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Five Reasons Why CQI is Important in Healthcare

CQI is more than just a methodology; it’s a mindset that compels everyone in a healthcare organization to continuously seek better ways of doing things. When integrated into the culture of an organization, CQI becomes a powerful tool for fostering long-term improvements that benefit patients, staff, and the entire healthcare system. Building and maintaining this culture requires dedication, but the rewards—better care, more efficient operations, and a healthier work environment—are well worth the effort.

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Advancing Preceptor Development: Elevating Continuous Learning at Jennie Stuart Medical Center

Jennie Stuart Health offers services such as Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Oncology, Critical Care, Diabetes Education, Diagnostic Imaging, Laboratory, Maternity, Outpatient Procedures, Pharmacy, Same-day Services, Sleep Disorders Center, and Surgery.

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Harnessing Preceptors’ Potential: Lessons from Jennie Stuart Health

Creating strong nurse leaders relies upon a thoughtful approach to their development and a community where continuous learning is supported with the best practices and tools. Contact HealthStream today to learn more about how HealthStream can help you develop strong nurse preceptors.

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Empower Operational Leadership and Performance with Quality Management

HealthStream has heard from operational leaders who have identified four key quality challenges they are currently facing. Let’s take an in-depth look at each, as well as how operational leaders can use Quality Manager to meticulously address these specific issues, enhance workflow efficiency, and ensure compliance with healthcare standards.

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6 Successful Ways to Enhance Growth Pathways for Healthcare Revenue Cycle Staff

HealthStream’s revenue cycle training program can support your organization’s efforts to empower your RCM team with the right knowledge to support a healthier bottom line.

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5 Skills to Nurture in the Next Generation of Nurse Leaders

Promotion to a nurse leadership role introduces a new world of responsibilities. As the link between healthcare administrators and bedside nursing staff, these leadership positions require those who can think creatively to improve patient outcomes and ensure safety and quality of care. Successful leadership development in nursing requires focusing on five core competency skills that are foundational to new nurse leaders.

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2024 Annual Report on Medical Staff Credentialing

Welcome to the 8th edition of HealthStream's Annual Report on Medical Staff Credentialing, the industry's most sought-after resource for insights, trends, and actionable strategies in medical staff credentialing. This year, we continue our tradition of excellence, delivering unparalleled depth and breadth of analysis to healthcare professionals.

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Revenue Integrity Week: Ensuring Financial Health in Challenging Times

In the face of ongoing challenges, it's more important than ever to prioritize revenue integrity and implement effective strategies for growth and financial health. By working together and staying focused on our goals, we can navigate these challenging times and emerge stronger than ever.

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myClinicalExchange: The Enhanced Experience Tour

The myClinicalExchange team at HealthStream will continue to update this solution and are already at work on version 2.5. Future updates will be focused on enhancing empowerment, improving the student journey, and creating additional ways in which to use the data collected. Contact HealthStream today to learn more about myClinicalExchange.

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Is Healthcare Prepared for a New Generation of Patients… & Employees?

Healthcare systems in particular need to be ready to welcome a new generation of medical staff and care for a new generation of patients—ones that come with expectations, needs, and skillsets that will impact the way healthcare systems operate.

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Is Your Team’s Mental Health Flourishing?

The mental health crisis for healthcare workers isn’t going away. In fact, it’s growing. A recent study from American Hospital Association found that 93% of health care workers reported stress, 86% reported anxiety, 77% reported frustration, 76% reported exhaustion and burnout, and 75% said they were overwhelmed. Without a support system, employees are left to manage their mental health on their own. For some, they never manage their mental health at all.

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Combating Physician Burnout with Innovative Training Solutions

With May honoring Mental Health Awareness, there is no better time to bring attention to burnout and put measures into place to help combat this workplace problem. Physician burnout has emerged as a critical issue within the healthcare sector, markedly impacting both the well-being of doctors and the quality of patient care.

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Maximizing Reach in MedTech: How HealthStream Amplifies Your Training Impact

HealthStream and AvaSure have solutions that can help assign and track online learning for new medical device implementations. Users can be trained using resources developed by the manufacturer ensuring up-to-date content and access to best practices. Contact HealthStream today to learn more about creating a faster, more efficient process for medical device implementations.

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Reframing Well-Being in the Healthcare Workplace Culture

Burnout is a complex issue and healthcare leaders need real strategies that they can begin implementing today if they want to be effective in combatting burnout. HealthStream and Psych Hub can help your organization provide compassionate and effective care that will enhance the well-being of healthcare professionals and do the same for patient care. Contact HealthStream to learn more about this solution. In addition, Psych Hub has a new podcast, “The Burnout Antidote.” Listen to and download the podcast on your favorite streaming service.

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Fortifying Healthcare Cybersecurity: Combating Black Basta Ransomware Threats

In the face of the rising cybersecurity threats, it's crucial now more than ever for healthcare organizations to fortify their defenses, especially in light of the recent advisory by a coalition of top security institutions including the FBI, CISA, HHS, and MS-ISAC.

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Contribute to Big Changes: Social Determinants of Health

Addressing social determinants of health and educating healthcare staff makes direct progress toward health equity, a world where every person has the opportunity to attain their highest level of health and care. Social determinants of health have a lasting impact on society, creating inequities in access to housing, education, wealth, and employment. All of this puts people at higher risk of poor health.

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Bridging the Generational Gap with Leadership Development

Gritman Medical Center is a patient-centered, nonprofit critical access hospital delivering exceptional health care through their hospital and network of regional clinics. Ranked as one of the top 100 private companies in Idaho, Gritman has brought advanced technology, comprehensive service and compassionate care to the communities they serve for more than 125 years.

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Top 4 Reasons Why Leadership Education and Organizational Initiative Alignment is Indispensable

In the rapidly evolving landscape of healthcare, the alignment of leadership education pathways with organizational initiatives stands as a critical element for success. It may seem like an intuitive part of any strategic plan, and therefore not a necessary focus, but there are some compelling reasons why this is not the case.

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Advancing Credentialing: Insights from the 2024 National Forum

Each organization that presented and participated in this year’s NCF represents a piece of the credentialing puzzle for credentialed and privileged providers. Their forward-thinking approaches around topics like AI and workforce wellness will ultimately help improve the quality of healthcare. Our industry’s commitment to the provider experience, process improvement and patient care is inspiring, and we at HealthStream fully embrace it.

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Customization & control make a difference with Policy Manager

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