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HealthStream and American Red Cross Expand Their Market-Leading Resuscitation Suite Portfolio With New Neonatal Advanced Life Support Program
NASHVILLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- HealthStream (Nasdaq: HSTM), a leading healthcare technology platform for workforce solutions, and the American Red Cross
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[{"type":"text","content":" NASHVILLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nHealthStream (Nasdaq: HSTM), a leading healthcare technology platform for workforce solutions, and the American Red Cross announce a significant expansion of the Red Cross Resuscitation Suite™ portfolio with the new Neonatal Advanced Life Support (NALS) education program. This new program adds an important component to the portfolio to help develop and certify clinical staff to provide life-saving resuscitation to newborns.\n\n\nThrough HealthStream’s provision of the Red Cross Resuscitation Suite portfolio to the nation’s hospitals and health systems via the Company’s industry-leading workforce platform, over 1.5 million resuscitation certifications have been earned since 2019 across its three areas of education: Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Life Support (ALS), and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS). The Neonatal Advanced Life Support (NALS) program expands the overall Resuscitation Suite portfolio to add a critical fourth element of training and education.\n\n\nThe need for NALS has never been greater. With over 35 percent of U.S. counties experiencing “maternity care deserts” (i.e. areas without a single birthing center or obstetric clinician), broader access to neonatal resuscitation training is urgently needed. The introduction of NALS broadens the reach of this critical training beyond the delivery room and neonatal intensive care units (NICU) to also include other settings, such as emergency departments, birthing centers, and emergency medical services (EMS).\n\n\nLike BLS, ALS, and PALS, the new NALS program emphasizes evidence-based practices and aligns with the Consensus on Science with Treatment Recommendations (CoSTR) of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR), along with the American Red Cross Neonatal Advanced Life Support Healthcare Guidelines. “We believe the innovative NALS program and its broad availability through HealthStream’s platform will improve resuscitation outcomes of newborns across the nation’s healthcare organizations,” said Jack McMaster, President of American Red Cross Training Services.\n\n\nHealthStream’s offering of NALS and the entire Resuscitation Suite portfolio is made available to healthcare organizations on its hStream® platform through the HealthStream Learning Center® application, which delivers superior program management to...