Guidelines for Being a Successful Medical Staff Services Leader - Part I

What do MSPs have to say about what it takes to be a successful leader? Here is Part 1 of advice to medical staff leaders gathered during 30 years of work with healthcare organizations.

Support Healthcare Compliance with Targeted Training: Articles

Here we’ve collected recent HealthStream articles with one common theme—the vital role that training can play in supporting successful healthcare compliance programs.

Think of Preceptorships as a “Cure” for New Nurses’ Challenges

One of the best ways a hospital can prepare new nurses for the rigors of their job and encourage their retention is by offering an advanced onboarding process that is anchored by a nurse preceptorship program.

HealthStream Partner SkillSoft Offers Learning Content Aimed at Healthcare Employee Challenges

A HealthStream partner for over 12 years, SkillSoft helps healthcare clients become more nimble and effective training organizations by providing content that engages the learner and provides learners with the tools to improve many of the skills that are necessary to succeed in their jobs.

Navigating Some of the Biggest Challenges in Healthcare Compliance: eBook

Compliance Officers hold one of the most important jobs in a healthcare organization. This eBook filled with articles and best practices from thought leaders in the industry can help them navigate the ever-changing healthcare landscape.

Major Trends Affecting the Patient Access Workforce

Multiple high level trends in healthcare, especially those involved in healthcare reform and the ACA, are changing many processes and functions for patient access staff, necessitating training.

What’s Next in the Evolution of Interactive Learning in Healthcare?

The healthcare industry is changing how it educates and develops employees to meet varying learning demands and likely workforce shortages. Here we discuss developments in the near future of interactive learning in healthcare.

U.S. Maternal Care Stats Draw Media Scrutiny as Healthcare Systems Confront the Issue

A recent USA Today report blasted American hospitals for having one of the highest rates of maternal death and delivery complications in the developed world. What’s going on, and how can this trend be reversed?

Five Webinars about Healthcare Provider Services Challenges and Solutions

Verity, a HealthStream Company, delivers enterprise-class solutions to transform the healthcare provider experience for healthcare organizations. The five webinars below demonstrate Verity’s commitment to improving performance in this important area of healthcare.

Three Reasons Precepting Is More Important Than Ever

A successful preceptorship program offers a supportive environment in which nurses of all skill levels can become clinically competent and emotionally adjusted over a condensed time period. Here are three benefits of adopting such a program.

Using Training to Overcome Healthcare Challenges: Articles Focused on Healthcare Learning

Challenges are common within the healthcare industry, from the need to develop the workforce to improving care quality and outcomes. Here are recent HealthStream articles with a common theme—the vital role of training in changing results for patients, families, and providers.

Changing Resuscitation Outcomes (Part 1)

For improving resuscitation outcomes, Kupchik stresses the importance of identifying patients before they experience cardiac arrest and points to the value of early interventions such as rapid response teams and other programs in preventing in-hospital cardiac arrest.

Are Your Stakeholders Receiving Timely Provider Privileging Information?

Timely Provider Privileging Information Is Important for Avoiding Scheduling and Audit Mishaps.

Medical Coding Staff Issues Lead to Reimbursement Bottlenecks and Other Problems: Article

In patient care, even when a problem is clear, the solution can often be difficult to pin down. Shortfalls in key staffing areas such as coding can create havoc on business operations and efficiency as fixes prove elusive. Education is an important solution.

Four Potential Benefits of Using Virtual Care Technology in Residential Care Environments

A recent guest column in McKnight’s Senior Living examines virtual care and its potential for improving outcomes and experiences in senior living and aging services.