As the opioid crisis continues to unfold across the United States, healthcare providers are increasingly caught in the crosshairs of a dilemma: How can they provide the highest quality patient care while also complying with federal, state, and local mandates around prescribing and reporting abuse?

Northeast Georgia Health System serves roughly 2 million patients across 26 counties in the northeast region of Georgia. With five acute hospitals, close to 100 ambulatory locations, a number of post-acute facilities, over 700 beds, more than 1,300 medical staff, specializing in over 50 areas, and over 10,000 employees, this healthcare system struggled with various scheduling tools and sought a cohesive, universal solution that would streamline scheduling and easily integrate with their time and attendance and payroll system, Workday.

HealthStream’s Director of Product Management Susan Gurzynski-Wells, MS, RHIA\ndiscusses fusing AI and human touch in revenue cycle management on Modern Healthcare podcast.

Improvement can be simple with the right healthcare quality management software. HealthStream’s Quality Manager empowers leaders in SNFs and LTC facilities to pinpoint areas for improvement, make data-driven decisions, streamline compliance processes, save time and resources, enhance patient care quality, and ultimately, boost the bottom line.

WakeMed has more than 8 facilities, 8500 employees, and 900 staffed beds in their system. Established in 1961, WakeMed has also achieved ANCC Magnet Recognition.

In the face of continued demands to improve quality and safety outcomes, and the pressures of increasing state and federal requirements, staffing shortages, and declining revenues, this past year has underscored the need for healthcare leaders to develop strategies that effectively address these challenges and deliver results.

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

The current state of the healthcare system is placing immense stress on healthcare professionals, prompting many to leave the workforce prematurely. Healthcare staffing shortages have a serious trickle-down effect. They lead to heavier workloads, increased anxiety, and burnout for the remaining staff, which can negatively impact patient care and outcomes.

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Floyd County Medical Center is an independent 25-bed Critical Access Hospital and Rural Health Clinic located in the charming northeast Iowa river town of Charles City, Iowa. FCMC offers inpatient and skilled nursing care, along with outpatient services such as diabetes management, nutrition education, wound care, therapy, wellness labs, and advanced MRI/CT imaging.

Addressing the complexities of caring for older patients is critical for healthcare leaders. HealthStream has resources to support leaders and providers with insights into those issues and solutions that help provide the best possible outcomes for these patients.

A key component of creating an inclusive workplace is making accessibility a priority. Accessibility means making sure that employees of all abilities can fully engage with every aspect of your facility.

By adopting healthcare document management systems, organizations can enhance their interoperability, ensuring smoother operations, and better regulatory compliance. These strategies not only contribute to a more efficient workplace but also contribute to an environment of accountability and transparency while reducing risk and improving employee confidence.

Excellent clinical judgment is essential when caring for patients, especially cardiac patients, who require healthcare professionals to make life-and-death decisions in split seconds. ART, an advanced resuscitation training program, aims to use technology to improve clinical judgment models and prevent patients from going into cardiac arrest. Using the ART Program, available exclusively through, proactive hospitals can improve competence, clinical judgment, patient safety, and clinical outcomes.

HealthStream’s myClinicalExchange solution won two Brandon Hall Group Excellence Awards in the categories of “Best Advance in Learning Management Technology for Compliance Training” and “Best Advance in Learning Management Technology for External Training.”

While merging six group practices, OrthoLoneStar needed a more streamlined solution for credentialing and enrollment, so they chose CredentialStream

The role of today’s CNO has expanded quite significantly. This leader needs excellent business skills, a solid grasp of financial and accounting principles, plus technical expertise with various software. As Healthcare Finance News reports, “Today’s CNO must be as comfortable talking about methods to improve productivity and reporting and the strategic importance (or lack thereof) of an IT initiative as they are about patient care initiatives.”

Where healthcare complexities and the need for quality patient care intersect with healthcare professionals’ well-being, staffing shortages and burnout emerge as critical challenges. Healthcare leaders can navigate these challenges by seeking practical solutions, fostering resilient teams, and ensuring exceptional care. By drawing on professional insights and utilizing time-saving onboarding tips, leaders can implement efficient onboarding practices to help reduce staffing shortages and address burnout.

Healthcare disparities aren’t new, but they are increasingly impossible to ignore. From uneven outcomes in chronic disease to unequal access to care, these gaps in the healthcare system impact not only patients but also the providers who care for them. Cultural factors often deepen these divides, with language barriers, mistrust of the medical system, traditional health beliefs, and differing attitudes toward care all playing a role.