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Was healthcare ready for the issues it's faced?

In April  2021, HealthStream asked 14 survey questions to better understand “What Are Healthcare Executives Thinking About the Past, Present and Future?” Leaders were asked to rate aspects of healthcare from the past decade and assess how well the past prepared them for big challenges. How do you think that leaders responded?

July 14th, 2021

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5 reasons to use an online resuscitation training program

Though providers may have their own additional justifications, here are some of the most prominent reasons for making the switch to an online resuscitation program.

July 9th, 2021

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Medical Staff Bylaws Impact on Staff Structure and Credentialing Committees

Every hospital is governed by medical staff bylaws specific to their organization. These bylaws dictate a variety of things, like how a medical staff structure is organized and categorized and how credentialing committees function. Read on for a deeper understanding of how it all works.

July 7th, 2021

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How to save money with an online resuscitation education program

A big appeal of online resuscitation training for healthcare organizations is financial in nature. Moving a resuscitation program online will definitely save time and money.

July 5th, 2021

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Five benefits of moving to American Red Cross Resuscitation Training

In addition to the value of a new approach to resuscitation training, adopting this program from the American Red Cross offers multiple benefits. Here are five of the most important reasons.

July 1st, 2021

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Forming a Disaster Management Plan for Healthcare

This is a time when large-scale disasters are becoming more frequent, some of them linked to climate change and global warming. This blog looks at healthcare disaster impacts, serious vulnerabilities, preparation best practices, and the need for enhanced disaster recovery planning in healthcare organizations.

June 17th, 2021

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Sexual Identity and Unconscious Bias in Healthcare

For success in treatment and for encouraging healthy behaviors, a trusting relationship needs to exist between the patient and a healthcare professional. Ultimately, cultivating awareness is key to counteracting the negative impacts of unconscious sexual identity bias on members of the LGBT community.

June 10th, 2021

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Succession Planning Approaches for Healthcare Organizations

In addition to many other impacts, COVID-19 has emphasized the extreme importance of succession planning within healthcare organizations. This blog post examines how the pandemic is an opportunity to refocus the process of finding new healthcare leaders.

June 8th, 2021

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How Nursing Informatics Benefits Quality Outcomes

Using the various electronic medical record systems that are now ubiquitous in healthcare for collecting health information across an organization, nurse informaticists are managing, interpreting, and communicating data with a primary purpose to improve the quality and outcomes of patient care.

June 1st, 2021

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How do nurses influence health policy?

Given that there are more nurses than any other profession in healthcare, nurses should play a larger role in creating healthcare policy. This blog posts looks at why and how the policy change influence of nurses can be improved, as well as ways it is already felt.

May 28th, 2021

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HealthStream-NQF Partnership Makes Opioid Stewardship Tools More Widely Available

The new Opioids Stewardship course from NQF and HealthStream allows clinicians who do not have much experience with opioids to grow in knowledge, while those with strong practical skills can add to their own awareness.

May 17th, 2021

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Healthcare Trend Watch — the Nursing Shortage Is Getting Worse

Hospitals continue to feel the financial pain stemming from the ongoing nursing shortage. Compounding the problem of a nursing shortage is a high turnover rate among new nurses.

May 17th, 2021

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Healthcare Trend Watch — Physicians are in short supply, too

The looming physician shortage represents a dire situation for the state of healthcare in the U.S., as many experts predict that demand for health services will soon exceed the industry’s capacity to provide care.

May 17th, 2021

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Tactics to Improve Nurse Engagement

The COVID-19 pandemic has turned the world of healthcare upside down, especially in terms of how care professionals feel about their work and their employers. Here are some reasons nurse engagement is important, as well as some strategies to improve it.

May 14th, 2021

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Webinar - Survey shows privileging for Telehealth a big issue in 2020 and beyond

VerityStream’s 2020 survey revealed that more than half (51.6%) of all respondents said their organization’s use of telehealth services increased significantly since the beginning of the pandemic, accompanied by credentialing challenges and other related issues.

May 14th, 2021

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A Healthcare Education Solution Focused on the Opioid Crisis

May 14th, 2021

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Nursing at an assisted living facility vs. a nursing home

Though many people think of the hospital as a typical nursing work environment, the reality is that nurses work in a variety of settings. This blog post looks at some of the characteristics and challenges of working in assisted living vs. nursing home care.

May 14th, 2021

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5 Essentials of Nursing Orientation

Learn about 5 essentials of nursing orientation and its pivotal role in the competency and retention of newly hired registered nurses, from HealthStream.

May 13th, 2021

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Mandatory Training for Nurses: An Insider’s Assessment

When nurses learn that a mandatory training session has come up, mixed emotions usually occur. There can be excitement about something new, as well as grumbling about a tedious and time-consuming task. The latter response need not be a given.

April 30th, 2021

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10 Ways to Encourage Better Physician Communication

Physicians looking to deliver a superior patient experience must take the time to evaluate how they communicate and commit to practicing new ways of speaking to patients.

April 19th, 2021

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