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Why 2021 is the best time to move resuscitation training online

A big appeal of online resuscitation training for healthcare organizations is financial in nature. Moving a resuscitation program online will definitely save time and money.

August 5th, 2021

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Everything You Need to Know About Delegated Credentialing

As health systems grow larger, more and more of them are adopting Delegated Credentialing. In this post we cover what Delegated Credentialing is, what it requires, and what it takes to form a Delegated Entity Credentialing Committee.

August 4th, 2021

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Was healthcare ready for the issues it's faced?

In April  2021, HealthStream asked 14 survey questions to better understand “What Are Healthcare Executives Thinking About the Past, Present and Future?” Leaders were asked to rate aspects of healthcare from the past decade and assess how well the past prepared them for big challenges. How do you think that leaders responded?

July 14th, 2021

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5 reasons to use an online resuscitation training program

Though providers may have their own additional justifications, here are some of the most prominent reasons for making the switch to an online resuscitation program.

July 9th, 2021

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The Quadruple Aim eBook

This HealthStream eBook examines each aim, improving the patient experience of care, improving population health, reducing per capita cost, and Improving the clinician experience and identifies HealthStream solutions designed to help healthcare organizations make progress against them.

July 9th, 2021

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Medical Staff Bylaws Impact on Staff Structure and Credentialing Committees

Every hospital is governed by medical staff bylaws specific to their organization. These bylaws dictate a variety of things, like how a medical staff structure is organized and categorized and how credentialing committees function. Read on for a deeper understanding of how it all works.

July 7th, 2021

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How to save money with an online resuscitation education program

A big appeal of online resuscitation training for healthcare organizations is financial in nature. Moving a resuscitation program online will definitely save time and money.

July 5th, 2021

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Why CHRISTUS Health loved the HealthStream Learning Center

How CHRISTUS Hospital used HealthStream reports, education, and authoring as key components in their Journey to Nursing Excellence™

July 3rd, 2021

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Five benefits of moving to American Red Cross Resuscitation Training

In addition to the value of a new approach to resuscitation training, adopting this program from the American Red Cross offers multiple benefits. Here are five of the most important reasons.

July 1st, 2021

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Forming a Disaster Management Plan for Healthcare

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.

June 17th, 2021

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Sexual Identity and Unconscious Bias in Healthcare

For success in treatment and for encouraging healthy behaviors, a trusting relationship needs to exist between the patient and a healthcare professional. Ultimately, cultivating awareness is key to counteracting the negative impacts of unconscious sexual identity bias on members of the LGBT community.

June 10th, 2021

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Succession Planning Approaches for Healthcare Organizations

In addition to many other impacts, COVID-19 has emphasized the extreme importance of succession planning within healthcare organizations. This blog post examines how the pandemic is an opportunity to refocus the process of finding new healthcare leaders.

June 8th, 2021

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How Nursing Informatics Benefits Quality Outcomes

Using the various electronic medical record systems that are now ubiquitous in healthcare for collecting health information across an organization, nurse informaticists are managing, interpreting, and communicating data with a primary purpose to improve the quality and outcomes of patient care.

June 1st, 2021

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Trends in Healthcare Learning

Healthcare is changing rapidly, and it’s no surprise that healthcare education needs to do the same. This eBook addresses advances in training, including the heightened focus on lifelong learning and new education methods that enhance knowledge retention and advance competency.

May 28th, 2021

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Get Ahead of the Trends: A Look at the Top Issues Impacting the Healthcare Workforce

The healthcare workforce is at the heart of many of the big changes coming to the healthcare industry. Not only are we asking them to do more with fewer resources, time, and manpower, but they are also tasked with continually improving outcomes, both for patients and their organizations. This eBook takes a deeper look into how your organization can strengthen your healthcare workforce and enable them to provide quality care.

May 28th, 2021

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How do nurses influence health policy?

Given that there are more nurses than any other profession in healthcare, nurses should play a larger role in creating healthcare policy. This blog posts looks at why and how the policy change influence of nurses can be improved, as well as ways it is already felt.

May 28th, 2021

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Why BayHealth loved HealthStream's Resuscitation Training

Bayhealth is central and southern Delaware’s largest healthcare system. With numerous hospitals and satellite facilities, the non-profit system has more than 4,000 employees.

May 28th, 2021

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Wellmont Health System HealthStream Performance Center

HealthStream’s Performance Center is an important tool to help us provide in-depth, individualized feedback to coach and develop our workforce...

May 28th, 2021

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Feather River Hospital and HealthStream Competency Center

The HealthStream Competency Center allowed Feather River Hospital to lower the cost of creating, managing, assessing, tracking, and more.

May 28th, 2021

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McLaren Health Care and HealthStream Learning Center

McLaren Health Care has adopted the HealthStream Learning Center (HLC) as its learning management system for the entire organization. It created an online orientation program using the HLC and HealthStream Video. The company worked with instructional designers and speakers to update and revise the presentations, created each corporate department’s presentation as a course, and combined all courses into a curriculum.

May 28th, 2021

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