Are Healthcare Organizations Prepared for E/M Coding Changes?

HealthStream surveyed healthcare organization about the very recent E/M coding changes. Not only did most respondents think the changes are important, but most are prepared for them to a significant degree.

Top 10 All-Time HealthStream Blogs in 2020

In 2020 HealthStream’s 10 most popular blog posts of all time ranged across a variety of subjects, from nurse communication, to defining nurse informatics and important skills for nursing, to understanding more about healthcare revenue cycle and compliance.

Top 10 HealthStream Blogs Published in 2020

HealthStream’s 10 most popular 2020 blog posts ranged across a variety of subjects, from COVID-19 specifics to nurse burnout, training, and specialties. In addition, improving healthcare outcomes was an underlying message.

Laying the Foundation for an Engaging Nurse Residency Program

HealthStream’s Nurse Residency tools can help your organization build the kind of residency program that will aid in recruitment, build retention in the critical first two years of practice and create a culture of lifelong learning via engaging, customized learning programs.

Five Predictions for the Near Future of Nurse Training and Education

The COVID-19 pandemic is having a big impact on the field of nursing. Here are some predictions that nurse leaders and experts are making about new directions for nurse learning for the next few years, and possibly beyond.

Care Management vs. Case Management

Patients with multiple chronic health conditions struggle to manage their own care, requiring outside professionals to oversee their healthcare. Here we look at the differences between care management and case management—two processes that apply to care oversight and better outcomes.

How Effective Case Management Reduces Readmission Rates

For clinicians serving people with chronic healthcare conditions, providing effective treatment is complex. With coordination of healthcare more important than ever, this has led to the growing use of case managers, especially to combat readmissions and the CMS penalties connected to them.

Four Ways to Encourage Continuous Learning in Nurses

Because nursing is one of the many professions that is changing rapidly in terms of complexity and the technology involved, creating an expectation and culture of lifelong learning for nurses is essential for improving outcomes and the employee experience.

Why Are Black Women More Likely to Die from Childbirth?

Not only are U.S. mortality rates for mothers-to-be and babies the highest among our developed country peers, but African American mothers and their infants experience mortality rates far higher than for any other part of the population.

Find New Nurse Graduate Residency Programs

A new grad nurse residency program is key to laying the foundation for the development of competence, confidence, and clinical judgment in new nurses. They help bridge the gap for new graduate nurses between formal schooling and full-time nursing careers.

The Cost of a Healthcare Data Breach

A healthcare data breach involves serious costs, whether financial in terms of fines and legal judgments, as well as the cost of administering the training required by a corporate integrity agreement (CIA). This blog post looks at some of this costs, why breaches commonly occur, and what to do about them.

Ten Top Trends: Organizations Should Seek Solutions to Optimize their Revenue Cycle.

HealthStream’s 2021 Top Trends webinar found COVID-19’s financial impact is daunting. To ensure top quality care, organizations should seek solutions to optimize their revenue cycle.

Looking to Attract and Retain Top Nursing Talent? Here’s How.

HealthStream’s Nurse Residency Solution can help your organization build a residency program that will aid in recruitment, build retention in the critical first two years of practice and create a culture of lifelong learning via engaging, customized learning programs.

Post COVID-19 Nurse Retention Strategies

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a terrible impact on nurses, many of whom have been and continue to be on the frontlines of care during this crisis. Healthcare organizations need to be thinking about nurse retention strategies for clinicians questioning their professional choices post pandemic.

Record Numbers Applying for Medical and Clinical Programs in Response to COVID-19

For those considering entering the medical profession, the heroism and sacrifice of those on the caring frontlines, especially in the face of the coronavirus, is an inspiration. There are some indications that medical school and nursing school applications may have surged as a result.