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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 11, 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 09, 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 09, 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 07, 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 04, 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 27, 2023

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Unveiling Transparency: The COI Role of CMS Open Payments Data

The CMS Open Payments Program serves as a valuable tool to validate self-disclosures made by healthcare professionals: By cross-referencing self-disclosed data with CMS data, organizations can identify unreported financial relationships that may pose a conflict of interest and, ultimately, cause risk to the organization.

July 25, 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 13, 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 11, 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 10, 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 06, 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 06, 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.

June 27, 2023

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Simplify License Verification with Workforce Validate

It is easy to get started with Workforce Validate. hStream subscribers can fully implement Workforce Validate’s License Product in a matter of days as there is no additional cost and most information required for implementation already resides within hStream. Contact HealthStream today to schedule a demo of Workforce Validate.

June 26, 2023

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Improving Obstetrical Outcomes and Decreasing Hospital Risk

Quality OB can help your organization to minimize adverse patient outcomes along with the resulting risk while also improving OB nurse confidence when caring for patients with high-risk, low-volume diagnoses. Contact HealthStream today for a demo.

June 26, 2023

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The Importance of Curbing Nurses Turnover Rates

Learn why curbing nurses turnover rate is important for care quality in medical facilities, especially in nursing homes, from HealthStream.

June 21, 2023

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How Video Learning created lifesaving training with HealthStream’s Media Center

Training more people, training them faster and doing it at a lower cost is a priority in most healthcare organizations. HealthStream’s Media Center can help you address this need in an engaging and cost-effective way. Reach out to HealthStream today to learn more or schedule a demo.

June 20, 2023

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Level Up Your Leaders – A Conversation with Chartis

Leveling up leaders is important work. HealthStream has quality and compliance solutions that can help organizations create and retain board-ready leaders.

June 16, 2023

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Enhance revenue cycle automation efforts with robust professional development

Revenue cycle staffing has changed significantly since the pandemic began – from remote work to the “Great Resignation,” healthcare facilities have had to shift gears to keep up with expectations for staff engagement and retention. At the same time, hospitals are looking to automation of revenue cycle tasks to improve billing, reduce claim denials, and increase efficiency.

June 09, 2023

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10 Key Findings from our 2023 Annual Report on Medical Staff Credentialing

1,181 medical services professionals (MSPs) were surveyed for our 2023 Annual Report on Medical Staff Credentialing. Process Improvement and Provider Data Management initiatives continued to be rated as the most important initiatives at their organizations. Read on for more detail on their top priorities.

June 08, 2023