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Straight Talk with Patients about Billing

It’s not always easy to talk about money with patients. Having the right conversation, at the right time, in the right way, can better serve patients’ needs, increase compliance, and reduce problems throughout the revenue cycle.

April 01, 2021

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The Skilled Nursing Facility 30-Day All Cause Readmission: What’s Next?

Learn how medical pro providers have begun to take a closer look at hospital readmissions that occur within 30 days of discharge, from HealthStream.

April 01, 2021

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Shining a Light on the Physician Payments Sunshine Act

By the early 2000s, research started to show that even small gifts, such as the pens and mugs that were routinely given to physicians, could influence prescribing patterns. This led to significant changes to some pharmaceutical marketing practices.

April 01, 2021

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Taking the Pulse of HR Executives to Understand the Workforce Environment

HealthStream conducted a survey of healthcare HR executives and asked for their opinions on talent acquisition plans and priorities for the 2016 calendar year. The survey revealed how acquisition strategies are taking center stage for many organizations as the competition for quality nurses is heating up.

April 01, 2021

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Optimize Interviewing as Part of Your Healthcare Talent Management Strategy

An effective interviewing program is a foundational element of any healthcare talent acquisition process. All organizations interview candidates, but few do it effectively.

April 01, 2021

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7 Steps to Implement a Digital Rounding Solution in Healthcare

When implementing a digital rounding solution, leadership must spend considerable time researching their options, understanding all technical requirements, and strategizing to get the most out of their investment.

April 01, 2021

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Adopting a High-Potential Healthcare Leadership Model

Healthcare organizations can use research about leadership to identify and sustain a pipeline of leadership talent across leadership roles. This article contains practical applications for enhancing your organization’s talent management capabilities:

April 01, 2021

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Advancing Nursing Practice in Care Coordination and Transition Management

The time has come to advance the practice of registered nurses to include care coordination and to manage the transition of patients between settings of care, from acute care to the many ambulatory settings and the community.

April 01, 2021

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Focus on Physician Relationships to Achieve Better Patient and Financial Outcomes

Bethesda Health CFO Joanna Aquilina shares her belief that the key to achieving good patient and financial outcomes is strong physician relationships. She highlights the importance of every CFO’s commitment to this end.

April 01, 2021

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Changing Times May Lead to Disruptive Transitions for Non-Acute Care

Harris stresses the importance for non-acute and post-acute care to re-engineer processes and embrace technology and collaboration to find new ways in which to support community-based services.

April 01, 2021

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Accelerate the Improvement of Your Healthcare Workforce with Learning: eBook

Improving outcomes is top of mind for everyone in healthcare. One really good place to start this effort is to focus on your workforce. The eBook addresses building the skills and competency of existing staff to more quickly realize increases in care quality, experiences, and operations.

April 01, 2021

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Resources for Tackling Challenges Across the Care Continuum

The landscape of care across the continuum continues to gain importance. We’ve assembled these resources where you can explore HealthStream’s goal to make the hard, care-filled work you do each day easier and even more effective.

April 01, 2021

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Improve Outcomes by Breathing New Life into Resuscitation Training: eBook

Though the components of high-quality CPR seem simple enough--chest compressions and ventilation, high-quality CPR is actually difficult. The survival rates for sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) remain relatively low, ranging from just 2 to 11%. We can do better.

April 01, 2021

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The Joy of Working with Millennials in Healthcare

The millennials in our healthcare workforce have challenged the rest of us to reconsider how we have “always done things.” They want ongoing coaching and development and not a one-time per year annual evaluation and training.

April 01, 2021

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eBook: The Dollars are in the Details

Looming changes in the healthcare landscape will significantly impact every healthcare organization’s bottom line. HealthStream’s new eBook explores some of these issues and offers insight and best practices for navigating through the changes with success.

April 01, 2021

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HealthStream Customers Named as Winners of 2017 Awards of Excellence

April 01, 2021

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Two Moments That Matter For a Patient Receiving Care

For most patients, healthcare is not a daily or yearly event in their lives. When it comes to interactions with a physician, a patient has two very important moments that matter.

April 01, 2021

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Using Digital Rounding as a Best Practice for Improving Patient Safety

Successful patient safety initiatives improve patient lives and outcomes. Although it may be hard for hospitals to successfully implement changes in workflow to enhance patient safety, technology like digital rounding can make it easier to achieve.

April 01, 2021

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Preparing Your Practice for Value-Based Care: Five Best Practices

With your Medicare reimbursement at risk based on your participation in the Quality Payment Program this year, it’s critical that you start now. Don’t leave money on the table by failing to prepare

April 01, 2021

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Patient Safety is Improving: Some Positive Indications of Progress

The most recent National Healthcare QDR cites that measures of patient safety improved, with a 17 percent reduction in HACs.

April 01, 2021

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