In this blog post, we outline several considerations to help healthcare organizations understand the distinction between expertise and specialties, and how they relate to privileging and branding of healthcare providers.

Retention begins with building a strong foundation of investment in nurses. Contact HealthStream today to learn more about how providing evidence-based nursing content can become part of your organizations strategy to attract and retain nursing staff.

Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) affects nearly every department within a hospital or healthcare system. GRC is vitally important to complying with regulation, adequately assessing risk, and ensuring policies and procedures are followed enterprise-wide. Learn more about what needs to consider prior to implementing a GRC strategy at your organization.

myClinicalExchange can help you develop clinicians with a streamlined, more efficient process by moving from manual processes to a solution that shortens onboarding time, simplifies the student placement process, manages affiliation agreements, manages compliance, and provides robust reporting capabilities for users. Contact HealthStream today to learn more about how your organization can simplify its student onboarding process.

Dr. Allison Judkins, MD at the University of Utah School of Medicine and Dr. Tara L. DuPont, MD at the University of Utah walk through the S.T.A.B.L.E. study to determine how this education made a measurable improvement in delivery of care.

Poor communication can increase medical errors and hospital readmission rates for patients with chronic diseases such as congestive heart failure and diabetes as well as lead to misuse of medications.

Social media involves constantly changing security risks that hospitals need to be aware of, according to Tom Pendergast, Ph.D., Chief Strategist at MediaPRO, an e-learning development company.

James Paturas details the four core elements required of a CMS Emergency Preparedness Program—risk assessment and planning, policies and procedures, communication plan, and training and testing.

While seeking to address the issue of healthcare staff turnover, it is imperative to identify exactly the factors contributing to this phenomenon. Various qualitative studies worldwide have surveyed some common reasons for staff turnover in hospitals.

CoxHealth System implemented myClinicalExchange to streamline onboarding for their nursing students.

ED nurse onboarding is as essential for key measures such as job satisfaction, retention, and employee engagement as it is for clinical development. HealthStream has solutions to help provide your new ED nurses with the latest, most engaging education and can provide them with an optimal onboarding experience. Reach out to HealthStream today to learn more.

This webinar will explore what it takes to achieve this distinction, with insights from ENA and a customer Lantern Award recipient. Participants will also see how structured programs like HealthStream’s ED Pathway can support staff development and help EDs apply many of the same principles that define award-winning practice.

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In the face of the rising cybersecurity threats, it's crucial now more than ever for healthcare organizations to fortify their defenses, especially in light of the recent advisory by a coalition of top security institutions including the FBI, CISA, HHS, and MS-ISAC.

This is a time when large-scale disasters are becoming more frequent, some of them linked to climate change and global warming. This blog looks at healthcare disaster impacts, serious vulnerabilities, preparation best practices, and the need for enhanced disaster recovery planning in healthcare organizations.

How can we protect nurses? A frequent answer is simply safety in numbers through adequate staffing, but thoughtful design of the patient care environment is also a key to prevention.

There has never been a time in our history with greater focus or energy on how patients are experiencing their care. In a recent Beryl Institute study, 70% of CEOs identified the patient experience as being among their top three priorities for organizational excellence and success.

Bethesda Health CFO Joanna Aquilina shares her belief that the key to achieving good patient and financial outcomes is strong physician relationships. She highlights the importance of every CFO’s commitment to this end.

Emergency nurses rise when it matters most - leading with grit, grace and unwavering resolve.\n\nThis fall, answer the call to connect, learn and lead at Emergency Nursing 2025 - the only conference built exclusively for emergency nurses. Join your peers in bold, resilient New Orleans, a city that embodies the very tenacity emergency nurses live every day.

Strengthening EFM competency is vital for improving obstetrics care quality and reducing risk. The EFM Series’ data analytics allows clinical leaders to leverage HealthStream’s control center technology to determine learning performance and identify risk or need for remediation.