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Lifelong Learning in Nursing Is Vital

Learn why an interest in lifelong learning in nursing is considered to be an element of professionalism for anyone working in healthcare, from HealthStream.

March 24, 2023

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Upcoming Changes to HIPAA – What You Need to Know Now

Some big changes to HIPAA are expected to be announced within the next few weeks. You can begin to prepare your organization now by familiarizing your team with the proposed new rule and training employees on how to comply with the updated requirements.

March 22, 2023

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An Innovative Integration for a Single Source of Truth

It’s time to take control of the way you and your team handle staffing decisions. By utilizing this innovative partnership with Workday and ShiftWizard™, you’ll be able to leverage your time and attendance data to make real-time, cost-effective productivity decisions.

March 22, 2023

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Optimize Competency While Reducing EMS Training Costs

Recent changes in regulations governing how and where EMS training is provided have paved the way for EMS organizations to optimize their team’s competency while also reducing their training costs.

March 21, 2023

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HealthStream Partners Addressing Top Healthcare Technology Hazards

The right educational tools can help your organization, retain, and engage employees. They can also help reduce the risks associated with healthcare technology hazards. Creating a safety culture begins with education. Our premier partner network can help your organization fully educate staff about their responsibilities when using unsafe devices or equipment.

March 20, 2023

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How Nurse Leaders Can Ensure Fairness in Workforce Scheduling

Having an effective and healthcare-specific workforce scheduling system is an essential component to helping nurse leaders foster a fair and inclusive environment for their staff.

March 20, 2023

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A Foundational Need for Safe, Quality Care

Google and YouTube are poor substitutes for safe, reliable access to trusted information on clinical best practices. In the absence of alternatives, you nursing and allied health staff may turn to these sources. EBSCO and HealthStream can put an entire library of clinical decision and support skills in their hands right where they need it most – at the patient bedside – or anywhere else for that matter – ensuring that your patients get safe, high-quality care for every patient every time.

March 20, 2023

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New Joint Commission Standards to Reduce Healthcare Disparities – What You Need to Know

The new Joint Commission standards will apply to acute care hospitals, ambulatory care, behavioral health, critical access hospitals, and human services organizations. Healthcare organizations can begin preparing to meet the new requirements now.

March 17, 2023

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Make CE Easy!

CE should be part of your organization’s strategy to attract, retain and develop nurses and allied health professionals. HealthStream’s CE Unlimited is a practical way to put robust, customizable clinical information in the hands of your clinical team. It can also mean significant savings in costs and administrative time and effort for your organization.

March 14, 2023

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Reduce Credentialing and Provider Enrollment Timeframes with CredentialMyDoc™

Streamlining your credentialing and enrollment processes will deliver increased efficiency while allowing you to provide the best care possible. Here’s how CredentialMyDoc can help.

March 14, 2023

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The Impact of Unconscious Bias on Healthcare

Unconscious bias often leads to false assumptions and negative outcomes for minority groups in the healthcare setting. We must focus on reducing the impact of unconscious biases on physician-patient interactions, which contributes to health disparities.

March 14, 2023

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Acuity-based scheduling: A promising strategy for optimizing patient care

There are multiple variables to balance when constructing shift schedules for healthcare staff. One key factor for hospital managers to consider is patient acuity, and yet there is much discussion about how to consider it when making staffing decisions.

March 02, 2023

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Ten Trends for 2023: Rising Temperatures and Generational Changes

Not all the top ten trends for 2023 have their roots in the pandemic. Climate change is becoming increasingly relevant to health and safety, meaning that healthcare leaders need to understand that impact and develop strategies to address the resulting health and safety issues created by this threat. As staffing was, is, and will continue to be a major issue in healthcare, leaders will also need to understand the unique characteristics of Generation Z as they join the workforce.

February 24, 2023

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Ten Trends for 2023: CMS Cuts and Other Disruptors

Changes in physician reimbursement and a renewed focus on the industry from key healthcare disruptors are two of the top ten trends for healthcare leaders to monitor. Both are likely to drive additional changes in how and where care is delivered.

February 23, 2023

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Not the Same Old Shift: Solving healthcare staffing needs with Workday and ShiftWizard

Workday and ShiftWizard share data that can help leaders make informed staffing decisions and easily determine staffing needs while engaging employees with self-scheduling opportunities. In addition, the integration between these two solutions helps to ensure better recording of time and attendance and a reduction of payroll errors.

February 22, 2023

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Performance Privileges - The Value of ​Volume Data

Gathering massive amounts of data allows organizations to compare themselves more accurately to other “like” organizations. Learn about volume data and how it can be used to help provide the best in patient care.

February 15, 2023

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Nurse Strikes are Scary, but License Verification Doesn’t Have to be

Nurse strikes are becoming more common. Learn how HR teams can expedite license verifications for temporary resources with Workforce Validate.

February 13, 2023

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Test blog for style fixes

Healthcare is becoming more complex and specialized, with increased demand for complex health services and fast adoption of new methods. These trends have forced providers take a multidisciplinary approach to healthcare, including a greater need for effective, integrative teams.

February 13, 2023

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APIs in Healthcare Learning

You’ve likely heard that APIs can magically transform business, reduce waste, speed processes, and improve bottom lines. What does this mean for healthcare, and specifically for healthcare learning? Let’s explore the advantages of using APIs and some specific use cases to illustrate the wide variety of ways in which they can help transform your learning workflows.

February 08, 2023

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Ten Trends for 2023: Hospital at Home and Integration of Behavioral Health and Primary Care

COVID-19 continues to make its mark on healthcare, but not all COVID-19 changes were temporary or negative. Providing acute-care to patients in their homes and integrating behavioral health and primary care are important innovations that have been fast-tracked as a result of the pandemic. The remaining 4 trends will be covered in future blogs.

February 02, 2023