BJC HealthCare Implemented Echo Seamlessly

BJC had approximately 160 Information System applications that each contained independently managed physician and/or provider tables.

May 28^th, 2021

How Credentials OnLine Successfully Worked with Echo

CredentialsOnLine performs primary source verification for over 25 different types of providers and organizations. The services provided are based on the client’s unique needs and specific requirements. Provider verifications performed by the CVO can include information such as Hospital Affiliations, Education, Malpractice Insurance, National Practitioner Databank, OIG, Professional References and more.

May 28^th, 2021

How Atlanticare Used EchoAccess for Their Physicans

Sandy hit with a vengeance. Our Access Center couldn’t get to the office. Worse, 19 AtlantiCare affiliated physician practices were closed, and their answering service was out of commission. Even their answering service emergency backup call center was down.

May 28^th, 2021

How Baptist Health Floyd Used HealthStream's HCC and HLC

Baptist Health Floyd, a 236-bed hospital located in New Albany, IN has been serving the healthcare needs of Southern Indiana since 1953. It has approximately 2,500 employees and 600 physicians. Baptist Health Floyd is the most recent addition to Louisville, Kentucky-based Baptist Health.

May 28^th, 2021

HealthStream Learning gave Mid-Dakota Clinic Great Results

Learn how the Mid Dakota Clinic benefited from an 80% reduction in time spent on evaluation emails through their partnership with HealthStream.

May 28^th, 2021

Hartford HealthCare Optimized their LMS and Launched Epic

Initiative Management enabled Hartford HealthCare (HHC) to consolidate their learning management into one LMS, and launch Epic throughout the health system.

May 28^th, 2021

How San Luis Valley Improved their Nursing Onboarding

San Luis Valley Health (SLVH) used HealthStream’s Nurse Residency Pathway as an essential component of the effort to improve orientation and retention for new nurse residents.

May 28^th, 2021

How Mary Lanning Healthcare Boosted their Staff Recognition

Mary Lanning Healthcare believes that effective employee recognition is a key component in creating an engaged workforce. After implementing AMPT to boost their staff recognition program.

May 28^th, 2021

Avalon Health Care Implementing Quality Manager, formerly known as abaqis®

Avalon Healthcare implemented Quality Manager across their 38-facilities in five states in advance of the move to the long-term care QIS Survey by CMS. As other organizations’ citations have increased under QIS to as many as 11, extra insight from using Quality Manager has enabled Avalon to decrease citations from 8 to around 5, on average.

May 28^th, 2021

St. Dominic Hospital Improved Compliance and Effectiveness

When St. Dominic Hospital needed a method for preceptors to complete and document skills checklists, they chose HealthStream’s Checklist Management and realized immediate benefits.

May 21^st, 2021

Healthcare Trend Watch — the Nursing Shortage Is Getting Worse

Hospitals continue to feel the financial pain stemming from the ongoing nursing shortage. Compounding the problem of a nursing shortage is a high turnover rate among new nurses.

May 17^th, 2021

Healthcare Trend Watch — Physicians are in short supply, too

The looming physician shortage represents a dire situation for the state of healthcare in the U.S., as many experts predict that demand for health services will soon exceed the industry’s capacity to provide care.

May 17^th, 2021

Tactics to Improve Nurse Engagement

The COVID-19 pandemic has turned the world of healthcare upside down, especially in terms of how care professionals feel about their work and their employers. Here are some reasons nurse engagement is important, as well as some strategies to improve it.

May 14^th, 2021

Webinar - Survey shows privileging for Telehealth a big issue in 2020 and beyond

VerityStream’s 2020 survey revealed that more than half (51.6%) of all respondents said their organization’s use of telehealth services increased significantly since the beginning of the pandemic, accompanied by credentialing challenges and other related issues.

May 14^th, 2021

A Healthcare Education Solution Focused on the Opioid Crisis

May 14^th, 2021

Nursing at an assisted living facility vs. a nursing home

Though many people think of the hospital as a typical nursing work environment, the reality is that nurses work in a variety of settings. This blog post looks at some of the characteristics and challenges of working in assisted living vs. nursing home care.

May 14^th, 2021

5 Essentials of Nursing Orientation

Learn about 5 essentials of nursing orientation and its pivotal role in the competency and retention of newly hired registered nurses, from HealthStream.

May 13^th, 2021

Air Methods Achieves Flexibility, Cost Savings with Resuscitation Suite

Air Methods, an emergency air medical services company, transitioned from a traditional leader-led resuscitation program to the American Red Cross instructor-less model, saving them time and money.

May 11^th, 2021

Opioids: A National Health Crisis

As the opioid crisis continues to unfold across the United States, healthcare providers are increasingly caught in the crosshairs of a dilemma: How can they provide the highest quality patient care while also complying with federal, state, and local mandates around prescribing and reporting abuse?

May 11^th, 2021

Mandatory Training for Nurses: An Insider’s Assessment

When nurses learn that a mandatory training session has come up, mixed emotions usually occur. There can be excitement about something new, as well as grumbling about a tedious and time-consuming task. The latter response need not be a given.

April 30^th, 2021