Healthcare Management & Administration Blog

Improve Healthcare Staff Retention by Responding to Generational Differences

To treat every generation the same, especially when it comes to improving retention, may really be a mistake. When it comes to retention, stop thinking how you can make others more like yourself. Instead, learn to appreciate and adapt to their individual preferences.

Is Your Healthcare Organization Prepared to Adapt to Climate Change?

The severity of health risks and impact on the healthcare infrastructure as the climate changes will depend on each community’s ability to adapt to change, healthcare systems included.

Cervical Health Awareness Month Presents Opportunity To Inform & Educate

Use Cervical Cancer Awareness Month to highlight the specifics about this common, and very preventable, form of cancer. Be informed!

Use Thyroid Awareness Month To Raise Awareness & Boost Screenings

Thyroid Awareness Month is a good time to explore the hard work that this little-known organ does, and how it can affect you if it is not functioning properly.

Individualized Learning Benefits the Employee and the Healthcare Organization

Individualizing training to each learner’s needs is where performance-guided learning has such appeal. By assessing an employee’s performance and then connecting it with how he or she learns and develops, an entirely new approach to workforce education is possible.

3 Ways Nurse Management Can Improve Communication

Here is a list of 3 ways nursing management can improve communication to quit overwhelming staff with information and contact, from HealthStream.

10 Most Popular All-Time HealthStream Blog Posts in 2019

Here are the 10 most popular HealthStream blog posts in 2019, regardless of when they were published. Most appear to be connected back to nursing and its intersection with lifelong learning.

Situations Where Using AI for Nurse Training Would Be Useful

Using an AI-based nurse training and assessment system like Jane could be a very effective addition to healthcare organization operations. Here are three scenarios where such a solution would be useful.

Using Certifications and Badges to Recognize Training Achievements in Healthcare Revenue Cycle Staff

Any education program used for revenue cycle staff should provide visible proof of achievement. Attaining a certification or badge, such as a UB-04, which covers medical terminology, or modifiers, is a sound way to make that happen.

Understanding Sexual Abuse & Harassment

Learn the importance of understanding the intricacies and responses required for companies and people who encounter sexual abuse and harassment.

Top 10 Blog Posts Published in 2019 by HealthStream

Here are the top 10 blog posts published in 2019 by HealthStream. They range in subject matter from healthcare compliance and revenue cycle to employee turnover and shortages. Other posts concentrate on the ongoing opioid crisis and specific healthcare sectors.

Millennial, Gen X, & Baby Boomers, How do Their Work Ethics Differ

Understand the variance in work ethics, approach to authority, and collaboration among Baby Boomers, Generation X, and Millennials in healthcare.

The Impact on Healthcare From a Warmer Climate

Learn how the frequency of severe weather is expected to increase, and a warmer climate will bring its own new threats and impacts on healthcare.

5 Ways Nurses as Advocates Benefits Healthcare

Here are 5 ways nurses as advocates for patients, themselves, their profession, and healthcare as a whole can be a great benefit to all involved.

Six Recommendations for Non-Medical Caregiver Training for 2020

Non-medical caregiving organizations should think about using training strategically to enhance the skills and services that it offers with an eye to better preparing employees to do their jobs. Here are six specific recommendations of areas to provide focused learning.