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Measuring the 6 Nursing Core Competencies
Developing and measuring nursing competency in 2020 requires a systematic and inclusive approach that embraces technology and requires accountability from learners and educators.
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Building a Nurse Residency Program
With customization, value, and data-driven tools, you don’t have to choose between “build” or “buy”
April 21st, 2023
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Analyzing Physician Engagement - Physician Ratings of Admin Skills
In this article by Dr. Randy Carden, Senior Research Consultant, from the most recent issue of HealthStream's PX Advisor, we seek to answer two questions that have recently been posed to HealthStream by a client who participates in our physician satisfaction and engagement survey, Physician Insights.
April 21st, 2023
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Best Practices for Professional Practice Evaluation: Measure and Monitor Provider Performance
Learn industry-leading best practices healthcare systems can leverage to ensure quality and safety.
April 11th, 2023
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Preparing for the Surge in Onboarding Medical Assistants
The job of Medical Assistant is and is likely to continue to be one of the fastest-growing jobs in the U.S. As healthcare organizations find new ways to incorporate Medical Assistants into their organization to address staff shortages, it is important to find efficient and cost-effective ways to safely incorporate them into staffing solutions. That begins with Medical Assistant Orientation to help ensure that Medical Assistants in your organization are providing safe, consistent and high-quality care.
April 7th, 2023
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Achieving Efficiency in Student Clinical Placement
Clinical student placement can feel chaotic and inefficient for both students and administrators trying to manage the process, but it doesn’t have to. HealthStream’s myClinicalExchange is a streamlined and systematic process that can bring order and efficiency to your clinical placements. Most importantly, a more efficient placement and onboarding process can lead to safer, higher-quality care. It can also reduce the time and the cost associated with this process.
April 6th, 2023
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Evaluating the S.T.A.B.L.E. Difference in Educational Outcomes
Readiness for neonatal stabilization is important to both short and long-term neonatal outcomes. The S.T.A.B.L.E. program can have a positive impact on student scores and improve their confidence while in the NICU and is a great solution to minimize the impact of reduced clinical exposure to neonates during pediatric residency.
April 5th, 2023
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Top Five Trends in Senior Care
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.
April 4th, 2023
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Safe Staffing in Healthcare – Acuity vs. Ratios
Acuity-based staffing models can improve outcomes, staff satisfaction and financial performance, but require a technology solution to insure safe staffing. HealthStream’s Acuity and Assignment Manager can help leaders synthesize all of the required data to support an acuity-based staffing model.
April 3rd, 2023
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5 Reasons Why Lifelong Learning is Essential in Healthcare
Here are 5 strong reasons lifelong learning in nursing is a long term career need in healthcare to ensure that employees stay abreast of advances in healthcare.
March 31st, 2023
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Make Continuing Education in Healthcare Easy!
CE should be part of your organization’s strategy to attract, retain and develop nurses and allied health professionals. HealthStream’s CE Unlimited is a practical way to put robust, customizable clinical information in the hands of your clinical team. It can also mean significant savings in costs and administrative time and effort for your organization.
March 30th, 2023
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Align Staffing to Patient Demand with Acuity and Assignment Manager
HealthStream’s Acuity and Assignment Manager can help your organization with one of the most critical issues faced by healthcare leaders today – staffing. By aggregating the data that you already have, this solution can help ensure that you have all of the information you need to provide optimal care to patients while supporting staff with equitable assignments based on objective, real-time data.
March 28th, 2023
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Web-based, Hassle-free Credentialing and Enrollment Software for Growing Medical Practices
When it comes to credentialing and enrollment, you simply can’t afford to skip software made for the job!
March 28th, 2023
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Patient Safety In Nursing: The Nurse's Role
Learn how patient safety in nursing depends on understanding how and why we are treating patients and how that treatment affects our patients, from HealthStream.
March 24th, 2023
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7 Nurse Retention Strategies That You Can Use Now
Utilize these 7 nurse retention strategies from HealthStream to keep your healthcare employees happy and engaged with their work.
March 23rd, 2023
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Upcoming Changes to HIPAA – What You Need to Know Now
Some big changes to HIPAA are expected to be announced within the next few weeks. You can begin to prepare your organization now by familiarizing your team with the proposed new rule and training employees on how to comply with the updated requirements.
March 22nd, 2023
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An Innovative Integration for a Single Source of Truth
It’s time to take control of the way you and your team handle staffing decisions. By utilizing this innovative partnership with Workday and ShiftWizard™, you’ll be able to leverage your time and attendance data to make real-time, cost-effective productivity decisions.
March 22nd, 2023
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Optimize Competency While Reducing EMS Training Costs
Recent changes in regulations governing how and where EMS training is provided have paved the way for EMS organizations to optimize their team’s competency while also reducing their training costs.
March 21st, 2023
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How Nurse Leaders Can Ensure Fairness in Workforce Scheduling
Having an effective and healthcare-specific workforce scheduling system is an essential component to helping nurse leaders foster a fair and inclusive environment for their staff.
March 20th, 2023
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5 Things You Need to Know Now About Provider Data, CAQH, and CAQH Enrollment and Integration
CAQH is helping drive the goal of reducing healthcare costs by streamlining the way provider data is maintained and improving credentialing and enrollment processes.