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Preventing Unfavorable Outcomes with Standardized Moderate Sedation Practices

Is your organization ready for the increasing patient demand for procedural sedation? You can prepare providers with the kind of education that can improve the patient experience and reduce risk with the right education. You can feel comfortable with uniform, evidence-based courses that can be used to verify knowledge and expedite credentialing of non-anesthesia healthcare professionals to address the growing shortage of anesthesiologists and the increasing consumer demand for procedural sedation. Contact HealthStream today to learn more about moderate sedation practices.

December 12, 2023

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Understanding ENA’s Emergency Severity Index Handbook 5th Edition

The ESI Handbook Fifth Edition is simplified and better organized. Each chapter is now labeled with the decision point covered by that chapter making it easier for nurses to quickly find and reference information. HealthStream offers emergency nursing education to ensure your emergency nurses are employing best practices that are evidence-based and research backed while improving patient outcomes. Contact HealthStream today to learn more about how this evidence-based education can help your team deliver safe, quality care for your patients.

December 12, 2023

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Discover Modernized Learning with HealthStream Learning Center – A Healthcare-Specific Learning Management System

If your LMS is not well suited to the unique and specialized requirements of the healthcare industry, contact HealthStream today to learn more about how to integrate annual training requirements, license verifications, support regulatory requirements, and monitor compliance with organizational initiatives.

December 12, 2023

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myClinicalExchange Empowers Logan Health to Transform Student Onboarding

myClinicalExchange empowers healthcare organizations like Logan Health to take control of the student onboarding experience. myClinicalExchange saves time and resources while developing a strong workforce and improving retention. Contact HealthStream today to learn more

December 12, 2023

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The Dynamic Role of Data: How Data Elevates Your Nurse Residency Program

HealthStream’s Nurse Residency Program can help your organization build a stable pipeline of nurses. It can reduce time and effort for your staff with great content and reliable ways in which to measure the effectiveness of the program. In addition, the program’s reporting features make it easy to visualize program data to really tell the story of the program’s effectiveness. Contact HealthStream today to learn more.

December 12, 2023

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It’s Time to Switch to Longer Passwords

Cybersecurity crimes are growing at alarming rates in the United States and the healthcare industry. Data is very valuable and there are many malicious attempts to steal it from companies. Read on to learn how to secure your accounts to protect yourself and your organization.

December 05, 2023

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Preparing for the OIG’s General Program Compliance Updates

HealthStream can help support your compliance program with innovative technology, adaptive learning, and organizational management tools. The compliance education tools can identify any gaps in compliance and assign a personalized employee learning program to address the gaps with engaging content. HealthStream also provides reporting on course completions and proficiency. Contact HealthStream today to learn more about the tools that can help your organization build a culture of compliance.

November 20, 2023

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What is EMS Training? Resources and Solutions to Help

The right kind of EMS training can help your organization attract and retain EMS staff while helping them maintain certifications. HealthStream’s EMS Program is trackable, affordable and includes a substantial library of more than 70 hours of courseware. HealthStream’s CAPCE-accredited content helps EMS professionals maintain their continuing education requirements while meeting the annual NREMT recertification requirements.

November 20, 2023

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Why Having a Standardized Telehealth Provider Privileging Process is Critical

Telehealth continues to expand as patients and physicians become more comfortable and the technology continues to improve. Discover why having a standardized telehealth provider privileging process is critical.

November 10, 2023

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Unlocking Revenue in Healthcare: The Power of Efficient Credentialing

Credentialing and privileging processes can be efficiently optimized through CredentialStream, which emphasizes revenue generation and ensuring patient safety.

November 07, 2023

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Key Features of a Healthcare-Specific LMS

A healthcare-specific learning management system (LMS) is crucial to being compliant and successful in the healthcare industry. Read about the results of a survey conducted by HealthStream that uncovered some key findings.

November 07, 2023

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Asante Saves $600,000 Annually by Humanizing Safety and Compliance Training

Discover how Asante achieved efficient and engaging safety and compliance training with HealthStream's educational solutions.

November 03, 2023

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From Regulations to Realities: Nurse Staffing, Unions, and the ShiftWizard Advantage

Staffing becomes safer and more effective when leaders have tools that can help them incorporate census and acuity data as well as staff licensure and certification data to ensure that the right nurses are assigned to the right patients. Contact HealthStream today to learn more about how ShiftWizard can help your organization navigate ever-changing staffing mandates and union requirements.

November 02, 2023

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HealthStream Celebrates National Medical Staff Services Awareness Week

Discover the responsibilities and the connections required of Medical Services Professionals (MSPs)

November 01, 2023

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What Is Professional Nursing Informatics?

Nursing Informatics is a specialized area of nursing and branch of this profession that is seeing much growth. This blog post’s purpose is to be an elementary introduction to this burgeoning specialty.

October 30, 2023

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Exclusion Monitoring with Workforce Validate

You can reduce the amount of time spent manually checking licenses and exclusions and improve the confidence that you have that your workforce is compliant by using an automated primary source verification tool. Contact HealthStream today to learn more about how.

October 27, 2023

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Workforce Professional Development is Important in Post-Acute Care

For post-acute care providers, workforce professional development can help improve patient/resident outcomes as well as staff engagement.

October 27, 2023

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Myth or Reality: Are Satisfied Nurses More Likely to Stay?

Although there is a lack of agreement about the severity of the nursing shortage that is being predicted, most feel that there will be a substantial shortage developing over the next several years. Job satisfaction is important to consider when evaluating nurse retention.

October 27, 2023

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Nurturing the Nurse Caring for Perinatal Loss

HealthStream has solutions that can help your organization prepare to support families experiencing perinatal loss. The solution can also support nurses and other providers who may experience similar types of grief during and following such a loss.

October 26, 2023

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Can Hospitals Improve their Value-Based Purchasing Scores?

Value-based Purchasing became a healthcare topic with the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010. Although the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program has been in the news more often, the Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) program may be more influential to hospital administrators because it provides an opportunity to receive additional payment for services rendered instead of simply penalizing poor performing hospitals.

October 26, 2023