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Building Psychological Safety and Belonging in Your Unit

Psychological safety and belonging matter to nurses. Building a sense of psychological safety and belonging can improve retention, engagement and satisfaction and build a strong, creative team. Healthy work environments produce better outcomes for nurses, patients and the organization. HealthStream and AACN have partnered together to offer solutions that will help leaders create the kind of work environments where nurses will want to work.

October 20th, 2022

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Healthcare Policy Management: Automation Solutions

Automating policy management is the best way to achieve compliance and ensure that your staff have access to the very latest regulations. HealthStream’s Policy Manager helps you put the most current policies and procedures in the hands of your organization’s frontline staff. It can save hundreds of hours per year for the average healthcare organization and provides the kind of reporting that can make visits from regulators and accrediting bodies more efficient.

October 19th, 2022

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Removing Barriers to EMS Training

The elimination of the NREMT’s restrictions on distributive learning can help make EMS training faster and more cost-efficient for your organization which still meeting your accreditation requirements. HealthStream’s EMS program is a comprehensive solution to your EMS training needs.

October 18th, 2022

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Fostering Mental Well-Being Amongst Emergency Department Staff

The threat of verbal and physical assault on ED staff continues to grow, creating a dangerous environment for nurses and other providers. Protection of the physical and mental health of ED providers should be on the radar screen of all healthcare leaders. HealthStream, in partnership with ENA and Psych Hub, have great tools that can help build a better understanding of mental health while helping providers to develop self-care strategies that will help them to provide high quality care in the ED that is safe for both patients and their providers.

October 17th, 2022

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Overcoming Medical Group Turnover with a Solid Credentialing and Enrollment Process and Supporting Software

Turnover is expected in any industry, but within the healthcare industry, it can be tough to manage. Learn how the right tool, like CredentialMyDoc, can foster business continuity when turnover happens.

October 11th, 2022

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Privileging 101 - Introduction to Privileges: Back to Basics - Physicians

Our Privileging 101 Series covers it all, from basic education on the history and fundamentals of clinical privileging to how to navigate all the regulatory and legal aspects involved. Part 1 provides an overview of the journey physicians must complete before they can apply for privileges.

October 4th, 2022

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Rapid Onboarding and Retention for New Hires

Having a great onboarding process can help you and your organization improve the quality of patient care, reduce risk and improve retention. You can have a great onboarding process by focusing on what matters – ensuring that your nursing staff are confident, competent and ready to consistently and safely apply their clinical knowledge and judgement.

September 1st, 2022

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When and How Should Case Logs be Used to Document Competency

Some hospitals and health systems require documentation of a certain number of admissions or consultations prior to granting privileges. Discover when and how case logs should be used to document competency.

August 26th, 2022

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Phase 3 Regulations – Ready or Not!

Surveyors will begin using Phase 3 guidance to identify non-compliance on October 24, 2022. You and your facility can get ahead of these new regulations by better understanding what is required and implementing programs that will ensure that your next survey finds your facility in full compliance.

August 12th, 2022

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Goodbye, Binders! The Better Staff Checklist Experience

Binders and paper records are a poor solution for standardizing and validating skills. HealthStream’s award-winning Checklist Management can help your organization with a solution that is reliable, customizable, and cost-effective and will also contribute to consistent, high-quality care for your patients.

August 10th, 2022

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Preparing your Obstetrical Staff for High-Risk, Low-Frequency Emergencies

Education is perhaps the most important part of the solution when addressing maternal and child outcomes. Using HealthStream’s Maternal Child Nursing Care Solution provides the kind of education that can build confidence and competence in your nursing staff even when they are faced with a low-incidence, high-risk obstetrical emergency.

August 2nd, 2022

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Understanding Medical Staff to Provider Ratios

Understanding the medical staff to provider ratio continues to be a trending topic within the industry. We dive into what variables and factors determine and influence these staffing ratios.

July 28th, 2022

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Shoulder Dystocia Preparedness

Shoulder dystocia is a low-incidence, high-risk obstetrical emergency. Understanding the risks, recognizing the signs and knowing the proper course of action to take when it occurs can save lives. HealthStream’s Quality OB Program can give your staff the tools that they will need when faced with this obstetrical emergency. This program can be an important part of your organization’s strategy to improve outcomes, build staff competency and confidence and reduce the organization’s exposure to risk.

July 25th, 2022

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Addressing the Experience-Complexity Gap in Nursing

The Experience-Complexity Gap is further complicating an existing nursing shortage. HealthStream has solutions that can help your organization close the gap by creating a faster and more effective onboarding process, standardizing clinical practice to reduce risk, providing cross-training and upskilling and building strong retention programs.

July 19th, 2022

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Promoting a Culture of Resilience

The need to build resilience in healthcare workers will remain long after the pandemic is over. Additional outbreaks of disease, national disasters and other crises will test the resilience of healthcare workers and organizations. You can choose to begin the process of building a resilient team right now. HealthStream’s Resilience in Healthcare program can help connect your staff with help today.

July 11th, 2022

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Preparing your non-clinical staff to respond to an emergency

HealthStream’s American Red Cross First Aid/CPR/AED program can relieve the stress of building competence and confidence in your non-clinical staff with training that is flexible, engaging and designed to meet all regulatory requirements.

July 7th, 2022

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Celebrate Pride by creating an inclusive care environment for the LGBTQIA+ patient community

Tools that can help your organization create a diverse and inclusive culture for employees are a must-have as are tools that help healthcare workers understand how to create a safe and affirming environment for LGBTQIA+ patients and families.

July 7th, 2022

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Child and maternal health – the case for standardizing education

While maternal child health statistics continue to disappoint and confound healthcare providers, the solution may lie in standardizing education for nurses and other healthcare providers.

July 5th, 2022

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How to Improve Mental Health in Senior Care

While older adults may be different from other populations in terms of their general physical health, they are similar to the general population in that they suffer from mental illness at roughly the same rate as younger cohorts. Educating providers is the strategic foundation for treating mental illness in the aging population – create a workforce that will recognize the signs and symptoms of mental illness in their older patients and equip them with the best therapeutic interventions for this population.

June 14th, 2022

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Cultivating Personal and Professional Growth – The Importance to Revenue Cycle Growth

Cultivating personal and professional growth is a key strategy in the management and growth of your organization’s revenue cycle. Investing in education will help ensure that the investments made in revenue cycle technology pay off. Investing in education for your revenue cycle team can help save money on reimbursement issues and reduce employee turnover.

June 13th, 2022

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