VerityStream, a HealthStream Company, Acquires CredentialMyDoc

NASHVILLE, Tenn.–(BUSINESS WIRE[1])–VerityStream, f/k/a Verity, a wholly owned subsidiary of HealthStream (Nasdaq: HSTM), which is focused on delivering enterprise-class solutions that are transforming credentialing, enrollment, privileging, and evaluations for healthcare organizations across the U.S., today announced the acquisition of CredentialMyDoc, a Savannah, Georgia-based business owned by Covenant Technology Group, LLC. VerityStream adds more than 300 clients through the transaction, boosting...

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HealthStream Announces First Cohort of Companies Integrating with hStream™

NASHVILLE, Tenn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Apr 4, 2019–HealthStream (NASDAQ: HSTM), a leading provider of workforce development and provider solutions for the healthcare industry, announced today the first cohort of companies integrating their solutions with hStream™: Innosonian America, NurseGrid, Perception Health, and CloudCME. Each of these companies has developed innovative healthcare solutions and will benefit from greater exposure, easier connectivity, and more rapid implementation...

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The Difference Between Credentialing and Privileging

[#item_title] These two terms are interrelated and at the same time, there are moderate differences. Essentially, the term credentialing refers to a process of verification by which a candidate or professional’s education, experience and training are scrutinized and substantiated. Healthcare institutions have been known to extend the term to include evaluation of collected data and making important decisions regarding doctor...

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Beth Ann Fennelly Talks About Sand, Sun and Her Micro-memoirs

[#item_title] A poet laureate in South Walton Photo By  Dianne Bond Fennelly’s newest book, Heating & Cooling, is a collection of “micro-memoirs” that affirm in vivid, poetic detail that life is beguiling, things could be worse and often they are. Seaside recently welcomed Mississippi’s poet laureate, Beth Ann Fennelly, to Longleaf Writers Conference[1] as part of Art Week South Walton....

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