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The Importance of Effective Communication in Nursing
Registered Nurse Nicole Kraut shares her experiences with HealthStream and how she believes effective communication is most important during patient interactions.
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What is Competence in Healthcare? (Part I)
Competence lies at the heart of any talent management effort in healthcare. Competency is a cornerstone on which a successful healthcare organization is built.
April 19th, 2021
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What Is Cultural Competence in Healthcare?
Now more than ever, healthcare professionals and everyone supporting them in the industry need to work to break down any barriers to care. One way many organizations are making an effort to meet more patients’ needs is to focus on cultural competence.
April 19th, 2021
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Healthcare Trend Watch — Artificial Intelligence (AI) Dramatically Changing Healthcare
Artificial intelligence clearly has the potential to drive meaningful change at numerous points along the healthcare continuum. The most effective deployments of AI in the healthcare space will augment human capabilities, not replace them.
April 17th, 2021
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Understanding Medical Billing Cycles and Solutions
Medical billing is complicated for trained professionals, so why do providers expect patients to understand it without a little help and coaching?
April 16th, 2021
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Understanding The 3 Types of Acute Care & The Staffing Needs of Each
Different patient needs mean there are a variety of care settings, and each has its own unique challenges and requirements when it comes to proper staffing. Here we describe the three types of acute care.
April 16th, 2021
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To Improve Healthcare Quality Outcomes, We Must Focus on Turnover
High turnover rates can have a significantly detrimental impact on hospitals, patients, and healthcare staff. Staff turnover in hospitals is estimated to cost at least two times the pay of a regular employed nurse.
April 16th, 2021
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Setting the Perfect Nurse Rotation Schedule
Making scheduling easier and more efficient for nurses and their mangers can lead to higher levels of engagement and satisfaction and perhaps also improve metrics related to patient experience, quality, and financial performance.
April 16th, 2021
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The New Rules of Healthcare Recruiting: Best Practices
Industry disruption empowers healthcare HR and talent management leaders to create sophisticated processes to attract and engage the right candidates. Hiring the right people has never been more important in this age of radical reform, innovation, and consumerism.
April 15th, 2021
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Three Webinars Focused on Healthcare Revenue Cycle Management
Here are links to three recorded HealthStream webinars about solutions to common challenges in healthcare revenue cycle management.
April 15th, 2021
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The Benefits of a Clinical Ladder Nursing Program
Read how the benefits of a clinical ladder nursing program focuses on advancing careers past novice to retain nurses while gaining higher salaries, from HealthStream.
April 15th, 2021
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Overcoming the Challenges of Fragmented Care
The United States healthcare system has grown increasingly fragmented. Those afflicted by chronic conditions may attend unnecessary appointments, receive confusing and contradictory advice from their doctors, struggle to get to the doctor’s office, and despair at exorbitant out-of-pocket expenses.
April 14th, 2021
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Identifying a Conflict of Interest in Healthcare and How to Prevent Them
A conflict of interest in healthcare can range from the most simple and obvious to extraordinarily complex, as a few examples can demonstrate. Well defined policies and procedures can provide a template for improved understanding and compliance.
April 14th, 2021
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Qualities of a Great Nurse: A Comprehensive List
Learn the qualities that make a great nurse and how these qualities can elevate patient care, strengthen teams, and propel your organization’s success.
April 14th, 2021
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Issues and Trends in Nursing for 2019
Emerging technologies and the demographic impact of an aging population are driving many of the nursing profession changes that we are seeing in 2019.
April 14th, 2021
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Six Recommendations for Non-Medical Caregiver Training for 2020
Non-medical caregiving organizations should think about using training strategically to enhance the skills and services that it offers with an eye to better preparing employees to do their jobs. Here are six specific recommendations of areas to provide focused learning.
April 14th, 2021
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Six Reasons to Prioritize Employee Recognition Over Rewards in Healthcare
Effective recognition occurs when an employee receives authentic feedback from a peer, manager and/or leader as to how his/her actions impacted team objectives or the organization’s purpose. Here are six reasons to prioritize employee recognition over rewards in healthcare.
April 14th, 2021
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New Healthcare Roles Are Emerging to Meet Changing Care Needs
As medicine evolves, new types of doctors and nurses are emerging to meet our system’s changing needs. In some cases, these clinicians are in new specialties that didn’t exist until recently, and demand for some of these physicians is already high.
April 14th, 2021
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Six Ways Healthcare Analytics Can Improve Patient Care
Healthcare analytics has the potential to improve healthcare in ways we are only beginning to realize. Here are some of them that are already becoming reality.
April 14th, 2021
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Six Best Practices for Establishing a Centralized Verification Office: The Experience of Our Lady Health System
The Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System is a five-hospital system in Louisiana with five employed medical groups and a clinically integrated network. Here are six best practices to guide an effort to centralize credentialing across a multi-facility system.