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Understanding the Difference Between Staff Training and Competency Programs

Knowing the difference between staff training and staff competency could help long-term care providers avoid headaches, penalties, and other operational negatives related to the rollout of Final Rule Stage 3.

April 01, 2021

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Five Ways to Make Lasting Cultural Changes in the Healthcare Work Environment

Improving outcomes in healthcare can depend on cultural change, which is by nature difficult to set in motion, much less to continually motivate and sustain. Here are some strategies you may want to consider strengthening your efforts to change your culture for the better.

April 01, 2021

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Use Feedback to Improve Engagement in the Healthcare Workplace

Millennials make up the largest generation working in healthcare, and their numbers and predominance will only continue to grow. That’s why it is important for healthcare managers to learn how to make regular communication about performance work, specifically for millennials.

April 01, 2021

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11 Clinical Privileging Best Practices

Peruse our review of best practices related to defining and formatting clinical privileges from AI to mentoring in internal medicine, from HealthStream.

April 01, 2021

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The ABCs of Credentialing & Life Support Certifications

HealthStream covers why it is an important that health care staff and credentialing professionals learn about establishing requirements for basic life support.

April 01, 2021

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Short Staffing in Long-Term Care Is Having an Impact on Resident and Financial Outcomes

Staffing levels are one of the most important determinants of whether a long-term care facility is providing adequate care. However, many nursing homes have employee coverage issues and are failing the meet the CMS requirement “that a registered nurse be on-site at least eight hours every day.”

April 01, 2021

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The Opioid Crisis and COVID-19 – Challenges and Strategies for Patients and Providers

The pandemic has created a crisis within a crisis for SUD and mental health patients. While these patients are more vulnerable in this time, there are strategies to support both patients and their healthcare providers.

April 01, 2021

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A Program for Ensuring Safe Infant Transport – S.T.A.B.L.E.

S.T.A.B.L.E. can deliver effective, evidence-based education that will help organizations reduce infant morbidity and mortality, improve neonatal outcomes and improve the quality of life for newborns and their families.

April 01, 2021

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Three Ways to Avoid Employee Burnout and Improve Culture in Healthcare

Understanding ways to counteract burnout and support healthcare employees feeling great stress has never been as important as it is now, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are three steps a healthcare organization can take to address damaging stress and potential burnout among staff.

April 01, 2021

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Rethinking Healthcare Training for Diversity, Inclusion, and Bias

There’s a lot of work to be done to address healthcare challenges in diversity, inclusion, and bias. This blog post begins our series of excerpts from a Q&A with Jeremy Short, diversity expert, who is helping HealthStream develop learning courseware in this area.

April 01, 2021

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Special Considerations for Healthcare, When It Comes to Diversity, Inclusion, and Bias

Bias can lead to problems in healthcare. An American Journal of Public Health study showed that two-thirds of primary care doctors harbor biases toward their African American patients. As a result, they spend less time with black patients and involve them less in their own medical decisions.

April 01, 2021

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Ten Top Trends: Organizations Should Seek Solutions to Optimize their Revenue Cycle

HealthStream’s 2021 Top Trends webinar found COVID-19’s financial impact is daunting. To ensure top quality care, organizations should seek solutions to optimize their revenue cycle.

April 01, 2021

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Verification of Healthcare Affiliations — Is There a "Best Practice" Today?

Guidelines and recommendations on what to provide, verify, and perhaps omit when it comes to provider affiliation verifications. More isn't always best.

September 18, 2020

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What is the Difference between Proctoring and Precepting?

CVO leaders want to understand how their organizations compare to others in the industry. Metrics and benchmarks are best analyzed with the understanding that there are many variables that impact the results. Here are some examples.

June 26, 2020

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Introduction to Privileges: Understanding Privilege Form Components and Best Practices

Understand the importance and content of privilege forms as well as best practices related to organization and maintenance.

May 12, 2020

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Introduction to Privileges: Credentialing versus Privileging and CMS Requirements

For Medical Services Professionals (MSPs) who are new to the profession or even seasoned MSPs who are not regularly involved in privileging processes and are interested in a brief refresher, the following blog post details some privileging basics.

May 08, 2020

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Introducing CredentialMyDoc™, the newest member of the HealthStream Credentialing Family

Adding CredentialMyDoc to HealthStream Credentialing enables our clients and theirs to receive the benefits and network effects of a larger and more robust ecosystem. Clients of CredentialMyDoc can expect the same excellent level of support, a seamless continuity of services, and the same first-rate staff.

January 07, 2020

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Credentialing for Ambulatory Surgery Centers - What You Need to Know

An excellent approach to clinical privileging is one of the most critical components of your organization’s quality program. But privileging can be challenging at a busy ambulatory surgical center like yours. Here is what you need to know:

September 05, 2019

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What Is Ahead for Credentials Verification Organizations (CVOs)?

As credentials verification matures, the CVO function will undoubtedly change. Electronic processing will accelerate, by necessity. What does that mean for changing how the CVO does things?

January 30, 2019

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6 Credentialing Metrics to Standardize

Without industry standards on defining credentialing metrics, there is no way to benchmark your organization with others. Standardizing six metrics in your organization can help you collect and analyze data and identify opportunities for growth.

November 14, 2018