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Effects of poor communication between nurses & doctors & other providers
Learn how the effects of poor communication in healthcare between nurses, healthcare professionals, and providers occur for a variety of reasons from HealthStream.
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Best Practices for Creating a Healthcare Compliance Training Program
Effective compliance training that incorporates the best practices contained in this blog post and the more extensive article on which it is based can help employees understand their obligations and make every staff member an extension of the compliance team.
April 1st, 2021
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How to Become a Healthcare Compliance Officer
The career outlook for healthcare compliance careers is very promising. A few years ago, The Wall Street Journal labeled compliance officer the hottest job in America.
April 1st, 2021
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What Are Some of the Typical Positions in Healthcare Compliance?
Compliance jobs exist across many industries, but job duties and responsibilities for them are remarkably similar, regardless of where you work. . Here some of the typical positions representative of a healthcare compliance program.
April 1st, 2021
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Palliative Care Vs. Hospice Care—How They Differ
Palliative care and hospice care are often mentioned together, which can lead to confusion about what each one entails. Lack of knowledge, especially about palliative care, may hamper the many benefits of these services for those who most need them.
April 1st, 2021
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Reducing Readmission Rates in Healthcare
Hospital readmissions affect staffing, revenue and care quality. But, readmission rates vary greatly by hospital and by state, providing us with an indication that we might have the opportunity to reduce rates by improving hospital processes. Learn more.
April 1st, 2021
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What Are the Levels of Hospice Care?
Patients in hospice care may need differing hospice levels of care, as the impact of disease progresses or their health condition worsens. Every type of hospice care is appropriate when an illness is not responding to medical attempts to cure it or to slow the disease's progress.
April 1st, 2021
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Understanding the Primary Nursing Care Model
Explore the Primary Nursing Care Model. Understand its benefits, principles, and implementation to enhance patient care and nursing satisfaction.
April 1st, 2021
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3 Guidelines for Mentoring New Graduate Nurses
Learn how to be successful at mentoring nurses, one must refrain from providing too much assistance or too little in the effort, from HealthStream.
April 1st, 2021
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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 1st, 2021
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Millennial, Gen X, & Baby Boomers, How do Their Work Ethics Differ
Understand the variance in work ethics, approach to authority, and collaboration among Baby Boomers, Generation X, and Millennials in healthcare.
April 1st, 2021
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Introducing Jane — The First Digital Nurse Advisor
HealthStream has introduced the Jane™, the first-ever AI-based competency assessment solution using a conversational format, to help quickly and accurately onboard both new and experienced nurses.
April 1st, 2021
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Home or Facility? The Pros and Cons of In-Home Medical Care
There is no “one size fits all’ option for deciding who can receive in-home health care vs. moving to a care facility, but by exploring specific needs, costs and local option, a plan of action can be created.
April 1st, 2021
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Home Health Care vs. Hospital Care
The move toward value-based care may have us seeing home health care as a treatment option with even more benefits for patients and outcomes. Cost, clinical results and patient comfort may support providing higher levels of care at home.
April 1st, 2021
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11 Clinical Privileging Best Practices
Peruse our review of best practices related to defining and formatting clinical privileges from AI to mentoring in internal medicine, from HealthStream.
April 1st, 2021
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Recognizing Religious Beliefs in Healthcare
Given the wide range of religion practices across our national population, it is no wonder that healthcare providers and systems are often challenged by delivering care that meets and honors the religious needs of patients and their families.
April 1st, 2021
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Use Feedback to Improve Engagement in the Healthcare Workplace
Millennials make up the largest generation working in healthcare, and their numbers and predominance will only continue to grow. That’s why it is important for healthcare managers to learn how to make regular communication about performance work, specifically for millennials.
April 1st, 2021
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The Economic & Emotional Cost of Hospital Readmissions | HealthStream
Learn how the cost of hospital readmissions by definition is enormous and Medicare & CMS is working to reduce this amount, from HealthStream.
April 1st, 2021
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The ABCs of Credentialing & Life Support Certifications
HealthStream covers why it is an important that health care staff and credentialing professionals learn about establishing requirements for basic life support.
April 1st, 2021
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Improving Communication in the Emergency Room
While communication is extremely important in every healthcare environment, the Emergency Room stands out as one where communication success is critical, especially when saving lives can be a matter of quick decisions and responses within minutes or hours.