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Is Magnet® Designation Worth It?

I get asked this question or some version of it frequently: “Is a Magnet® journey really worth the time, money, and stress it takes to be successful?” Without any reservation I can honestly say YES! My journey to Magnet® was not as an early adopter. In the early 2000s my CNO announced at a Director’s meeting that we “had applied for Magnet®…and wasn’t that great!”

April 01, 2021

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Helping Physicians Succeed in an ICD-10 World: White Paper

As the healthcare industry draws closer to the go-live date, ICD-10 remains a polarizing topic among healthcare professionals. While some healthcare organizations are actively preparing for a strategic rollout, others are, more or less, bracing for impact. In April 2012, the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services (CMS) extended the ICD-10 (the International Classification of Diseases, tenth revision) implementation deadline to October 1, 2014 at the request of some physicians, hospitals, and other industry stakeholders.

April 01, 2021

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Never Stop Improving: The Importance of Nurse Competency

Learn how the importance of always improving nurse competency is paramount to cultivating a positive patient experience, from HealthStream.

April 01, 2021

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Critical Care Online Training Resources: Valuable or Meaningless?

The answer to the above controversial question is that it depends upon two critical factors: how effectively online educational courses are utilized by institutional leaders and educators that purchase and assign offerings to their constituents and how seriously individual users learn and apply the content to enhance their clinical competency and patient outcomes.

April 01, 2021

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Implementation Tips for Healthcare Learning Management Systems

Getting ready to start an HealthStream Learning Center (HLC), HealthStream Competency Center (HCC), or HealthStream Performance Center (HPC) implementation? These three products can help improve how your organization provides healthcare as well as how you manage the people who provide it.

April 01, 2021

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The Importance of Nurse Competency Testing and On-Going Education

It might surprise many to know that the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has reported that one out of every 25 patients in US hospitals are said to have been harmed by medical care. This stunning statistic accentuates the need to develop a clinical staff that is providing optimal care at all times.

April 01, 2021

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Creating a Learning Culture in Healthcare

One of the responsibilities of a leader, especially in healthcare, is to create a learning culture where employees are at the very least technically competent and ideally at the cutting edge of their respective disciplines. With strong leadership, employees are never permitted to rest on their laurels regardless of age or length of employment. Nobody is permitted to practice OJR (on-the-job-retirement).

April 01, 2021

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The Tragic Importance of Sepsis Training

For those of you who want to read a personal story about why hospitals are all focusing on Stopping Sepsis and Surviving Sepsis--the link below is about a 12-year old boy who died a few months ago of sepsis because the signs of early sepsis weren’t recognized by the healthcare providers. Not many things can take out a healthy 12 year old boy in 4 days – but sepsis can. The last paragraphs of the article can really break your heart.

April 01, 2021

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Use Performance Management in Healthcare, Support Employee Engagement

Employee engagement continues to be a hot topic in healthcare, and we are excited to have Michael Cohen share how performance management is a necessary part of the process. Check out Michael's checklist below, and ensure you have the most engaged staff possible at your facility.

April 01, 2021

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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 01, 2021

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What is Competence in Healthcare? (Part II)

While competency evaluation is obviously a tool for developing clinical and non-clinical staff, secondary – and equally important – goals of competency evaluation are to create business alignment among nursing, ancillary, and facility support staff.

April 01, 2021

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Enforcement Compliance Is Targeting Home Health, Hospice, and Nursing Homes

Federal and state governments continue their close scrutiny of the Continuum care/post-acute sector. Here we discuss compliance risk areas and CIA in this part of the healthcare industry.

April 01, 2021

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Many Healthcare Staff Depart to Improve Compensation and Benefits

The opportunity to improve compensation and benefits by going to a job elsewhere is a powerful motivator, creating a serious challenge for healthcare employee retention.

April 01, 2021

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The Challenge of Translating Healthcare Regulations into Training Curricula

Providers across the healthcare continuum need to be certain they are compliant with all the regulations that apply to them as well as their individual clinicians.

April 01, 2021

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The What, Where, & Why Of Coding Audits

Understanding the what, where, and why of coding audits provides a deeper understanding of what they are designed to do and the many benefits they offer to healthcare providers and systems.

April 01, 2021

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Celebrate National Nurses Week 2019 with a Renewed Focus on Training and Continuing Education

As we celebrate Nurses Week 2019, take a look at the facility’s training and continuing education platforms to see what’s working, what’s not and what’s missing to help nurses and all caregivers do their best work.

April 01, 2021

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Sometimes a Healthcare Employee Leaves Due to Something about the Job Itself

Many people leave healthcare jobs because they dislike something about the position. Doing a better job with job previews and setting expectations is important during the hiring process.

April 01, 2021

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Labor and Unemployment Considerations for Healthcare Turnover

Because the United States has a predominantly service-based economy, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics also tells us that jobs in healthcare and social assistance are expected to drive a significant portion of the job growth during the near future.

April 01, 2021

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How Leadership Styles in Healthcare Impact a Staff

Research has identified a wide range of leadership styles. What is the best one for your organization and how do you develop leaders that will help build a great healthcare organization?

April 01, 2021

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The Impact of High-Deductible Health Plans: Broader Coverage and Depressed Outcomes

Though the Affordable Care Act enabled tens of thousands who had been uninsured to get coverage, it has not done much to dent the insurance cost for those who don’t qualify for subsidies—and has also led to a vast expansion in the number of high-deductible plans.

April 01, 2021