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Better Long-Term Direct Care Administrators' Competency Program

Full staff buy-in is vital for a long-term direct care provider’s competency program to not only be fully functional, but also as effective as it must be.

April 01, 2021

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Healthcare Staff Competency Challenges and How to Solve Them

Regardless of the category of the healthcare competency being evaluated, and difficulty doing so, there should be an appropriate tool for accurately documenting performance. There should also be the repository for action and necessary education plans, along with their completion and re-evaluation dates.

April 01, 2021

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10 Healthcare Trends That Will Shape the Future | HealthStream

Here are 10 future healthcare trends everyone in healthcare should be paying attention to, from HealthStream's Healthcare Management & Administration Blog.

April 01, 2021

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Seven Big Problems Nurse Managers Face with Traditional Scheduling Efforts

When a nurse scheduling solution fails to work smoothly, it isn’t just the frontline nurses who are affected. As the staff members responsible for creating and maintaining the master nursing schedule, nurse managers have some specific pain points that occur frequently.

April 01, 2021

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Handling N95s, Ventilated Face Masks, and Social Distancing

Here's how to follow the guidelines for infection control and deal with the shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) caused by Covid-19, from HealthStream.

April 01, 2021

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Benefits & Challenges of Working Remotely in Times of Crisis

HealthStream examines the benefits and challenges of working remotely while Americans are applying “social distancing” in an effort to stop the spread of COVID-19.

April 01, 2021

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The Future of Learning and Talent Development in Healthcare – Survey Results (Part 2)

To evaluate healthcare industry perceptions about talent management, learning, and development, HealthStream surveyed leaders about the strategic use of learning within talent management programs. Here we discuss findings about leadership and the importance of learning content.

April 01, 2021

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Home Health Care vs. Hospital Care

The move toward value-based care may have us seeing home health care as a treatment option with even more benefits for patients and outcomes. Cost, clinical results and patient comfort may support providing higher levels of care at home.

April 01, 2021

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Linking Healthcare Competency to the Commitment to Lifelong Learning

A commitment to lifelong learning is not optional in healthcare. Learning new skills and keeping current skills sharp while growing personally and professionally is essential in the rapidly changing landscape of healthcare, and something o which staff must be held accountable.

April 01, 2021

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The Future of Learning and Talent Development in Healthcare – Survey Results (Part 1)

To evaluate healthcare industry perceptions about talent management, learning, and development, HealthStream surveyed leaders about the strategic use of learning within talent management programs. Here we discuss findings about 2020 priorities and decision-making.

April 01, 2021

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Preventing Viruses: Strategies of Containment, Protection, & Prevention

Understanding how the COVID-19 pandemic is prevented by strategies of containment, protection, and prevention to make the community and healthcare workers safer.

April 01, 2021

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Feelings & Emotional Intelligence Impact on Healthcare Training

Learn how feelings directly impact how we learn and retain information through emotional intelligence and how it relates to healthcare training, from HealthStream.

April 01, 2021

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BLS vs. CPR: When & Where to Use Each

Are BLS certification and CPR the same? Not exactly, and the differences between the two — and when the training for can or should be used — are important.

April 01, 2021

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Inadequate Nurse Scheduling Processes Can Create Problems for Nurses

Here are some of the ways typical nurse scheduling can be one of multiple operational inefficiencies with major downstream consequences for nurses.

April 01, 2021

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Recommendations for Tackling Nurse Burnout

Though we hear a lot about physician burnout, this condition is also a significant problem in nursing. To reduce the likelihood of nurse burnout, healthcare organizations should take an active role in developing and fostering resilient environments.

April 01, 2021

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Understanding Medical Billing

Medical billing is complicated for trained professionals, so why do providers expect patients to understand it without a little help and coaching?

April 01, 2021

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What Are the Most Effective Leadership Styles in Healthcare?

Effective healthcare leaders come in all shapes and sizes, and they are far from cookie-cutter people, so knowing what some common traits are is helpful when exploring what type of person will work best at a facility.

April 01, 2021

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Update on the Opioid Epidemic - Statistics and Progress

The opioid crisis continues to rage across the United States, but all the news is not grim thanks to robust efforts around tightened access, education and treatment.

April 01, 2021

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Home or Facility? The Pros and Cons of In-Home Medical Care

There is no “one size fits all’ option for deciding who can receive in-home health care vs. moving to a care facility, but by exploring specific needs, costs and local option, a plan of action can be created.

April 01, 2021

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Planning Annual Required Training – A Healthcare Compliance Case Study

To illustrate the difficulty that a typical healthcare provider may encounter when planning annual required training, we offer the example of just one role in a single state—a respiratory therapist in Tennessee.

April 01, 2021