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Healthcare Finance in 2024: Make or Break Year? AI Holds the Key

2024 will be a crucial year for healthcare organizations as they grapple with financial challenges. Labor shortages, ongoing inflation, and reimbursement rates will all play a role in hospitals' success. This blog examines the outlook for the industry and explores how AI can help finance leaders navigate these challenges.

February 22, 2024

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Securing Healthcare: Navigating the Cyber Threat Landscape

The impact of cybersecurity breaches in healthcare reverberates far beyond the confines of data breaches and financial losses—it threatens the very foundation of patient safety and organizational stability. Don’t let your organization be sidelined by a cybersecurity breach. Contact HealthStream today and learn more about HealthStream’s Security Awareness offerings.

February 20, 2024

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State of the Industry: What’s Next for Healthcare Quality and Safety in 2024?

Rose encouraged leaders planning 2024 initiatives to consider whether or not they had adequately resourced their initiatives and encouraged them to support their programs with effective and efficient education and a culture of supportive leadership. Contact HealthStream today to learn more about how to support your 2024 quality and safety initiatives.

February 19, 2024

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Silver Tsunami: Can Our Healthcare System Adapt to Aging Population and Mental Health Challenges?

With the aging baby boomer population ("silver tsunami") approaching, the US healthcare system faces unprecedented challenges. Explore the impact on mental health, the potential of technology, and necessary adaptations for hospitals.

February 16, 2024

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Climate Change: A Growing Threat to Public Health

Rising temperatures, extreme weather, and changing ecosystems are impacting our health. Learn about the growing public health challenges caused by climate change and how we can build a more resilient future.

February 15, 2024

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Gen Z Enters the Workforce: How Healthcare Can Adapt Training Programs for the Next Generation

Healthcare training needs a major overhaul as Gen Z, with their unique learning preferences, enters the workforce. Discover how to attract and retain this new generation by providing mobile-first training, searchable video knowledge bases, experiential learning opportunities, and platforms for informal social learning.

February 13, 2024

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Join Us at Thrive24: The Ultimate HealthStream Credentialing User Group Conference!

February 12, 2024

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Telehealth: From Pandemic Tool to Preferred Option

Telehealth 2.0 is here to stay, expanding beyond video calls to revolutionize healthcare with remote monitoring, wider specialist access, and new players driving innovation. These advancements improve access, outcomes, and cost-efficiency. New players like retail clinics, tech giants, and startups are further disrupting the traditional healthcare landscape, driving innovation and competition.

February 07, 2024

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Gen-AI, Virtual Assistants & Digital Twins: Revolutionizing Healthcare

The healthcare industry is experiencing a transformative era, propelled by groundbreaking technologies that promise a brighter future: Gen-AI streamlining medical notes, virtual assistants enhancing patient support, and digital twins paving the way for personalized medicine. Discover how these innovations are shaping a brighter future for patients and healthcare professionals alike.

February 05, 2024

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ShiftWizard Year End Review

A summary of HealthStream's past year of innovation in ShiftWizard, the fastest growing healthcare scheduling system.

January 31, 2024

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Enhancing Health Plan Management: How CredentialStream Transforms the Process

Discover how CredentialStream refines health plan management, addressing today's healthcare challenges. Streamline credentialing, ensure compliance, and enhance data accuracy and interoperability for a brighter healthcare future.

January 23, 2024

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Workforce Validate: A Smarter, Safer Way to Monitor Your Workforce

Workforce Validate is a reliable tool that can support your organization’s culture of compliance with clear reporting, regular updates to licensing data, and user support to ensure that you are avoiding penalties and reducing risk. Reach out to HealthStream today to learn more about this easy-implement solution.

January 18, 2024

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Essential Qualities of Fit Leaders

Developing soft skills for healthcare leaders is essential, but not easy. Read about the specifics of the World Economic Forum's top 10 skills for the future.

January 16, 2024

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The Power of Video: How HealthStream Provides Transformative E-Learning

As healthcare leaders and their teams struggle to do more with less, having effective education that is delivered in the most impactful way becomes critically important. HealthStream’s Media Center makes it easy to provide high-quality video resources to your staff while ensuring that they are accessing trusted content.

January 10, 2024

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Mind the Gap: Bridging Revenue Cycle Success with Cutting-Edge Staff Education

Education is key to creating patient-centered fiscal management practices. Contact HealthStream today to learn more about how to provide staff with the knowledge and skills they need to support a patient-centered model while reducing denials and costly reimbursement errors.

January 09, 2024

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Mercy Medical Center Achieves Seamless Integration and Streamlined Processes with ShiftWizard

Mercy Medical Center was able to improve patient quality care through partnership with ShiftWizard. Optimized staff efficiency was just one of many benefits they experienced.

January 09, 2024

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A Deep Dive into CredentialStream's Credentialing by Proxy (CBP) Features

Discover in detail how CredentialStream's credentialing by proxy abilities have improved the handling of telemedicine privileges.

January 02, 2024

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The Bridge Between Culture and Compliance

Managing DEI requires more than just a “check the box” approach to bring about and maintain meaningful change.

December 18, 2023

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Healthcare Insider Podcast: Fusing AI and human touch in revenue cycle management

HealthStream’s Director of Product Management Susan Gurzynski-Wells, MS, RHIA discusses fusing AI and human touch in revenue cycle management on Modern Healthcare podcast.

December 18, 2023

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How Managing Staff Has Changed

Employee retention and engagement in healthcare has been severely challenged ever since COVID started effecting the economy and the workforce. Here, we provide an update as to how managing staff has changed within healthcare organizations.

December 13, 2023