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The Importance of Soft Skills in Healthcare

Soft skills are essential in healthcare. Providers with good soft skills can improve a patient’s perception of their experience and improve the quality of the workplace for employees. Be sure to include soft skills when setting learning goals.

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How Technology Is Impacting Healthcare Compliance

There are many ways to increase safety, improve efficiency and reduce costs through technology innovations.

October 26th, 2021

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Quality assurance transformation achieved with Quality Manager, formerly known as abaqis®

Through the implementation of Quality Manager, a comprehensive quality management tool, Enterprise Health achieved zero citations from 2018 - 2021 during their Infection Control Inspections.

October 25th, 2021

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The Magnet® Model

This ebook contains 5 chapters covering the 5 Model Components of the Magnet Recognition Program®

October 22nd, 2021

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Current Trends and Concepts in Obstetrics

Obstetrics is one of the highest risk specialties, and maternal and infant mortality rates have long been higher than expected in the United States. So, what is new in obstetrics in 2021?

October 21st, 2021

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10 Value-Based Healthcare KPIs you Should be Tracking

It is important to be strategic when developing a dashboard and deciding which KPIs to include. HealthStream can help your organization focus on what matters in a post-pandemic world.

October 20th, 2021

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How Procrastination Can Impact Your Goals

One of the things that we all have in common is 24 hours a day. How we spend the work hours of each day has a huge impact on how we feel about our jobs and the projects that we complete. If we are constantly behind and unable to complete projects knowing that we have given it our best effort – it may be due to having procrastinated.

October 13th, 2021

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Building a culture of belonging in healthcare

To understand why it matters for employees to feel safety and belonging in the healthcare workplace, it is essential to first understand the need for promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion. This blog post focuses on motivation, as well as practical advice for supporting a feeling of belonging.

October 12th, 2021

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Everything You Need to Know about Payer Contracts and Provider Verification

Payer Contracts are a vital part of the healthcare system. They define and explain a provider’s reimbursement arrangement for delivering healthcare services within individual plans. This post explains how they work.

October 6th, 2021

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What Is Healthcare Compliance?

The scope of compliance is broad and changes consistently. Make sure your organization has the right team and tools to remain in compliance.

September 30th, 2021

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Exploring the Quadruple Aim – Improving Health Outcomes

The Quadruple Aim is a 4-part strategy aimed at improving healthcare for patients and providers. This blog post examines the Aim centered on improving healthcare outcomes, which requires healthcare to change its focus from care volumes to outcomes.

September 21st, 2021

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Exploring the Quadruple Aim – Reducing Costs

The Quadruple Aim is a 4-part strategy aimed at improving healthcare for patients and providers. This blog post examines the Aim centered on reducing healthcare costs, offering some strategies to make that possible.

September 20th, 2021

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Benefits of diversity in healthcare leadership

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.

September 17th, 2021

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Leaders anticipate greater focus on people, planning, and technology

Is optimism as essential as tangible goals for the future? This blog explores how healthcare providers can champion their people, learn from the past, and think about priorities—near and far.

September 1st, 2021

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Healthcare’s Big Disruption eBook

What is the path from disruption to optimism? Amid the continuing pandemic and vaccine rollout effort, HealthStream gathered opinions from 900+ healthcare leaders, asking about past learnings, present challenges, and future priorities. This eBook contains three articles highlighting April 2021 research findings.

August 24th, 2021

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Five best practices for chargemaster maintenance

In order to ensure that healthcare organizations are maximizing their reimbursement for every component of care provided to patients, chargemaster maintenance measures must be instituted that reduce claim and line-item denials. Here are five recommended best practices for chargemaster maintenance.

August 18th, 2021

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Exploring the Quadruple Aim – Enhancing patient experience

The Quadruple Aim is a 4-part strategy aimed at improving healthcare for patients and providers. This blog post examines the Aim centered on improving the patient experience, why it is important, and how to achieve it.

August 16th, 2021

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Chargemaster maintenance is key for healthcare revenue cycle success

Chargemaster maintenance is an ongoing process to ensure that services, drugs, and supplies are accurately charged and compliant with Medicare and or payer regulations so that a healthcare entity receives appropriate reimbursement.

August 12th, 2021

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What is a corporate compliance program in healthcare?

A healthcare corporate compliance program involves a set of internal policies and procedures put into place in order to comply with laws, rules, and regulations. Multiple components make a strong program, with training and education an essential part.

August 10th, 2021

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What is the Quadruple Aim – Four strategies for improving healthcare

The Quadruple Aim is a 4-part strategy aimed at improving healthcare for patients and providers. This blog post begins our series based on the HealthStream ebook exploring serious healthcare industry problems and identifying solutions for them.

August 6th, 2021

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