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Fresh Approaches to Care for an Aging Population

Providing strategic healthcare to an aging population can take many forms. It can mean receiving primary care at home or via telehealth, or even receiving hospital care at home. HealthStream can support your organization as it strives to provide optimal care for this patient population.

May 23, 2023

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Q&A with Brandi Zevenbergen: How Privilege has Improved with Smart Logic

CredentialStream's Privilege module has a new feature that uses smart logic to optimize process efficiency, with the end result of giving patients quality care.

May 18, 2023

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Importance of assessing competency throughout your professional journey

In the demanding world of healthcare, nurses play a pivotal role in providing safe and efficient care. To meet the highest standards, nurses must possess a diverse range of competencies. However, with healthcare constantly evolving, nurses must adapt and acquire new skills. Regular competency assessments become the compass guiding nurses towards growth, ensuring they remain confident and competent in their roles.

May 18, 2023

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Improving Efficiency in Education - Help Offset Labor Shortages and Rising Costs

Administrative burden represents a large amount of time for front-line caregivers. Mandatory education is only a small piece of that burden, but can still cause significant impact on the efficiency of staff. HealthStream’s SafetyQ incorporates both micro-learning courses as well as adaptive-learning paths that can help reduce seat time and increase the efficiency of front-line staff while still helping to ensure that your organization is compliant with federal requirements and able to incorporate industry best practices. In addition, users will find SafetyQ available in a wide range of patient care settings. Reach out to HealthStream for a SafetyQ demo today.

May 18, 2023

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Scheduling the Right Staff Every Time with Machine Learning

You can help eliminate the stress of the last-minute scramble to find coverage and positively impact your team’s satisfaction by scheduling the right number of staff, every time. Using the power of machine learning, Predictive Census gives your team the ability to accurately predict long-term volume forecasts to determine proper shift coverage and create a better data-driven schedule up to 120 days in advance. Plus, short-term projected census guides staffing adjustments within 7 days of a shift to ensure the right team members are scheduled for the projected patient volume. If you want to learn more about ShiftWizard or schedule a demo, HealthStream can help get your organization started on a path toward more efficient and cost-effective scheduling today.

May 17, 2023

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Achieving PTAP with Distinction: A Residency Conversation with INTEGRIS Health and Salinas Valley Health

Achieving PTAP with Distinction can be a complex journey without the proper tools. HealthStream’s Residency Program can help support your organization on this journey. Contact HealthStream for a demo today.

May 16, 2023

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Reduce Credentialing and Provider Enrollment Timeframes with CredentialMyDoc™

Streamlining your credentialing and enrollment processes will deliver increased efficiency while allowing you to provide the best care possible. Here’s how CredentialMyDoc can help.

May 15, 2023

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VerityStream and HealthStream Unite as a Single Brand Focused on Improving the Quality of Healthcare

VerityStream and HealthStream are moving away from operating as two separate companies, and now operate as one under the HealthStream brand.

May 11, 2023

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Scheduling made easier with machine learning

If you take a proactive approach with your shift planning, it benefits the overall effectiveness of your system. By knowing in advance how to schedule the right number of staff at the right times, you and your managers can find ways to optimize labor costs by reducing unnecessary overtime, as well as avoiding turnover and burnout by ensuring proper rejuvenation time between shifts.

May 10, 2023

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Flexible scheduling system can help HR leaders improve staff retention

Scheduling software not only makes healthcare staff scheduling for nurse leadership more manageable and efficient, it can also assist human resource (HR) leaders with overcoming the growing workforce challenges they face.

May 03, 2023

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Meet The Gen Z Worker: A New Generation Enters the Workforce

There’s a new generational cohort that’s just beginning to enter the workforce, and like Millennials, Gen X, and Boomers before them, they are bringing with them their own unique goals, preferences, and ideals.

May 02, 2023

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Key Learnings from the 2023 National Credentialing Forum

The annual National Credentialing Forum meeting brings accreditors, regulatory agencies, organizations, and credentialing specialists together to learn.

May 02, 2023

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Advancing Maternal Health Equity

Public reporting of maternity measures, “birthing-friendly” hospital designations, and federally mandated programs aim to drive change in the U.S.’s dismal outcomes on maternal health. Your organization can help move the needle on safe, high-quality, and equitable care for mothers and babies through evidence-based training.

April 25, 2023

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Comply with the No Surprises Act Using CredentialStream's Provider Network Management Solution

One major challenge health plans face today is navigating the No Surprises Act. But the good news is, they don’t have to tackle it alone, Network with CredentialStream can help.

April 25, 2023

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Hawai’i State Center for Nursing achieves stellar retention success with Nurse Residency

April 21, 2023

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7 Strategies for Adopting The Joint Commission’s Appointment Period Change

Learn 7 strategies for adopting The Joint Commission’s Appointment Period Change from two to three years without compromising patient safety.

April 14, 2023

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Using Innovative Technologies to Engage Learners

The application of virtual simulation in educational training has been happening for over a decade, and it is quickly gaining momentum. Virtual patient care simulations can be astonishingly accurate, presenting the learner with patient conditions and responses that are not duplicated in the same way by manikins or actors.

April 12, 2023

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Best Practices for Professional Practice Evaluation: Measure and Monitor Provider Performance

Learn industry-leading best practices healthcare systems can leverage to ensure quality and safety.

April 11, 2023

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Preparing for the Surge in Onboarding Medical Assistants

The job of Medical Assistant is and is likely to continue to be one of the fastest-growing jobs in the U.S. As healthcare organizations find new ways to incorporate Medical Assistants into their organization to address staff shortages, it is important to find efficient and cost-effective ways to safely incorporate them into staffing solutions. That begins with Medical Assistant Orientation to help ensure that Medical Assistants in your organization are providing safe, consistent and high-quality care.

April 07, 2023

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Achieving Efficiency in Student Clinical Placement

Clinical student placement can feel chaotic and inefficient for both students and administrators trying to manage the process, but it doesn’t have to. HealthStream’s myClinicalExchange is a streamlined and systematic process that can bring order and efficiency to your clinical placements. Most importantly, a more efficient placement and onboarding process can lead to safer, higher-quality care. It can also reduce the time and the cost associated with this process.

April 06, 2023