While very different, physical rehabilitation and restorative healthcare are complementary to one another. Restorative healthcare is essential to helping patients maintain the gains made through physical rehabilitation.
National data on maternal death and injury make it clear that there is plenty of room for improvement. There are some tools and strategies that can help providers reduce risk and provide better outcomes for their patients.
POEP is a comprehensive orientation and educational tool that can help providers reduce risk and provide better outcomes for mothers and babies.
COVID-19 has made healthcare transformation very important, and here are 5 leadership strategies CEOs have identified to implement transformational change in healthcare.
Over the past three to five years, there has been an explosion of the development of CVOs in health systems, largely due to the proliferation of health systems. Here are five lessons learned from CVOs that operate successfully.
The new HealthStream Community is a direct response to requests from valued customers. You asked for on-demand information and resources for HealthStream products, and we’ve delivered. Learn how to use the new community and your network to get the most out of your HealthStream partnership.
The reality is that negative ER experiences don’t necessarily have to happen—we already know some of the solutions that can be put in place to improve most visits to the ER. Here are a few of them.
There is tremendous room for improvement in how healthcare operates. The lack of efficiency in the industry is a waste of resources that could be devoted to better care and helping more people and may even contribute to poor outcomes. Here are some suggestions to improve healthcare efficiency.
Managing the credentialing process can be tedious, but it is essential. The right processes and software can help organizations to manage credentialing efficiently.
In addition to requiring a great deal of time and attention from nurse managers, inefficient scheduling processes can seriously impact nurses’ work environment and satisfaction. It is possible for healthcare organizations to adopt solutions that make the scheduling process work better for nurse managers.
To improve and sustain better clinical and business outcomes, healthcare organizations must improve their solutions for nurse scheduling. Here are some of the features an optimal nurse scheduling solution should have.
When a nurse scheduling solution fails to work smoothly, it isn’t just the frontline nurses who are affected. As the staff members responsible for creating and maintaining the master nursing schedule, nurse managers have some specific pain points that occur frequently.
Effective healthcare leaders come in all shapes and sizes, and they are far from cookie-cutter people, so knowing what some common traits are is helpful when exploring what type of person will work best at a facility.
The opioid crisis continues to rage across the United States, but all the news is not grim thanks to robust efforts around tightened access, education and treatment.
Understand how to prevent the spread of the three most common blood-borne pathogens. Know the essential elements in the creation of a safety culture that will minimize the risks of exposure to blood borne pathogens for employees and patients.
For the healthcare workforce, millennials should be top of mind. Already the largest generational group in the workforce, they'll soon be the majority of all employees, exceeding 50% next year. For retention success, technology and organizations with social responsibility efforts are two key areas requiring focus.
Thyroid Awareness Month is a good time to explore the hard work that this little-known organ does, and how it can affect you if it is not functioning properly.
Here is a list of 3 ways nursing management can improve communication to quit overwhelming staff with information and contact, from HealthStream.
Learn the importance of understanding the intricacies and responses required for companies and people who encounter sexual abuse and harassment.
Here are 5 ways nurses as advocates for patients, themselves, their profession, and healthcare as a whole can be a great benefit to all involved.
