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Improve Healthcare By Performance-Guided Learning

Learn how playing to employees’ strengths through performance-based learning, when properly implemented, can help achieve operational goals from HealthStream

April 01, 2021

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Healthcare Staff Retention Revenue Strategies

This post excerpts the HealthStream article about recruitment and retention strategies to engage and motivate revenue cycle staff.

April 01, 2021

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10 Risks of Nurse Disengagement

Nurse engagement measures the degree to which a nurse is committed to their job, the organization for which they work, and the nursing profession as a whole. When nurses become disengaged, patient care can definitely suffer.

April 01, 2021

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What Was in the Recent CMS Proposed Rule Regarding Phase 3?

CMS has proposed reforming some Phase 3 requirements that fall into three areas: designation and training of the infection preventionist, the compliance and ethics program, and Quality Assurance Performance Improvement (QAPI). What are the impacts of this change?

April 01, 2021

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National Handwashing Awareness Week Brings Attention To A Core Infection-Prevention Protocol

National Handwashing Awareness Week provides the opportunity to bone up on hand health and put into practice a quick and easy way to cut back on germ and virus transmission.

April 01, 2021

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Using Artificial Intelligence to Guide Individualized Healthcare Training and Development

Applying artificial intelligence (AI) to healthcare workplace development can help organizations overcome some of the challenges holding back employees from achieving great outcomes.

April 01, 2021

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World AIDS Day Offers A Chance To Celebrate Successes & Assess The Challenges Ahead

World AIDS Day occurs Dec. 1, 2019 and is the perfect opportunity to assess what the healthcare community is doing around awareness, prevention, and treatment.

April 01, 2021

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Use the International Day of Disabled Persons to Assess Public Accessibility & More

The International Day of Disabled Persons shows how much work needs to be done, both here and around the world, to ensure that everyone has access to, and inclusion within, public structures and activities.

April 01, 2021

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Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month Takes Aim at a Complicated & Elusive Foe

World Pancreatic Cancer Day and Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month are here. Use this time to study your risks and see your physician for routine bloodwork and a checkup.

April 01, 2021

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Clinical Reasoning: Pros & Pitfalls in Healthcare

Clinical reasoning is a valuable and needed skill that nurses and other healthcare providers should cultivate, and also one that can be tricky to master.

April 01, 2021

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Six Tactics That Must Be Applied in Healthcare to the Opioid Abuse Epidemic

This blog post briefly describes six tactical options that need to be employed to go a good way towards supporting the opioid crisis and getting through it.

April 01, 2021

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Take A Deep Breath & Get Involved with Lung Cancer Awareness Month

Lung Cancer Awareness Month is the perfect opportunity to learn more about how to prevent a disease that kills more women that breast cancer.

April 01, 2021

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Great American Smokeout Offers Perfect Opportunity to Kick the Habit

The Great American Smokeout is the American Cancer Society’s annual effort to help Americans stop smoking, and stay stopped, so they can live longer and healthier lives.

April 01, 2021

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Training the Direct Care Workforce to Meet the Needs of Our Aging Population

As all areas of the healthcare workforce expand, the direct care workforce will need the training in the skills and preparation to work with others across the care continuum to support an aging, needier population.

April 01, 2021

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Understanding Core Privileges Form Components & Best Practices

Learn why it's a best practice to organize core privilege forms by specialty and certain components that typically should make up each specialty’s core privilege form.

April 01, 2021

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Gaging the Readiness of New Perinatal Safety Standards of Nurses | HealthStream

HealthStream reveals a survey taken by nurses about the New CMS Perinatal Safety Standards revealed that they are not completely ready for new required measures.

April 01, 2021

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COVID-19 Has Forever Changed Long-Term Care

COVID-19 has wreaked havoc with our nation’s long-term care (LTC) facilities. As this was happening, HealthStream sought to hear directly from providers “on the front lines” to understand their greatest challenges and needs.

April 01, 2021

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The Role of Nurses and Continuum Care Support Staff in Chronic Care Management

Nurses in every setting, as well as CNAs and home care aides, are in an ideal position to manage patients with chronic illnesses, especially when there are multiple overlapping conditions.

April 01, 2021

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National Influenza Vaccination Week Puts Focus on Fast & Easy Prevention

National Influenza Vaccination Week is the time to separate fact from fiction when it comes to influenza, flu shots and how to stay healthy while also protecting those around us.

April 01, 2021

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Three Guidelines for Communication with a Patient’s Loved Ones

Delivering great care and achieving better outcomes requires the ability of healthcare professionals to communicate successfully and meaningfully with a patient’s family and other loved ones. Here are some guidelines for improved family communication.

April 01, 2021