Product & Courseware Notifications

Clinical Development Notification: 2025-10 (October) 

10-07-2025 09:48 AM

Revised: 10/7/2025

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    Announcements & Reminders
    hStream Benefit Expansion: New NIH Stroke Scale Certifications
    In February, we added one more course to your hStream benefits: National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) Certification. This new course provides a 2-year certification, accredited for 2.0 ANCC contact hours and a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Based on your feedback, we’re making several changes and releasing additional content in the coming months: 
    • Expected November: New adult NIHSS certification course providing a 1-year certification, with both ANCC and AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™provided (CE amount pending).
    • Expected November: New course version/updated NIHSS certification providing a 2-year certification, with both ANCC and AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™provided (CE amount pending) following removal of the pediatric content. 
    • Expected Spring 2026: New PedNIHSS certification courses with pediatric-only test patients – both a 1-year and 2-year certification option, with both ANCC and AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™provided (CE amount pending).
    We’ll provide release updates as our teams progress, including an updated transition guide for recommendations related to student groups and assignments. As a reminder, our partnership with APEX Innovations is ending, and these courses permanently expire on August 5, 2026:
    • APEX Innovations: NIH Stroke Scale Training and 1-Year Certification (free course)
    • APEX Innovations: NIH Stroke Scale Training and 2-Year Certification (free course)
     
    Updated Medical Product Training Courseware List
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    Included with your hStream subscription, access these Medical Product Training courses via the Services tab. Just “Accept” relevant content, and then choose your preferred publishing settings. In addition to the "Master List," click here to review detailed information on MedTech partner course additions, expirations, and more.
     
    Upcoming Maintenance & 2025 Schedule
    Regularly scheduled maintenance is Friday, October 3, from 8pm — 4am Central Time. Click here to view the 2025 system maintenance schedule.

    Jane AI™
    Live: 19 New Microlearning Courses 
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    • Assessment Name Changes: Later this month we expect to update these assessments, including name changes:
      • Unlicensed Assistive Personnel Assessment changed to Clinical Care Technician Assessment
      • RN: Long-Term Care (LTC) Assessment changed to RN: Skilled Nursing Assessment
      • LPN: Long-Term Care Assessment changed to LPN: Skilled Nursing Assessment
    • Knowledge Assessment & Microlearning Updates: Please refer to the Master List (above) for assessment updates, new course listings, and course title changes: 
      • 19 new microlearning courses published today, October 1
      • Multiple assessments updated/updating at the end of September, October, and November
      • Title changes for multiple jane microlearning courses
    Expected November/December
    • Clinical Judgment Updates: We’re updating the clinical judgement assessment instructions as well as making several updates for clarity and/or validity to these assessments: Acute Care, Neonatal ICU, Long Term Care, and LPN. In addition, we’re releasing updated versions of these clinical judgment assessments that will each contain 4 distinct scenarios: Emergency, Intensive Care, Labor & Delivery, Postpartum, and Perioperative. We’ll also publish related simulation debriefs for development purposes by year end.

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    CE Unlimited
    Monthly Update
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    If you contract for CE Unlimited, we recommend reviewing our updated Master List each month, especially the Change Log tab that details recent retirements, applicable replacements, course title changes, version updates, and more. In addition, please note:
    • Patient-Centered Care in the Age of Value-Based Purchasing: This course’s CE expired September 30 but will remain active until October 30. 
    • National Pharmacy Technician Association (NTA) Content: Courses are now separated by discipline with distinct versions available for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians – refer to the Master List’s Change Log for exact titles. NOTE: The pre-existing courses were revised to create the pharmacy versions, so learners previously enrolled will remain in the pharmacist technician versions. The pharmacist versions are brand-new courses and require new enrollments or assignments.

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    EBSCO Dynamic Health
    Live: Skill Development Courses Require Course Evaluation 
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    Beginning today, the course evaluation for all Dynamic Health skill development courses is required when assigned via the HealthStream Learning Center (HLC). With this change, the existing course evaluation was updated to a simple 6-question format to provide feedback on the effectiveness of the training material. Collecting and reviewing this feedback is a necessary step to maintain course accreditation and is the normal practice for CE-bearing courses. NOTE: This update does not require new course versions. No additional administrator or learner action is required.

