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Reducing Obstetric Risk Factors Through Management

Learn how an assessment of obstetric risk factors may be needed from healthcare organizations to inform special OB care management for patients, from HealthStream.

April 01, 2021

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Most Popular Nursing Blog Posts from HealthStream So Far in 2020

At HealthStream we spend much of our time focused on nurses—especially on finding solutions to their workforce development challenges and to providing ways to make their jobs less conducive to stress and burnout. Here are our most popular nursing-focused blog posts so far in 2020.

April 01, 2021

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Resuscitation Rates – Where Is the Improvement?

The recommendation for more frequent CPR training appears to have had little effect on overall survival rates for inpatient sudden cardiac arrest. There are many factors that may be limiting the impact of recent recommendations to change the frequency at which CPR training is given.

April 01, 2021

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The Retail Environment Challenge to Healthcare Keeps Growing

Expectations about the convenience of healthcare are changing, exemplified by the embrace of healthcare within a retail environment.

April 01, 2021

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Supporting Credentialing Staff Working From Home (Part 2)

April 01, 2021

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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.

April 01, 2021

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Use JaneTM as a Personalized Nurse Advisor to Support Retention Improvement

Nurses can feel burnout due to the stress of an overwhelming workload or due to feeling inadequately prepared for their jobs. Here are some of the ways JaneTM works as a personal nurse adviser to support nurse retention through personalized competency development.

April 01, 2021

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Working from Home: Support Credentialing Staff in a Remote Environment (Part 1)

The concept of working remotely, or working from home (WFH), has gained a great deal of attention in recent years. WFH has become a reality for businesses of all types and sizes, including healthcare providers. Credentialing staff can easily work remotely with the right support.

April 01, 2021

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How is the Healthcare Revenue Cycle Adapting to COVID-19?

A recent virtual meeting of HealthStream’s Revenue Cycle Special Interest Group focused on how healthcare organizations are adapting to the demands and necessities of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

April 01, 2021

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Seven COVID-19 Pandemic-Related Blog Posts from HealthStream

The blog posts HealthStream has already published in connection with the Covid-19 Pandemic range from what healthcare professionals need to know to the ramifications of working remotely and how healthcare looks different to those working on the frontlines of care.

April 01, 2021

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COVID-19 and the Complexities of Telehealth Privileging (Part 2)

A major shift in care delivery has been the skyrocketing use of existing telehealth operations and deployment of new or expanded ones. As an efficient, cost-effective way to enhance care, telehealth helps close the physical gap between providers and patients who are nearby but cannot leave home.

April 01, 2021

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New & Transformational Healthcare Tech Keeps Being Introduced

Read how in recent years, technology promises to influence transformational healthcare in more areas, in both the near and more distant future, from HealthStream

April 01, 2021

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The Economic & Emotional Cost of Hospital Readmissions | HealthStream

Learn how the cost of hospital readmissions by definition is enormous and Medicare & CMS is working to reduce this amount, from HealthStream.

April 01, 2021

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The Value of Learning with Video - Experience HealthStream’s COVID-19 Channel

The COVID-19 pandemic affirms that healthcare organizations need to adopt video for employee learning. Using HealthStream’s Channel platform for video learning, we have a created a free-access COVID-19 Channel specifically to support healthcare workers and their families. 

April 01, 2021

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How To Cut Emergency Room Wait Times

The reality is that negative ER experiences don’t necessarily have to happen—we already know some of the solutions that can be put in place to improve most visits to the ER. Here are a few of them.

April 01, 2021

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What does a home health care nurse do?

Home health nursing is one of the many career options available within the nursing profession. It is a choice for registered nurses (RNs), licensed practical nurses (LPNs), and nurse assistants (NAs). The educational requirements for a home health nurse are dependent on individual nursing certifications.

April 01, 2021

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New Healthcare Roles Are Emerging to Meet Changing Care Needs

As medicine evolves, new types of doctors and nurses are emerging to meet our system’s changing needs. In some cases, these clinicians are in new specialties that didn’t exist until recently, and demand for some of these physicians is already high.

April 01, 2021

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How to Get and Give the Most from Hourly Rounding

Whereas purposeful rounding was a mechanical process in its early days, typically relying on rigid requirements and a strict set of questions, nurses have recently become more practical and flexible in achieving it, leading to a potential for greater success and better outcomes.

April 01, 2021

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The Importance of Building Change Management Competence

Learn why its crucial to focus on the importance of change management for building competency in healthcare in the areas of clinical and leadership, from HealthStream.

April 01, 2021

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COVID-19 and the Complexities of Telehealth Privileging (Part 1)

The COVID-19 pandemic has upended everything in healthcare from basic services delivery to the credentialing and licensure process, says Vicki Searcy, Vice President, Consulting Services, at VerityStream.

April 01, 2021