findings About the Future of Learning and Talent Development in Healthcare

To evaluate perceptions about talent management, learning and development, HealthStream surveyed U.S. healthcare HR, OD and learning leaders about their organizations' strategic use of learning as a component of their talent management programs.

April 01, 2021

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The Challenge of Translating Healthcare Regulations into Training Curricula

Healthcare organizations across the healthcare continuum, from hospitals and health systems to the broad array of post-acute care providers, need to be certain they are compliant with all the regulations that apply to them as well as to their individual clinicians. The current regulatory environment presents some significant barriers to a full compilation of regulations.

April 01, 2021

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Efficiency and Personalization with Adaptive Learning

HealthStream recently surveyed industry leaders in the areas of employee education and development to understand their opinions on adaptive learning and how they are implementing a personalized approach.

April 01, 2021

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Improving Nurse Competency and Critical Thinking Skills in New Hires: An Experience Using Jane

HealthStream’s Jane is an artificial intelligence-driven competency assessment system, designed to help healthcare providers assess competency and critical thinking, identify individual deficits in preparation, and then personalize a learning program for all new candidates.

April 01, 2021

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Is Your Healthcare Organization Preparing For Potential Health Risks Associated With Warmer Temperatures?

Temperatures are increasing and could potentially correlate with an increase in catastrophic weather events, increased health risks, and more. This article explores the importance of healthcare organizations preparing to adapt to the potential health risks that warming temperatures could bring.

April 01, 2021

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Improve Outcomes Through Performance-Guided Learning

Are your employee training programs geared toward compliance or toward growth? Shifting the education and training paradigm away from mandated classes and annual testing to a more nimble, customized model.

April 01, 2021

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Growth Potential: Career Pathways Offering Mentorship and Education Can Engage & Motivate Revenue Cycle Staff

Finding and keeping high-quality staff is a continual challenge in healthcare, especially in a tight labor market. For a facility to operate at peak efficiency, attention must be paid to all areas of the healthcare industry, both patient-facing and back office.

April 01, 2021

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Manageable But Often Overlooked: Chronic Disease Treatment Will Play a Vital Role in Effective Population Health Efforts

From diabetes, depression, COPD, hypertension and more, chronic conditions affect the entire care continuum, and proper management of these serious, often under estimated, disorders should play a vital role in any population health management effort. Click to read more.

April 01, 2021

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The Opioid Abuse Epidemic: A Problem Across The Entire Care Continuum

Did you know that every day more than 130 people in the United States die from overdosing on opioids? This epidemic of abuse with significant human cost is a serious national crisis with an impact on the physical, mental, and economic health of the country. In this article, we explore the cost of the crisis and how environments across the entire care continuum are taking the necessary steps to combat this epidemic.

April 01, 2021

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Ten Conclusions about Conflict of Interest Management in Healthcare

Methodologies to manage conflicts of interest vary widely across healthcare organizations. Read the article to learn about the 10 conclusions that were drawn from survey results about the existing state of COI management in healthcare.

April 01, 2021

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Hot Topics in Healthcare Compliance Part 2

At Health Care Compliance Association’s (HCCA) 4th Annual Enforcement Conference, attendees were treated to several hot topics from experts in the field. Topics included enforcement compliance, criminal fraud investigations, and privacy enforcement actions in a variety of care settings. Download the article to learn more.

April 01, 2021

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Navigate the Healthcare Regulatory Training Maze

Endless, complicated, and headache-inducing. That could sum up the world of state and federal healthcare training and compliance requirements. Download the article to learn how Compass can help you change the way to search for regulatory training requirements.

April 01, 2021

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Footing the Bill: Improving the Patient Financial Experience

Providing high-quality healthcare means delivering on many components. Patients’ impressions, especially around cost and perceived value, are having an increasing effect on providers and organization's bottom lines. There’s no time to waste to ensure that everyone is able to foot the bill with the ever-changing landscape of the patient financial expectations.

April 01, 2021

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Decreasing Adverse Patient Outcomes: How a Quality Onboarding Program Reduces Errors

Research suggests that medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the United States, pushing hospitals to rethink their approach to patient care. This article discusses why mistakes are so easily made and how hospital onboarding programs play a vital role in reducing errors.

April 01, 2021

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Using Artificial Intelligence to Assess Critical Thinking for Healthcare

At the heart of our Clinical Development System is competency development. This article outlines how our solution works “from hire to retire” to assess new nurses and provide personalized development plans.

April 01, 2021

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Developing Critical Thinking Skills: The Key to an Effective Onboarding Program for New Nurses

Healthcare organizations must work quickly & efficiently to fight shortages & ensure staff is equipped to provide quality patient care. This article outlines the ways to assess & develop nurses for the ability to think critically.

April 01, 2021

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7 Common Reasons Employees Leave Healthcare Jobs

Now more than ever before, Healthcare workers who provide excellent care are becoming more valuable as their demand increases. Losing those valuable staff members can have a serious impact on care and outcomes. To combat excessive turnover, organizations must identify ways they can create employees satisfaction to improve retention rates and provide the best care.

April 01, 2021

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Hot Topics in Healthcare Compliance

At Health Care Compliance Association’s (HCCA) 4th Annual Enforcement Conference, attendees were treated to a variety of hot topics from experts in the field. Topics included new developments with the False Claims Act, Cybersecurity and Privacy Risks, the changing regulatory landscape relating to opioids, and the anatomy of a corporate integrity agreement.

April 01, 2021