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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.
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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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Maximize Nursing Excellence with Standardized Training and Orientation
Achieve nursing excellence with standardized training and orientation practices. Explore strategies for consistent, high-quality training that enhance patient care and support professional growth.
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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How to make nurse self-scheduling a win for everyone
Employee self-scheduling is a valuable tool for improving work-life balance and enhancing job satisfaction for nurses, and it frees up time for managers to do other tasks besides scheduling. Therefore, leadership should prioritize it as part of their workforce environment.
August 4th, 2023
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What the HIMSS 2022 Cybersecurity Survey Means for Your Organization
Employees represent your organization’s first line of defense against cyber-attacks. HealthStream’s Security Awareness Solution can help protect your organization by equipping employees to recognize potential security threats.
July 27th, 2023
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The Changing Role of Healthcare HR Leaders: New Strategies to Recruit and Retain the Next Generation Workforce
HealthStream’s ShiftWizard can be an important part of your organization’s strategy to address retention and recruitment while creating engagement and reducing burnout. Reach out to HealthStream today to schedule a demo.
July 13th, 2023
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Updated 2023 Staff-to-Provider Ratios in Medical Staff Credentialing
Updated research highlights several variables that come into play when determining the appropriate Staff-to-Provider Ratios in Medical Staff Credentialing. Get the details in this post.
July 11th, 2023
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The Dire Need for Interoperability in HealthCare
Creating interoperability in healthcare will require more than just technology. All of the unique requirements of the healthcare industry need to be understood in order to build a platform that will work for providers, regardless of setting. It will also be important to remove the remaining silos of proprietary data and financial self-interest to build a platform that will allow providers to make better decisions about patient care.
July 10th, 2023
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The ART Program: Equipping Nurses with Critical Skills to Anticipate and Respond to Patient Deterioration
The ART Program can reduce preventable deaths by changing how providers think and also changing clinical practice. Reach out to HealthStream today to learn more about how the ART Program can reduce the number of cardiac arrests and improve survival rates.
July 6th, 2023
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The Power of Evidence-Based Resources for Effective Onboarding and Retention
Retention begins with building a strong foundation of investment in nurses. Contact HealthStream today to learn more about how providing evidence-based nursing content can become part of your organizations strategy to attract and retain nursing staff.
July 6th, 2023
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The Importance of Background Checks in Healthcare: Ensuring Patient Safety and Reducing Organizational Risk
This blog post explores background checks in healthcare, the elements included in them, and the considerations organizations should keep in mind when developing their background check policies.