    Specialty Content
    Live: New EFM Tracing Activities for "Quality OB"
    If you contract for Quality OB, we released new versions of these courses with brand-new activities/content (previous versions will expire November 30): 

    Released August 28
    • Quality OB: EFM – Tracing Activity 05
    • Quality OB: EFM – Tracing Activity 06
    • Quality OB: EFM – Tracing Activity 07
    • Quality OB: EFM – Tracing Activity 08
    • Quality OB: EFM – Tracing Activity 09
    Released September 8
    • Quality OB: EFM – Tracing Activity 10
    • Quality OB: EFM – Tracing Activity 11
    • Quality OB: EFM – Tracing Activity 12
    In addition, by the end of October you’ll have 12 new tracing activities available for assignment! The first six were released on September 15: 
    • Quality OB: EFM – Tracing Activity 13
    • Quality OB: EFM – Tracing Activity 14
    • Quality OB: EFM – Tracing Activity 15
    • Quality OB: EFM – Tracing Activity 16
    • Quality OB: EFM – Tracing Activity 17
    • Quality OB: EFM – Tracing Activity 18
     
    Live: New Version/Updated POEP from AWHONN
    If you contract for AWHONN’s Perinatal Orientation and Education Program (POEP), a new version is available now for assignment. Content did not change, but learners now receive “test feedback” – regardless of whether the test is passed or failed, incorrect answers now include rationale, and learners can revisit a specific slide before reattempting the test (3 attempts max). Later in October, a new version of AWHONN’s Neonatal Orientation and Education Program (NOEP) will be released in order to apply the same enhancement. For existing assignments of POEP or NOEP, please ensure any in-progress learners compete before the previous versions expire on December 1.
     
    Expected Next Month: ENCCO Version 5.0 from PLS
    If you contract for Essentials of Neonatal Critical Care Orientation (ENCCO) from Pediatric Learning Solutions (PLS), version 5.0 will be available in November – key details below. For existing assignments, please ensure any in-progress learners complete before the current version expires on December 31. 
    • Neonatal Nutrition: This course will be split into 2 lessons – Neonatal Nutrition Overview & Modalities of Neonatal Nutrition – to improve learner engagement and retention.
    • Neonatal Sepsis: This course will be reorganized, and the congenital infections content will be moved to an app-based lesson – Congenital Infections in the Newborn – that covers toxoplasmosis, rubella, CMV, etc. 
    • Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: To better align with industry terminology, this course will be retitled – Intrauterine Substance Exposure (no content changes). 
     
    Expected Next Month: 3 Expiring Courses in “Activated Insights – Home & Hospice Library”
    If you contract for Activated Insights – Home and Hospice Library, please review these recent and upcoming content changes:
    • Upcoming CE & Course Expirations – These courses will be retired on November 1 when their CE expires. To receive CE credit, learners must complete prior to November 1.
      • Medicare Noncoverage and Change of Care Notices in Home Care
      • Corporate Compliance in Home Care and Hospice
      • Sexual Harassment in Home Care and Hospice
    • New Course – This course is now available for assignment: Sexual Harassment Prevention Training.
    • CE Expired – This course’s CE expired September 30, but it will remain active until October 30: Patient-Centered Care in the Age of Value-Based Purchasing. 
     
    ENA Content Changes
    If you contract for ENA content (review full catalog), please note these upcoming changes:
    • GENE Level III: We’re replacing the Geriatric Emergency Nursing Education (GENE) Level III course with a new course – Geriatric Emergency Nursing Education: Empathy and Limited English Proficiency – that will be available for assignment starting October 28. In order to receive CE credit, any learners in progress with GENE Level III must complete before it expires on October 31. 
    • Medical Toxicology: Due to a minor typo in the post-assessment, we’re releasing a new version of Medical Toxicology in September. In order to receive CE credit, any learners in progress must complete the previous version before it expires on December 31.


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