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A Nine Step Process for Standardizing Privileges in a Health System

There are many reasons to standardize privileges across all medical staffs—improved program management, compliance, alignment with contemporary clinical practice, and to manage clinical competence. Here’s how a typical project to standardize privileges may proceed successfully.

April 1st, 2021

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The Essentials for an Effective Onboarding Program for New Nurses

Assessing and developing nurses for the ability to think critically has never been more important. This article and excerpt focus on education focused on critical thinking and its interplay with learning and assessment technology.

April 1st, 2021

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Celebrate Revenue Integrity Week with New Strategies to Boost Revenue Cycle Integrity and Performance

Join HealthStream and our partner nThrive in celebrating Revenue Integrity Week by incorporating these seven new strategies to boost revenue cycle integrity and performance in healthcare.

April 1st, 2021

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Developing Critical Thinking Skills: The Key to an Effective Onboarding Program for New Nurses

Healthcare organizations must work quickly & efficiently to fight shortages & ensure staff is equipped to provide quality patient care. This article outlines the ways to assess & develop nurses for the ability to think critically.

April 1st, 2021

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Why Employees Leave Healthcare Jobs for Better Work-Life Balance

Healthcare jobs can make the flexibility demands of a modern life too difficult to manage, unless they are paying attention to unhappy employees and giving them some options to adjust such components as schedules, travel demands, and commute issues.

April 1st, 2021

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How To Create & Manage A Comprehensive Coding Audit

A comprehensive coding audit requires thoughtful preparation, including identifying its goals and scope, in order to achieve the desired results.

April 1st, 2021

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When Poor Management is the Reason a Healthcare Employee Leaves

To have an impact on healthcare turnover, organizations should ensure that their managers are doing a good job and treating their direct reports fairly. In many cases, it’s true that people don’t leave companies as often as they leave managers.

April 1st, 2021

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Could eConsults Help with Physician Specialist Shortages?

In a March 18, 2019 New York Times article, Austin Frakt talks about the potential benefits of eConsults for healthcare. In essence, eConsults occur when a primary care doctor consults a specialist about a patient electronically, probably by email, in place of an appointment.

April 1st, 2021

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Think About Accountability to Improve Healthcare Employee Engagement

Creating a culture where employees own their own accountability can create higher levels of engagement and satisfaction.

April 1st, 2021

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Innovation to Enhance Clinical Development: Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality, and Personalization

Artificial intelligence (AI), virtual reality (VR), and personalization have promise for creating a new environment and greater success for healthcare workforce development. We envision a future where technology facilitates targeted development and helps clinicians reach their highest potential.

April 1st, 2021

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Use National LGBT Health Awareness Week To Address Disparities In Care

National LGBT Health Awareness Week is the ideal time to review policies and procedures in place—as well as appropriate training—for treating this large, diverse, and at-risk community with compassion and respect.

April 1st, 2021

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Hot Topics in Healthcare Compliance

At Health Care Compliance Association’s (HCCA) 4th Annual Enforcement Conference, attendees were treated to a variety of hot topics from experts in the field. Topics included new developments with the False Claims Act, Cybersecurity and Privacy Risks, the changing regulatory landscape relating to opioids, and the anatomy of a corporate integrity agreement.

April 1st, 2021

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Healthcare HR Week Salutes the Important Work of Healthcare Human Resources Professionals

Healthcare HR Professionals Week has arrived, and that means it’s a great time to look at how HR supports every aspect of the HR workplace — and discover ways to help these hardworking professionals deliver comprehensive, successful solutions for workplace training and development.

April 1st, 2021

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Challenges for Resuscitation across the Care Continuum

The care continuum involves many settings, including home health/hospice, ambulatory surgery, assisted living, and clinics. Care varies widely across the continuum from a traditional hospital environment, and these settings face unique challenges when it comes to resuscitation.

April 1st, 2021

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13 Smart Things Every Medical Staff Services Professional Should Know

How well we react to the changes in our worklife is an indicator of how effective we will be in our profession. Here are 13 smart things that every medical staff professional should know.

April 1st, 2021

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Turn Mistakes into Opportunities for Performance Improvement: FPPE Action Plans

A medical or professional mistake may trigger a Focused Professional Practice Evaluation (FPPE) for cause. These recommendations can help organizations create an FPPE action plan that embodies a culture of learning and opportunity for improvement.

April 1st, 2021

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Responding to a Conflict of Interest Violation: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Fires Former Acclaimed Medical Director

How an organization responds to a serious conflict of interest is very important and can have a great deal of influence on its reputation after a violation becomes public knowledge. Here’s how Memorial Sloan Kettering is responding to its lapses.

April 1st, 2021

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Unacknowledged Conflicts of Interest Create a Big Problem: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Avoiding and preventing conflict of interest (COI) is an important focus of healthcare compliance. When the medical director at a prominent research hospital failed to disclose his strong industry ties, it created a major headache for everyone involved.

April 1st, 2021

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Physician Groups, Clinics Will Continue To Battle Administrative & Financial Burdens in 2019

Physician groups and clinics continue to face enormous challenges around administrative tasks and reimbursement. What can they do to streamline operations and ensure less bad debt?

April 1st, 2021

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Responding to the Opioid Epidemic—Taking on the Challenge Begins with You

Like for any emergent disease, as healthcare professionals, we do what we know to do about opioid abuse disorder. Prevent the disease from ever happening and use evidence-based practices to treat those affected. Given the enormity of the problem, we conclude it will take a long time and great effort to effect change.

April 1st, 2021

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