About NurseCompetency |
 Founded in 2004, the company's initial product line was marketed under the NursingCorp brand, and included business consulting and paper-based forms - competency exams, checklists, education, contracts, and employee management documents. In 2005, the company redirected its focus toward web-based services, and began to offer its clinical and nursing tests, checklists, and education as an SaaS (Software as a Service) subscription under the NurseCompetency brand. In August, 2012, NurseCompetency entered into a strategic partnership with Healthstream, Inc. (NASDAQ: HSTM).
Through this partnership, HealthStream became the exclusive distributor of the NurseCompetency exams and skills checklists to hospitals and health networks throughout the US. Every day, hospitals, health networks, long-term care facilities, clinics, physician offices, and staffing companies rely on NurseCompetency's assessments to manage their daily operations, ensure safe patient care, and meet mandatory regulatory requirements. | | | Learn More
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Vision and Mission |
NurseCompetency’s vision is to improve the quality of healthcare delivery in the US through our mission of providing valid, reliable, clinically relevant exams, skills checklists, and education on our innovative, web-based software platform.
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Leadership Team |
Joseph Caracci, RN, BSN, MBA |
| Joseph C. Caracci, co-founder, has served as the chief executive officer, president, and chairman of the board of directors since 2004. He brings more than 20 years of healthcare, technology, and business experience, and leads the company's software platform and content development. Mr. Caracci has worked with numerous healthcare organizations, including Banner Health, where he and a team of physicians and other clinicians worked to ensure that the system’s use of Electronic Health Records (EHR) met Meaningful Use guidelines. Mr. Caracci holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Arizona State University, and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Phoenix. |
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Elease Caracci, BS, MEd |
| Elease A. Caracci, co-founder, has served as the chief financial officer, executive vice president, and a member of the board of directors since 2004. She has been a driving force in new business development and marketing strategy. Mrs. Caracci has more than 20 years of education, healthcare staffing, technology, customer service, and marketing experience. Mrs. Caracci holds a Bachelor of Science in Advertising and a Masters of Education from Arizona State University. |
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Gerard Hayden, BA, MS |
| Gerard ("Gerry") M. Hayden, Jr., joined as a member of the board of directors in July 2012. Mr. Hayden is the senior vice president and chief financial officer of HealthStream.Most recently serving as chief financial officer for MedAvant Healthcare Solutions, Mr. Hayden has additional experience serving as chief financial officer for such companies as Private Business, Inc., Covation, Meridian Occupational Healthcare Associates, Inc., ENVOY (now part of WebMD), and Allied Clinical Laboratories, Inc. In his current role at HealthStream, Mr. Hayden provides leadership for accounting and financial operations. Mr. Hayden holds a Bachelor of Arts in Government and International Studies from the University of Notre Dame and a Master of Science in Accounting from Northeastern University. |
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Kathy Mercer, MA, MSN, RNC-OB, CNM |
| Kathy Mercer joined as the director of clinical education in September 2012. Ms. Mercer is an advanced practice nurse board certified in nurse-midwifery and inpatient obstetrics nursing. She earned a diploma in nursing from Presbyterian School of Nursing (1979), her baccalaureate degree in nursing (magna cum laude) from Queens University of Charlotte (1987), and her master’s degree in nursing with a concentration in nurse-midwifery from Frontier Nursing University (2009). Ms. Mercer has worked as a clinical expert for Mosby/Elsevier, Inc., conducting literature review for and clinically editing updates on selected topics in maternal-infant care for Mosby’s Nursing Skills series in conjunction with the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN). |
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Arthur Newman, BS, MBA |
| Arthur E. Newman joined as a member of the board of directors in July 2012. Mr. Newman is the executive vice president of Healthstream, where he is responsible for developing and maintaining strategic company partnerships and alliances. He previously served as executive vice president for Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, formerly Waverly, Inc., a publicly traded medical sciences publisher, where he oversaw finance, human resources, information systems, and customer service and fulfillment. From August 1999 to January 2000, Mr. Newman served as the chief technology officer for Wolters Kluwer's scientific, technical, and medical companies, consisting of five separate units. Mr. Newman holds a Bachelor of Science in chemistry from the University of Miami and a Masters of Business Administration from Rutgers University. |