Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs) are gaining ground in the delivery of patient care, offering convenient, cost-effective options for minimally invasive surgeries. Discover the factors driving the ASC market boom and what changes to expect in 2024.

Join HealthStream for a sneak peek exploring key findings from the 2025 Trends Among Future Clinicians report. Based on one of the largest national surveys of clinical students, this conversation will spotlight what’s working—and what’s missing—across the clinical education pipeline.

Join us for a 60-minute conversation with HealthStream’s Nurse Residency customers INTEGRIS Health and Salinas Valley Health, discussing how their organizations achieved PTAP with Distinction through superior residency programing.

HealthStream’s answer to the healthcare industry’s demand for a strategic approach to annual mandatory training. The stakes are too high to continue a “check-the-box” exercise that offers almost no visibility into the cost of delivering training and whether expenditures could be eliminated or redirected to more effective initiatives.

There are many reasons to standardize privileges across all medical staffs—improved program management, compliance, alignment with contemporary clinical practice, and to manage clinical competence. Here’s how a typical project to standardize privileges may proceed successfully.

On August 31st Health Economist Austin Frakt published an article in in the New York Times “TheUpshot” column suggesting “A New Way to Think About Conflicts of Interest in Medicine”.

In the most significant rewrite since Medicare was established in 1965, The Joint Commission is scaling back, cutting hospital standards by nearly 50%. Accreditation 360, officially announced on June 30, 2025, reflects a new mindset: It’s being described by The Joint Commission as “a dynamic, constantly evolving, forward-looking process that fosters continuous engagement and improvement, accountability, and lasting impact in healthcare quality and safety.”

Discover in detail how CredentialStream's credentialing by proxy abilities have improved the handling of telemedicine privileges.

Discover why our program stands out among leading surgical education initiatives through a comprehensive exploration of its unique features. The interdisciplinary approach that integrates insights from various specialties to foster a cohesive, collaborative team environment, the true competency focus that emphasizes real-world skills and critical thinking to ensure your team meets and exceeds competency benchmarks, and the expert-driven content from top subject matter experts who have crafted the program to align with AORN and ASPAN guidelines, ensuring the highest standards in surgical education.

The number of Medical Staff Credentialing Professionals increases every day. Here’s a quick a look at their daily roles and responsibilities.

The 2016 CMS Emergency Preparedness rule establishes new national requirements for Medicare and Medicaid participating providers and suppliers to ensure those facilities are able to adequately plan for and respond to both natural and man-made disasters. What specifically is required?

Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy occur in 8-10% of pregnancies in the United States. Patients with hypertension during pregnancy have increased morbidity and mortality due to subsequent cardiovascular disease, cardiomyopathy, and pulmonary hypertension. Furthermore, these conditions are leading contributors to premature birth, leading to increased morbidity and mortality within the neonatal population.

The best approach to managing claims denials is a proactive approach. In this article, we review the common reasons for denied claims, the financial impact on healthcare organizations, and 8 strategies for how to effectively decrease denied claims.

Every healthcare organization wants to create an optimal experience for patients and visitors. While there are nuances involved in the way adults prefer to learn, the vast majority benefit from various learning models that employ variety and choice in their approaches.

In this eBook, we cover it all, from basic education on the history and fundamentals of clinical privileging to how to navigate the regulatory and legal aspects involved. It’s an ideal fit for both MSPs new to the field of privileging and seasoned pros looking to gain additional knowledge of privileging processes.

Discover the best strategies that healthcare organizations can implement to boost their patient satisfaction scores and improve overall patient care.

Learn 7 strategies for adopting The Joint Commission’s Appointment Period Change from two to three years without compromising patient safety.

Healthcare organizations juggle a variety of priorities, but the one of most important is patient safety. There are many ways to ensure physicians are performing to the best of their ability, and one of those methods is Peer Review. In this post, we’ll go over both Peer and Case Review, and look into strategies for accurately evaluating provider performance.

Changes in the workplace can indeed be hard for staff. Employees have a lack of knowledge about what to expect and a fear of the unknown, and they will question why the change is occurring. It is important for managers to understand this and to be prepared to address all of these issues. \n\nHere are six tips on how to coordinate a smooth transition to a new scheduling solution in your facility.