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Blog Post - A 2024 Lookback

A Lookback on 2024: What Will Be Crucial in 2025’s Healthcare Industry to Address Workforce Challenges? 

As we approach 2025, what are some key trends that will continue to play a crucial role in the upcoming year? 

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Revolutionizing Nurse Retention and Transition to Practice: A 92% New Nurse Retention Success Story with CommonSpirit Health

Learn how we did it

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Beyond Recruitment: The Struggle to Retain Nurses and How to Overcome It

Nurse retention is essential for healthcare stability: Dawna Cato, PhD., RN, NPD-BC shares how strategic solutions can make a difference

Workforce Development As a Strategy for Building a Resilient Healthcare Workforce

Workforce Development As a Strategy for Building a Resilient Healthcare Workforce

Viewing the education and training of healthcare employees can driving measurable improvements in performance and patient outcomes.

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Celebrating Our Pioneers: The Class of 2024 MBA in Healthcare Graduating Class

Congratulations to the Spring Graduating MBA in Healthcare Class of 2024!

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Strategies for Retaining Top Nursing Talent

Addressing the nursing shortage before it’s too late: recruitment and retention strategies.

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How Patient Engagement Affects Health Outcomes

Strategies providers can take to improve engagement and outcomes

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Overhauling Workforce Development: How to Solve the Healthcare Staffing Shortage Crisis

How can healthcare leaders rethink their workforce development strategies to increase retention, lower costs and improve employee well-being?

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How to Lower the Many Barriers to Health Care

Identifying the reasons behind why people don’t get the care they need and want

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Your Next Healthcare Leadership Skill: Managing Business Paradoxes

Healthcare is full of complex problems that don’t have simple solutions — Giuseppe “Joe” Carella, PhD, Faculty and Former President at Eller Executive Education, gives advice on how to tackle these business paradoxes

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What Have the Past 6 Months Taught Health Leaders About Work During a Crisis?

We asked experienced health leaders Doug Watson, CFO at Dignity Health Arizona, and Ginger Figg, former CAO at Norton Medical Group, what leaders can learn from managing the COVID-19 crisis

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5 Trends in the Senior Living Industry

Opportunity is abundant to make significant advancements in senior living

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Mental Health Innovation and Trends That Will Continue in 2023

The pandemic was a catalyst for many positive changes in mental health

 
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4 Strategies for Improving Health Equity

Provider skills and services to create equitable access to care

 
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What Makes OpusVi Different? An Interview With Chief Product Officer Kurt Hayes

Our CPO Kurt Hayes explains what makes our programs different from any other offerings in the health space

 
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Student Spotlight: Ann Marie Roque, Charge Nurse at the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at St. Joseph Medical Center

We spoke to a nurse leader of 5 years about learning online for the first time, organizing her studies around her travels, and finding her personal leadership style

 
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Why Are Entrepreneurship and Innovation Critical in Post-Pandemic Healthcare?

What forms do entrepreneurship and innovation take in healthcare? And why do all health leaders need to hone in on these skills?

 
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Leveraging Your Online Course To Cultivate a Professional Network

Online courses provide a safe environment to ask questions, seek input, and compare experiences and being interactive throughout the course helps cultivate a cohort of professionals that can serve as a resource far beyond the classroom

 
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More Than Essays and Quizzes: 6 Ways To Design Online Assignments

Online courses provide a safe environment to ask questions, seek input, and compare experiences and being interactive throughout the course helps cultivate a cohort of professionals that can serve as a resource far beyond the classroom

 
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9 Concrete Strategies for Active Learning in Online Instruction

Designing online lessons that engage students in discussion can be challenging — these tips help online instructors create impactful lessons for active learning

 
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Healthcare Workforce Leaders Join Forces To Create Solutions for Nursing Worker Shortage

Futuro Health and OpusVi announce collaboration to grow trained and diverse healthcare workforce for California

 
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How Social Determinants of Health Are Informing New Trends in Community Health Planning

Social determinants of health increasingly shape the overarching strategy of all healthcare organizations, big and small

 
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Learning at Home — 4 Strategies To Stay Focused With Children Around

Whether you’re planning on taking an online program or recently had to shift to working from home, here are four strategies to reduce the frustration of distractions (and get your children and pets to let you focus)

 
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How To Make Time To Study Online

Successful online learning requires strong time management — these tips help online learners to make the best use of their time

 
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7 Steps to Moving Patient Education Online in the Wake of COVID-19

Kurt Hayes, Chief Learning Experience Officer at OpusVi, gives advice on how health educators can move their services online

 
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Shifting the Focus From Credentials to Skills in Healthcare Education

Here’s why learning in healthcare should be less about building CVs, and more about building skill sets

 
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The Hemingway Method for Productivity — a Strategy for Online Learners

Taking on an online program can seem like an overwhelming task. Setting yourself daily quotas — what I call the Hemingway Method — can be a great time management strategy. Here’s how you do it

 
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Why Must Healthcare Executives Invest in Leadership Training for Middle Managers and Emerging Leaders?

