Staffing becomes safer and more effective when leaders have tools that can help them incorporate census and acuity data as well as staff licensure and certification data to ensure that the right nurses are assigned to the right patients. Contact HealthStream today to learn more about how ShiftWizard can help your organization navigate ever-changing staffing mandates and union requirements.
Achieving PTAP with Distinction can be a complex journey without the proper tools. HealthStream’s Residency Program can help support your organization on this journey. Contact HealthStream for a demo today.
As a healthcare leader, how can you foster a culture of safety at your organization? Can investing in a safety culture actually result in organizational change and reduced risk? What specific actions can you take to build and maintain a safety mindset among all team members? Whetheyou are an emerging leader or an experienced veteran in search of additional ideas, here are answers to commonly asked questions about fostering a culture of safety in healthcare.
Making scheduling easier and more efficient for nurses and their mangers can lead to higher levels of engagement and satisfaction and perhaps also improve metrics related to patient experience, quality, and financial performance.
The practice of healthcare concerns itself with achieving the best outcomes for patients. How healthcare companies deliver care and get reimbursed for services provided often depends upon well-honed processes. To be successful, the business side of providers’ systems must be operationally solid to ensure that billing and claims management deliver the capital needed. That means an unwavering focus on the revenue cycle, from start to finish, along the patient-care continuum.
Healthcare leaders know that ineffective compliance programs create risk, but if they cannot pinpoint what ineffective compliance actually looks like, it becomes difficult to build an effective compliance program. HealthStream and their industry expert partners have identified the top 10 most common compliance pitfalls.
The healthcare industry is advancing in many exciting ways. New technology is leading to breathtaking possibilities for higher quality, more efficient patient care. Broader applications of telemedicine are opening new doors for communication among providers and between providers and patients. \nASCs and disruptors, such as Amazon and Walmart, are changing the landscape of care delivery.
The code of conduct in healthcare is the cornerstone of any healthcare organization's compliance program and is an essential component of the institution's culture.
Privileging involves requirements amongst providers and health systems and involves defined medical staff policies and procedures. HealthStream answers the top questions to come out of our Privileging 101 webinar series here.
Shoulder dystocia is a low-incidence, high-risk obstetrical emergency. Understanding the risks, recognizing the signs and knowing the proper course of action to take when it occurs can save lives. HealthStream’s Quality OB Program can give your staff the tools that they will need when faced with this obstetrical emergency. This program can be an important part of your organization’s strategy to improve outcomes, build staff competency and confidence and reduce the organization’s exposure to risk.
Healthcare fraud, AKA false claims, is an expensive crime affecting individuals and healthcare organizations alike. Read about the risks and learn how to protect yourself with Workforce Validate.
As flu season approaches along with the threat of staffing shortages, the challenges of managing nursing and other healthcare staff scheduling are emerging as even more urgent priorities. The good news is that centralized staffing solutions can help leaders ensure safe, seamless care for patients while also providing a solution that will engage employees. Click here for a demo of HealthStream’s ShiftWizard.
Understanding the risks inherent in sterile and nonsterile compounding and incorporating established standards into daily practice is essential for patient safety. Ensure staff is aware of the risks involved with this treatment option.
CredentialStream enabled St. Peter's Health to streamline their privileging processes as well as accelerate the application process and onboard new physicians faster.
Technology and automation can help your organization accurately and efficiently manage processes for policy and procedure management as well as conflict of interest disclosures. Both processes are complex and fraught with potential errors that can result in litigation or fines. HealthStream can help make both processes more efficient and less vulnerable to risk.
Training and measurement around age-specific competencies should be a part of your competency measurement program. Use the right tools to ensure that providers understand the needs of patients at every age and stage of life. Also, use tools that will help your organization’s leaders know whether or not your team is providing the best in age-specific care.
To have an impact on healthcare turnover, organizations should ensure that their managers are doing a good job and treating their direct reports fairly. In many cases, it’s true that people don’t leave companies as often as they leave managers.
There are clear benefits of promoting diversity in the healthcare C-suite and other leadership and encouraging stronger representation from groups that have long been underrepresented in executive roles. Not only do patients benefit from advocates representing the full spectrum of the community, but it also makes good business sense.
After merging with two other organizations, Tennessee Orthopaedic Clinics needed to find a way for all three divisions to work together seamlessly, without impacting patient care. They needed CredentialMyDoc.
Peterson Regional Medical Center is part of an independent nonprofit healthcare system offering a complete continuum of healthcare services, including a 124 bed acute care facility.