A Healthcare Education Solution Focused on the Opioid Crisis

HealthStream and the National Quality Forum (NQF) have partnered to create the NQF Opioid Stewardship Fundamentals online training course, an educational series that follows the seven fundamental actions of the National Quality Partners (NQP) Playbook: Opioid Stewardship.

The Impact of COVID-19 on Healthcare Performance Reviews

How COVID-19 has changed healthcare’s approach to performance reviews is the focus of an article featuring HealthStream’s Brad Weeks, Director Platform Solutions, and Megan Gibson, Manager, Success Management. This blog post is the first of several excerpts from that article.

The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Importance of Opioid Stewardship

Recognizing the impact of the opioid crisis, NQF convened an expert opioid-focused action team that ultimately produced the National Quality Partners (NQP) Playbook: Opioid Stewardship. HealthStream learning courseware based on it is now available.

Setting the Perfect Nurse Rotation Schedule

Making scheduling easier and more efficient for nurses and their mangers can lead to higher levels of engagement and satisfaction and perhaps also improve metrics related to patient experience, quality, and financial performance.

Despite Communication Challenges, Families Must Continue to Advocate for Loved Ones in Long-Term Care

The COVID-19 pandemic has created significant complications for family members of patients and residents in nursing homes. More often, family members are the strongest care advocates for their loved ones. Not only are family members important for supplementing staff roles, but their presence also helps enforce accountability that organizations are providing necessary care.

How to Curb Neonatal Mortality Rates

Prenatal education and support for pregnant women and those planning pregnancies can impact and reduce neonatal mortality rates. Providers should round out the effort with healthcare staff training on the latest evidence-based best practices for neonatal care.

How Skilled Nursing Should Prepare for the Post-Pandemic Future

Despite the crisis-driven demands of the COVID-19 pandemic, we will eventually be past this time of emergency. Here are some ways that skilled nursing organizations can improve their standing in a post-COVID-19 future.

The Role of Transitional Care in Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic

The intentional incorporation of transitional care during the pandemic has helped to ease some of the extraordinary pressure on acute care hospitals. It also has helped patients return to safe and comfortable environments after leaving the hospital.

What the 21st Century Cures Act Deadline Means for Patients, Revenue Cycle, and Compliance

On April 5, 2021, the 21st Century Cures Act will take effect, allowing patients to use applications to access data from their medical records. This blog post discusses what that means for patients and healthcare providers, especially for staff in terms of revenue cycle and compliance functions.

Can a Nursing Change Model Help Improve Performance and Outcomes Related to Transitions of Care and Readmissions?

Transitions of care and especially readmission rates have long been on the minds and featured heavily on the dashboards of the nation’s healthcare leaders. Practicing nursing change models also can help prepare patients for successful transitions of care.

Using Simulation for Resuscitation Innovation During the COVID-19 Pandemic

During a recent HealthStream webinar, Dr. Pooja Nawathe, Medical Director of Simulation at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. discussed her team’s efforts to use simulation to innovate ICU resuscitation procedures to match the demands of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Dementia Patients Are at an Even Greater Risk During the COVID-19 Pandemic

For patients and residents experiencing dementia, the behavior modifications required for COVID-19 are a significant obstacle. Almost everything related to this population is made more difficult by measures to combat the disease.

Why Are Hispanic Americans More Likely to Die from Diabetes?

Health disparities can be especially devasting when it comes to specific healthcare conditions and diseases, like diabetes. For Hispanic Americans, diabetes is an even more worrisome disease, with multiple contributing factors responsible.

Nowhere Needs Rapid Testing for COVID-19 Like Long-Term Care and Nursing Homes

Given the flow of short-term patients and staff members through any nursing care facility and opportunity for spreading infection, rapid testing for COVID-19 can help immensely.

Pandemic Challenges lead to Innovation in Resuscitation Training

Russell Metcalfe-Smith, Director of Simulation, discusses the benefits involved as Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles expanded manikin-based resuscitation assessment training to the entire organization during the COVID-19 pandemic.