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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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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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A Day in the Life of a Medical Staff Credentialing Professional

The number of Medical Staff Credentialing Professionals increases every day. Here’s a quick a look at their daily roles and responsibilities.

November 02, 2021

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Legal and Compliance Issues in Healthcare 2021

The pandemic has complicated some legal and compliance issues and also created new ones. HealthStream can work with your organization to address legal and compliance issues in healthcare.

November 02, 2021

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The Importance of Soft Skills in Healthcare

Soft skills are essential in healthcare. Providers with good soft skills can improve a patient’s perception of their experience and improve the quality of the workplace for employees. Be sure to include soft skills when setting learning goals.

October 28, 2021