Over 350,000 healthcare professionals have recently transitioned to
new mobile-ready, cross-platform-enabled, and responsive-design
interface
NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
HealthStream (NASDAQ: HSTM), a leading provider of workforce, patient
experience, and provider solutions for the healthcare industry,
announced today the unveiling of a smarter new user experience for the
millions of healthcare professionals who access its platform. For
HealthStream's workforce development and talent management platform, a
new user interface is being rolled out to customers that combines a
redesigned visual workflow with responsive web design principles, making
it mobile-device-ready. Over 350,000 healthcare professionals (i.e.
"users") have recently transitioned to the newly unveiled, smarter user
experience—with others scheduled to transition in the coming months.
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"HealthStream has taken the user experience to new heights and we're
loving it at Providence," said Laurene Skogrand, System Manager- Online
Learning, Providence Health & Services. "There are many intelligent
design features in the new interface that take into account our specific
healthcare workflow patterns, making our user experience on the platform
efficient, enjoyable, and instinctive."
The new user experience was developed over a 22-month period by eight
expert HealthStream teams that, in collaboration with 48 of the nation's
leading healthcare organizations, conducted 200 comprehensive usability
studies. From their extensive research and testing, HealthStream based
their design strategy on the principles of user-centricity, mobile
compatibility, and usability on multiple platforms and operating
systems, creating a smarter platform for healthcare professionals based
on their unique workflow patterns.
With the use of mobile devices sharply increasing in healthcare, mobile
accessibility is crucial. According to a 2014 HIMSS study, more than 50%
of U.S. hospitals are using smartphones and/or tablets and this
percentage is expected to increase. For this reason, the most advanced
principles of responsive design were incorporated in HealthStream's new
user interface. Responsive design is achieved through coding that
automatically reconfigures a full-sized website layout and content to be
optimized for delivery on mobile devices, such a smartphones and
tablets. "As most people have experienced, squeezing a full-sized
website down to a small mobile screen makes the website mostly
unusable," said Barry Young, Associate Vice President, Business Analyses
& User Experience, HealthStream. "For this reason, we strictly adhered
to a responsive design in creating the new HealthStream user
experience—and it makes a huge difference for our customers."
HealthStream's new user experience enables finger-tip control on mobile
devices of popular features and functionality. For example, instructors
can easily register students and record their attendance on-the-spot in
the classroom with swipe of a finger. New reporting features are
provided, as well as many other features to make the experience more
intuitive and seamless.
For learners, a wide array of new functionality is now available, such
as interactive notifications, one-click access, and an innovative,
aggregated "To-Do" list. Intuitive workflows have been built in
throughout the interface to make students' use of the platform
instinctive and natural.
As HealthStream customers transition to the new user experience, they
are provided with a wide range of engaging training videos for reference
as well as built-in, interactive tours that cover all aspects of the new
design. Without exception, HealthStream's customers have praised the
transition. "We are very pleased with the new user interface; it is very
intuitive and self-explanatory," said Jennifer Nicholson, HRIT Analyst,
Stillwater Medical Center.
"At HealthStream, we understand the demands made on busy healthcare
professionals and their need for a simple, intuitive, automated
experience for workforce and talent management that can be accessed on
any device, at any time, and using any operating system," said Robert A.
Frist, Jr., Chief Executive Officer, HealthStream. "We worked closely
with our customers to design a new user experience that I believe is now
the best on the market."
About HealthStream
HealthStream (NASDAQ: HSTM) is dedicated to improving patient outcomes
through the development of healthcare organizations' greatest asset:
their people. Our unified suite of solutions is contracted by healthcare
organizations in the U.S. for workforce development, training & learning
management, talent management, credentialing, privileging, provider
enrollment, performance assessment, and managing simulation-based
education programs. Our patient experience/research solutions provide
valuable insight to healthcare providers to meet CAHPS requirements,
improve the patient experience, engage their workforce, and enhance
physician alignment. Based in Nashville, Tennessee, HealthStream has
additional offices in Laurel, Maryland; Brentwood, Tennessee; Pensacola,
Florida; Jericho, New York; and San Diego, California. For more
information, visit http://www.healthstream.com
or call 800-933-9293.
This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve
risks and uncertainties regarding HealthStream. Investors are cautioned
that such results or events predicted in these statements may differ
materially from actual future events or results. This information has
been included in reliance on the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that
such results or events predicted in these statements may differ
materially from actual future events or results. These forward-looking
statements are based on a variety of assumptions that may not be
realized, and which are subject to significant risks and uncertainties,
including that the acquisition may not be consummated and that the
anticipated financial and strategic benefits of the acquisition may not
be realized, as well as risks and uncertainties referenced from time to
time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
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HealthStream
Mollie Condra, Ph.D., 615-301-3237
mollie.condra@healthstream.com
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