Patty White, former President and CEO of St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, urges fellow seasoned leaders to invest in a new generation of leaders in order to maximize outcomes and facilitate change effectively

 
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It’s Time To Rethink Transferable Skills in Healthcare

Health education leader Andrew Malley spoke to global skills evangelist Kelly Ryan Bailey about how educators need to hone in on transferable skills — and why the notion of transferability might be wider than people think

 
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3 Critical Workforce Challenges in Healthcare Right Now

The U.S. healthcare workforce is facing tremendous challenges from burnout to labor shortages

 
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12 partners, 8 programs, and 20+ scheduled releases in 2020 — OpusVi’s first year of operation in review

12 Partners, 8 Programs, and 20+ Scheduled Releases in 2020 — OpusVi’s First Year of Operation in Review                    

 
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Here’s How the OpusVi Product Team Creates the Most Relevant Learning Experiences for Healthcare Professionals

12 Partners, 8 Programs, and 20+ Scheduled Releases in 2020 — OpusVi’s First Year of Operation in Review                    

 
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Medical Assisting — an Entry-Level Healthcare Position in High Demand

The medical assistant role is expected to have tremendous growth over the next ten years     

 
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What Is a Pracademic in Healthcare Management?

Pracademics, also called scholar-practitioners, are people who are both academics and active practitioners in their field. With skills and training in both domains, pracademics help to combine scholarly research and clinical knowledge — making pracademics highly sought-after collaborators. 

  

 
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Diversity and Inclusion in Nursing Leadership Positions        

Pracademics, also called scholar-practitioners, are people who are both academics and active practitioners in their field. With skills and training in both domains, pracademics help to combine scholarly research and clinical knowledge — making pracademics highly sought-after collaborators. 

  

 
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Healthcare Accounting vs. Healthcare Finance: Ins and Outs of the Health Financial System        

Healthcare accounting and finance shape our healthcare system — learn more here

  

 
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Nurse Hero Stories: Katherine Jane Werth Shares a Moment of Team Motivation       

To support healthcare workers through the COVID-19 pandemic, we launched a Nurse Hero Scholarship a few weeks ago.

  

 
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How Strategic Systems Leadership Can Transform Population Health       

Systems leadership is an important model that continues to gain momentum in public health

  

 
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How To Address Inequities and Communication Barriers in Healthcare     

Learn ways to address barriers to communication and diversity in healthcare settings

  

 
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Risk Management in Healthcare: What It Is and Why It Matters   

Learn how risk managers reduce medical errors and other risks to make healthcare safer

  

 
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Entrepreneurs in Healthcare: 10 Examples of Innovators in Healthcare Management 

Healthcare entrepreneurs continue to revolutionize the way healthcare is delivered to patients and communities — discover ten stellar examples of entrepreneurship in healthcare here

  

 
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Addressing Patient Needs in Rural Healthcare 

Explore ways to enhance operational efficiencies and organizational success in rural healthcare settings

  

 
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Supply Chain Challenges in the Global Healthcare Sector 

The healthcare supply chain continues to evolve in response to breaks resulting from manufacturing and trade restrictions mandated by the COVID-19 pandemic

  

 
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Executive Healthcare Careers for Master of Business Administration Graduates 

A Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Healthcare degree opens you up for some of the top healthcare management careers — here are some of them

  

 
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Accessing Affordable Care: How Much Is Health Insurance in Arizona?

Explore Arizona health coverage statistics and medical assistance topics and get insurance questions answered

  

 
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Are Online Master’s Degrees Worth It? 6 Factors for Healthcare Management Students To Consider

Healthcare management professionals may want to know if an online master’s degree is worth it — explore six factors potential graduate students should consider

  

 
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The Importance of Male Representation in Nursing

With the nursing shortage, male nurses are needed more than ever to diversify healthcare teams and improve healthcare outcomes

  

 
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Why Healthcare Project Management Jobs Are on the Rise

From meeting new quality regulations to creating detailed emergency preparedness plans, project management skills are increasingly valuable in healthcare management roles

  

 
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MHA vs. MBA: Which Degree Should You Choose?

Learn more about the differences between an MHA and MBA in Healthcare, as well as the career outlook and salary for graduates with these advanced degrees

  

 
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How To Report PDUs to the Project Management Institute

Stay up-to-date with your valuable certifications

  

 
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Ethics in Healthcare — Strategies and Tips for Improving Patient-Centered Care

What is ethics in healthcare and how does it benefit patient-centered care?

  

 
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How To Lead a Successful Healthcare Marketing Strategy

What is ethics in healthcare and how does it benefit patient-centered care?

  

 
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Trends and Challenges in the U.S. Healthcare Payment System

What are the top challenges in the U.S. healthcare payment system? Find out how the healthcare industry is reining in costs by moving toward value-based care.

  

 
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Are Online Master’s Degrees Worth It? 6 Factors for Healthcare Management Students To Consider

Healthcare management professionals may want to know if an online master’s degree is worth it — explore six factors potential graduate students should consider

  

 
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Are Online Master’s Degrees Worth It? 6 Factors for Healthcare Management Students To Consider

Healthcare management professionals may want to know if an online master’s degree is worth it — explore six factors potential graduate students should consider

  

 

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