HealthStream released its 2026 Trends in Provider Enrollment Report to examine how enrollment practices shape financial performance, provider satisfaction, and operational efficiency across healthcare organizations. Drawing on findings from its ninth annual Provider Enrollment survey, the report explores how enrollment delays, fragmented structures, and manual workflows create downstream challenges that affect reimbursement, access to care, and organizational trust.

Faced with a 22% surge in birth volume and a shifting regional healthcare landscape, Woodlawn Health needed an effective solution to standardize obstetrics training and ensure regulatory compliance. By implementing HealthStream’s Quality OB program, they achieved 100% survey-ready clinical competency for their nurses. The program's automated tracking, reporting, and comprehensive curriculum allowed them to pass high-stakes audits - such as the state Department of Health Perinatal Level of Care Survey - with ease, further solidifying their status as the preferred birthing facility for their growing community.

Allied health programs may have fewer students than nursing, but the challenges of managing rotations, compliance, and coordination are just the same. Supporting Every Student: myClinicalExchange for Allied Health Programs highlights how schools and hospitals can simplify the process, eliminate administrative roadblocks, and ensure every student gains the clinical experience they need. Hear directly from allied health users who are making it work—and discover how myClinicalExchange is built to support every program, no matter the size.

Data from the world’s largest nursing competency study, analyzing more than 400,000 nurses, reveals a troubling trend: knowledge scores are improving, but clinical judgment in real-world situations continues to lag.

In this session,Trisha Coady, SVP of Workforce Development Solutions at HealthStream, shares the key findings from the 2026 benchmarks and what they mean for nurse leaders looking to strengthen readiness and modernize their organization’s approach to competency development.

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Managing clinical rotations is a high-stakes, detail-oriented process. Coordinating schedules, tracking compliance, and communicating across multiple institutions with multiple stakeholders requires precision.

Nurse leaders are at the intersection of patient safety, staff well-being, and efficient resource management. Every shift presents the challenge of protecting quality care for patients while keeping teams supported and motivated in a fast-paced environment.