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On April 5, 2021, the 21st Century Cures Act will take effect, allowing patients to use applications to access data from their medical records. This blog post discusses what that means for patients and healthcare providers, especially for staff in terms of revenue cycle and compliance functions.

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Modular Nursing – Optimizing RN Involvement in Patient Care and Management

Patient care units that are divided geographically into modules can improve patient perceptions of care, improve continuity of care and has the potential to boost employee accountability and satisfaction.

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Effective Communication Skills for Healthcare Professionals to Improve Readmissions

In today’s healthcare culture, the manner in which information is conveyed by clinicians is as important as the information itself. Here we discuss vital communication skills for reducing readmissions.

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Measuring Nurse Competency: What Is Clinical Knowledge in Nursing?

Clinical knowledge in nursing is a key element of measuring nurse competency and requires a comprehensive training, clinical internship, and continuing education program.

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Developing Critical Thinking Skills in New Clinicians

In this eBook, we look at the issues surrounding nurse competency and critical thinking. We also look at the role artificial intelligence is playing to support nurse development.

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How a D.C. Health Provider Attained Zero Serious Safety Events for OB

One of the largest healthcare providers in the D.C. area achieved zero OB serious safety events after implementing HealthStream's Quality OB program.

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Physical Rehabilitation vs. Restorative Healthcare

While very different, physical rehabilitation and restorative healthcare are complementary to one another. Restorative healthcare is essential to helping patients maintain the gains made through physical rehabilitation.

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Six Strategies for Quality Improvement in Maternal and Neonatal Care

National data on maternal death and injury make it clear that there is plenty of room for improvement. There are some tools and strategies that can help providers reduce risk and provide better outcomes for their patients.

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San Juan Regional Medical Center

San Juan Regional Medical Center experienced a reduction in CLABSI and CAUTI, two common healthcare-acquired infections, after implementing HealthStream's Jane®.

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The University of Louisville (UofL) Hospital is an academic teaching and research hospital that is part of UofL Health, a fully integrated regional academic health system.

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Improve Maternal Mortality Rates Using POEP

POEP is a comprehensive orientation and educational tool that can help providers reduce risk and provide better outcomes for mothers and babies.

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Survive or Thrive? Where Long-Term Care Goes From Here

In this four article eBook, HealthStream takes a broad look at the various issues that long-term care organizations are facing. We present the results of a COVID-19 survey conducted among healthcare leaders, we review top issues that are changing the delivery of care, and what the future of long-term care will look like in a post-pandemic world.

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The Future of Medical Services Professionals (MSPs)

This blog post addresses seven reasons the Medical Services Profession has changed and offers five predictions about the future for Medical Service Professionals (MSPs).

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Key Strategies For Improving Patient Access Success in Healthcare

Healthcare reform has changed the role of Patient Access substantially, focusing revenue cycle leadership more on the expanding role and expertise of its Patient Access staff. This article focuses on how continuing education and KPI monitoring can make the patient access team more effective. Download the article to learn more.

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New Joint Commission Guidelines Target Poor Maternal Mortality Outcomes

Download this article to learn about the new Joint Commission safety standards for the improvement of maternal and perinatal care, and why it take so long for the US to understand the need for them.

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The Validity of the Jane Competency System AI Critical Thinking Assessments

The following article details psychometric studies conducted by HealthStream to evaluate whether computers can perform as well as human evaluators in assessing critical thinking skills in nurses.

April 1st, 2021

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Top 5 Leadership Strategies to Implement Change in Healthcare

COVID-19 has made healthcare transformation very important, and here are 5 leadership strategies CEOs have identified to implement transformational change in healthcare.

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Why Automating Provider Procedure Data Collection Can Ensure Patient Safety

Patient-safety experts have found a strong correlation between patient outcomes and the number of times the procedure has been performed. Credentialing software can track and report procedure volumes, as well as indicator-based performance evaluation.

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Five Lessons Learned from Successful CVOs

Over the past three to five years, there has been an explosion of the development of CVOs in health systems, largely due to the proliferation of health systems. Here are five lessons learned from CVOs that operate successfully.

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HealthStream Community - The Next Level of HealthStream Customer Support

The new HealthStream Community is a direct response to requests from valued customers. You asked for on-demand information and resources for HealthStream products, and we’ve delivered. Learn how to use the new community and your network to get the most out of your HealthStream partnership.

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