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Is Your Physician Practice Leaving Money on the Table? Thinking About MIPS

The stakes will keep getting higher for physicians who are not reporting quality measures. Shouldn’t you start preparing for MIPS participation and compliance?

October 23rd, 2023

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Unveiling the Science: Behind the Scenes of CE Construction

Today’s CE has to be effective, comprehensive and well-trusted. To learn more about HealthStream’s CE Unlimited, reach out to HealthStream today for a demo.

October 18th, 2023

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Deliver the best patient care by optimizing nurse staffing standards

Nurses play a critical role in delivering patients the care they need. Patient safety is always the priority in the healthcare industry, and part of that goal relies on adequate staffing procedures.

October 17th, 2023

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Prescription for Success: 10 Reasons to Invest in a Healthcare-Specific Learning Management System

Learn how to achieve healthcare competency with a healthcare-specific learning management system (LMS). This involves regulatory compliance, medical training, and more.

October 17th, 2023

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Empowering Healthcare Excellence: The Significance of a Healthcare Specific Learning Management System

The healthcare industry is growing in size and scope and it's important to take the right steps to capitalize on the opportunities with a proper learning management system.

October 17th, 2023

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MDS Changes are Coming - What You Need to Know

The most significant changes to the MDS in the last decade will go into effect on October 1st. Due to far reaching impacts of the MDS process, leaders need to prepare now. Contact HealthStream today to learn more about how to meet these new requirements.

October 16th, 2023

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Leading a Diverse Workforce in the Healthcare Industry

Creating a welcoming environment for staff and patients alike typically will not happen without an intentional plan to build diversity, equity and inclusion. Contact HealthStream today to learn more about the tools that can help.

October 6th, 2023

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Accelerating Competency Development with AI

AI can help healthcare leaders develop personalized learning plans that can help ensure confidence in your nursing staff's ability to provide safe, competent care. jane can help you deliver personalized education plans for every nurse in your organization while CE Unlimited provides thousands of educational courses that can help close gaps in clinical knowledge and judgement. Reach out to HealthStream today to learn how these resources can support competency development in your organization.

October 3rd, 2023

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Combat nursing turnover with self-scheduling model

Nurse turnover rates have been rising at an alarming pace over the past few years and that has prompted many hospitals to devise new strategies for nurse retention.

September 28th, 2023

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Three Components for Advancing Health Equity and Belonging in Healthcare

If you are not yet confident that your organization has a successful strategy for building a culture that supports health equity and belonging, reach out to HealthStream today to learn more about how Health Equity and Belonging Education can help move your organization closer to becoming an organization that supports all of the healthcare needs of the community it serves and supports employees.

September 27th, 2023

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The Pursuit of Nursing Excellence Through Consistent, Standardized Training and Orientation Practices

Effective orientation is foundational to nursing excellence and HealthStream and AACN can help your organization establish an orientation program that will instill a sense of excellence among your nursing staff while helping to attract and retain top nursing talent.

September 26th, 2023

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CredentialMyDocᵀᴹ: An Interview with the Experts

In today's fast-paced world, efficiency is key, especially in the healthcare industry. CredentialMyDoc by HealthStream® has emerged as a game-changing solution for medical groups seeking to simplify their credentialing and provider enrollment processes. We recently sat down with Ashlyn Tyson, Associate Product Manager at HealthStream, to learn more about the latest enhancements to this innovative web-based platform. In our chat, Ashlyn shares how CredentialMyDoc is continuing to revolutionize the way medical groups manage credentialing and provider enrollment.

September 22nd, 2023

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Floating Employees During Flu Season - How to Let ShiftWizard Guide Your Scheduling Decisions

As flu season approaches along with the threat of staffing shortages, the challenges of managing nursing and other healthcare staff scheduling are emerging as even more urgent priorities. The good news is that centralized staffing solutions can help leaders ensure safe, seamless care for patients while also providing a solution that will engage employees. Click here for a demo of HealthStream’s ShiftWizard.

August 31st, 2023

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From Paper to Pixel - The Digital Checklist Advantage

Moving from paper to pixel for checklist management can reduce errors, improve consistency and reduce management time. HealthStream’s Checklist is easy to implement with dedicated success managers that can help assist in the digital transition by reviewing existing checklists and making recommendations and helping to build checklists for quick and easy access.

August 28th, 2023

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6 Tips to Make a Smooth Transition to a New Scheduling Solution

Changes in the workplace can indeed be hard for staff. Employees have a lack of knowledge about what to expect and a fear of the unknown, and they will question why the change is occurring. It is important for managers to understand this and to be prepared to address all of these issues. Here are six tips on how to coordinate a smooth transition to a new scheduling solution in your facility.

August 21st, 2023

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Innovations in Interoperability with HealthStream

HealthStream has created the foundation for interoperability and offers a significant upside for customers and developers who can build on HealthStream’s 30 years of hard work and development. All of the systems working together makes them stronger and can result in safer, more compliant and more efficient healthcare.

August 17th, 2023

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Strategies to Succeed as a New Chief Nursing Officer

The role of today’s CNO has expanded quite significantly. This leader needs excellent business skills, a solid grasp of financial and accounting principles, plus technical expertise with various software. As Healthcare Finance News reports, “Today’s CNO must be as comfortable talking about methods to improve productivity and reporting and the strategic importance (or lack thereof) of an IT initiative as they are about patient care initiatives.”

August 11th, 2023

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Understanding Expertise vs. Specialties in the Healthcare Industry

In this blog post, we outline several considerations to help healthcare organizations understand the distinction between expertise and specialties, and how they relate to privileging and branding of healthcare providers.

August 9th, 2023

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10 Pitfalls of Healthcare Compliance and How to Avoid Them

Healthcare leaders know that ineffective compliance programs create risk, but if they cannot pinpoint what ineffective compliance actually looks like, it becomes difficult to build an effective compliance program. HealthStream and their industry expert partners have identified the top 10 most common compliance pitfalls.

August 9th, 2023

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3 quick wins for critical access hospitals to strengthen their operations

Harnessing 'quick wins' can be a powerful strategy for critical access hospitals (CAHs) to bolster their operations and ease the financial and staffing strains that they encounter in a persistently challenging healthcare environment.

August 7th, 2023

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