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Are Your Stakeholders Receiving Timely Provider Privileging Information?
Timely Provider Privileging Information Is Important for Avoiding Scheduling and Audit Mishaps.
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Compliance Officers – Guardians of the Healthcare Galaxy
We’ve created this eBook filled with articles and best practices from thought leaders in the industry to help compliance officers navigate the ever-changing healthcare universe.
April 1st, 2021
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Responding to a Harassment Complaint—Advice for Managers
When managers receive a harassment complaint, how they respond is critical for avoiding even more difficult situations. In a recent webinar, business and employment law attorney Jennifer Kearns had advice for managers about how to respond to a harassment complaint.
April 1st, 2021
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Seven Recommendations for Strong Healthcare Performance Management Systems
Healthcare organizations benefit when their performance management systems align with organizational goals. Our recent Webinar discussed the payoff in terms of accountability, employee satisfaction, employee engagement, etc.
April 1st, 2021
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Pay Attention to Compensation Strategy
Compensation is key to achieving critical business outcomes: engagement, retention, and increased performance. It pays to have more frequent conversations around compensation, as well as actual compensation increase that occurs outside the annual review process.
April 1st, 2021
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Why Revenue Cycle Management Needs to Focus on Patient Access Staff
Patient access is the gateway not only to your system but also to your revenue cycle; the importance of our colleagues who are sitting at the front desks, who are taking scheduling calls, increases exponentially.
April 1st, 2021
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Understanding the Importance of Healthcare Competency Assessment Programs
Healthcare organizations understand that they need to evaluate competency, the demonstration of appropriate knowledge, skills, and behaviors in a clinical setting. Competency Programs involve validating the multiple facets of any identified, required competency.
April 1st, 2021
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Ten Ways to Embrace Civility in the Healthcare Workplace
In a recent HealthStream webinar, How to Banish the Bully Who Wreaks Havoc in Healthcare, Linda Leekley, CEO and founder of In the Know, offers ten ways to embrace civility at work, including her secret weapon phrase, ‘Up until now.’
April 1st, 2021
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The Benefits of Civility Training to Counteract Healthcare Workplace Bullying
In a recent HealthStream webinar, How to Banish the Bully Who Wreaks Havoc in Healthcare, Linda Leekley, CEO and founder of In the Know, points out numerous benefits of workplace civility training for healthcare organizations—for patients and the organizations themselves.
April 1st, 2021
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Harvey, Irma and Las Vegas: Lessons Learned from the Leaders Who Were There
In the fall of 2017, a number of our nation’s leading health systems dealt with natural disasters or mass casualty events one right after the other. In this eBook, HealthStream focuses on first-hand accounts from the local emergency department Medical Directors in Southeast Florida, Houston, and Las Vegas. Learn more about the tremendous stories of healthcare leaders rising to the occasion and heroes working around-the-clock to care for multitudes of patients.
April 1st, 2021
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Best Practices for Reducing Conflicts of Interest (COI) Risk in Healthcare
Compliance with government regulations and ethical concerns demand that healthcare institutions and researchers diligently disclose every conflict of interest (COI). Organizations must take steps develop a management and mitigation plan that prevents biased medical decision-making.
April 1st, 2021
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Understanding the Accreditation of Nursing Transition of Practice Programs
Nurse residency programs offer a much-needed opportunity for new nurses to transition to roles in specialized areas. To be accredited demonstrates innovation or exemplary practice.
April 1st, 2021
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Building Skills and Confidence in CPR
Developing caregivers to provide high-quality CPR should include regular training and measurement-based feedback. One training solution may be to adopt a NASCAR style approach—training the team to perform like a pit crew.
April 1st, 2021
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Healthcare Trends Beyond the Hospital Walls
In this eBook, we will reveal the trends that will impact healthcare across care settings, arming you with information to strategically navigate change with success.
April 1st, 2021
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Healthcare Workforce Trends: Millennials Are Changing and Improving Healthcare
We are also approaching a situation where millennials will make up the largest percentage of the healthcare workforce, bringing a new focus to the future of care.
April 1st, 2021
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Work-life Balance in a Nursing Career
Nurses can have an especially difficult time balancing work and personal life because of the increased amount of physical and emotional stress that nurses experience.
April 1st, 2021
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The Benefits of Nurse Residency Program Accreditation
In a recent conversation about nurse residency programs, HealthStream’s Kimberly Herold, Director of Professional Development Pathways, and Kimberley Guthrie, Senior Pathways Engagement Coach, spoke about the value of accreditation.
April 1st, 2021
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Do You Do A Good Job Transitioning Nurses To New Practice Settings?
In this eBook, we examine the benefits and share best practices of pursuing accreditation from three perspectives—nurse leadership at CHRISTUS St. Elizabeth, leaders at ANCC, and nursing coaches at HealthStream. Their stories will make you want to step up your own game when it comes to transitioning nurses.
April 1st, 2021
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Solutions for Drug Diversion’s Role in the Opioid Crisis
Most reports on the opioid crisis in America focus on individuals who receive a prescription for an opioid pain killer and then become a victim of opioid dependence. But what about the issue of dependence that occurs within the walls of the hospital, connected to Drug Diversion?