Healthcare Management & Administration Blog

Training and Education are Key to OB Risk Reduction

Why is it important to focus on OB risk reduction education? By 2013 the Lancet estimated that our maternal mortality rate was as high as 18.5 per 100,000, thus dropping us to 60th in the world.

Best Practices for Healthcare Employee Engagement: Free eBook

Employee retention is becoming one of the most important issues for many healthcare organizations. We’ve combed through our current employee engagement eBook to find best practices you should put to work to hold on to your valuable staff.

How Doctors Feel About Talking to Patients about Finances

Interviewed physicians indicated they were willing to have conversations with patients and their families around healthcare cost and coverage, but felt inadequately prepared to do so due to the vast array of plans and provisions that exist today.

Turn Healthcare Workforce Data into a Strategic Asset: Three Examples

Healthcare leaders have a data problem. The sophistication and breadth of available healthcare workforce data continues to expand, but using that data in an effective way to make informed decisions is as difficult as ever.

Creating Employee Joy: Best Practices for Employee Engagement

HealthStream’s National Benchmarking Study on Healthcare Employee Engagement analyzed responses from 250,000 leaders, clinicains, and other medical staff. It has much to tell us about disparities between leadership and staff engagement and strategies to improve engagement.

Will The Sun Continue to Shine on Physician Payments?

As we wait to learn about the future of the Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”), what’s not known at this time is the potential impact of proposed changes on the continued operation of the CMS “Open Payments” database.

Data Is Key For Credentialing, Privileging, And Provider Enrollment: Q1 2017 Provider Advisor

We believe organizations throughout the U.S. are struggling with the data involved in credentialing, privileging, and provider enrollment--this edition of Provider Advisor examines organizations developing effective solutions to data challenges in these areas.

Training for Active Shooter in a Hospital: Best Practices

The times we live in call for a more active role in our personal safety and that of hospital patients and staff to be prepared for an active shooter.

Five Questions to Ask if You Really Want Employees to Stay: Best Practices

HealthStream’s Second Opinions Podcast features Dick Finnegan, the CEO of C-Suite Analytics and the author of four books, including the best seller The Power of Stay Interviews. Dick suggests using five stay interview questions to identify the changes employees really want.

What Employees REALLY Want to Improve Their Work: Podcast

HealthStream’s Second Opinions Podcast features Dick Finnegan, the CEO of C-Suite Analytics and the author of four books, including the best seller The Power of Stay Interviews. Dick suggests using stay interviews to identify the changes employees really want.

The Need to Improve Patient Financial Communications

There’s a growing need for providers to have meaningful conversations with patients and their families about out-of-pocket costs for care and service. But many providers find themselves unprepared to have such discussions.

Disruption for Post-Acute Medical Care in 2017

Looking at healthcare in 2017 and beyond, it’s likely that the worlds of physicians and post-acute care are going to be seriously disrupted.

Here Come the Millennials and CHROs in Healthcare: Trends for 2017

Healthcare executives are moving beyond a decade consumed by CMS mandates and are fixing their sights on succeeding in the healthcare marketplace of the future. The rise of Millennials in the workforce and the position of the CHRO are two important developments to watch.

Healthcare Employee Engagement, Stay Interviews, and Retention: Podcast

HealthStream’s Second Opinions Podcast features Dick Finnegan, the CEO of C-Suite Analytics and the author of four books, including the best seller The Power of Stay Interviews. Dick works with companies seeking to understand what makes employees tick and what makes good employees stay.

Making a Difference in Healthcare Employee Engagement

Only 38% of the healthcare workforce is actively engaged with their organizations, and 12% is disengaged—the remaining 50% are in the middle. Attend our webinar to understand ways you can affect engagement of your staff.