JERICHO, N.Y., Dec. 10 /PRNewswire/ — HCCS, the leading provider of online healthcare compliance and competency training, has announced that Kirkland, Washington-based Evergreen Healthcare has selected the HCCS Healthcare Learning Platform (HLP(TM)) to centrally manage the education and competencies of its physicians and staff.
“After an extensive search, we chose the HCCS HLP(TM) because it is the only Learning Management System on the market that is truly geared toward the healthcare industry,” says Mark Lee, IT Training Specialist of Evergreen Healthcare. “The ease of using the HLP(TM) and the willingness of HCCS to work with us in creating a system based around our needs were key factors in our decision. The HLP(TM) provides an engaging and effective learning environment that we expect will motivate our staff.”
The HCCS HLP(TM) is designed to address the critical staff education needs of healthcare organizations. The HLP is a full-featured online system that allows learners to plan, schedule, launch, manage, create, and report on education in any format, including: instructor led classes, publications, PowerPoint, online libraries, videos, web links and eLearning. Built-in training plans can be customized to each staff member’s job function.
In addition to basic and advanced Learning Management System (LMS) functionality, the system can be expanded with additional modules to address other healthcare-specific functions that cannot be found in any other LMS. The HCCS HLP Checklist(TM) presents employees with a personal competency plan that can include skills, competencies, licenses and certifications. The HCCS HLP Portfolio(TM) provides learners with the ability to organize, develop, manage and monitor their curriculum vitae, educational history, and professional portfolio electronically. The HCCS HLP Staff Bidding(TM) ensures nurses of the highest quality are at the bedside of patients by creating an internal online bidding system for open shifts and matching the available staff by competency with the requirements of the shift.
“HCCS is extremely proud to add Evergreen Healthcare to the growing list of organizations leveraging our technology and expertise,” says Ben Diamond, President of HCCS. “We understand how difficult it can be to maintain compliance and educate thousands of staff members. We’re happy to provide Evergreen Healthcare with the ability to meet that challenge head on.”
About Evergreen Healthcare
Evergreen Healthcare is a community-based healthcare organization that serves over 400,000 people throughout Washington. Over 800 physicians represent more than 50 specialties, including cardiac care, cancer care, neurosciences, surgery and maternity care. Ten Evergreen physicians were included on Seattle Magazine’s “Top Docs” list and on Seattle Metropolitan’s “Best Doctors” list. Evergreen Healthcare is active in the community, developing wellness initiatives such as Healthcare Access, to promote healthier lifestyles.
About HCCS
Health Care Compliance Strategies, Inc. (HCCS) provides up-to-date compliance and competency training courseware and learning systems to hospitals, health plans, teaching facilities, medical schools and other health care entities. HCCS programs are used at hundreds of healthcare facilities nationwide, with over one million registered learners. HCCS provides a full library of courses to fulfill the demanding needs of healthcare staff training, including Professional Compliance, Corporate Compliance, HIPAA Compliance, Research Compliance, Patient Safety and Competency for Quality Care, among many others.
For more information about the HCCS Healthcare Learning Platform(TM) or courseware library, contact HCCS at (877) 933-4227, by email at [email protected], or via the web at http://www.hccs.com/.
HCCS
CONTACT: David Rosenthal, VP of Health Care Compliance Strategies, Inc.,+1-516-478-4100, [email protected]
Web site: http://www.hccs.com/
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