HealthStream Learning & Performance vs. SilkRoad Performance

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
HealthStream Learning & Performance
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
HealthStream is a cloud-based Talent Management Suite specifically designed for the healthcare sector. Focused on training (LMS), the suite also includes performance management, competency, simulation and credentialing. HealthStream also provides research services to healthcare organizations.N/A
SilkRoad Performance
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
SilkRoad Performance (formerly WingSpan) is SilkRoad's employee performance management product and is one component of the Life Suite platform.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
HealthStream Learning & PerformanceSilkRoad Performance
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
HealthStream Learning & PerformanceSilkRoad Performance
Top Pros

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Top Cons
Features
HealthStream Learning & PerformanceSilkRoad Performance
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
HealthStream Learning & Performance
6.0
8 Ratings
25% below category average
SilkRoad Performance
2.3
1 Ratings
108% below category average
Corporate goal setting5.86 Ratings2.01 Ratings
Subordinate goal setting5.05 Ratings2.01 Ratings
Individual goal setting5.86 Ratings3.01 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility6.86 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance tracking6.88 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
HealthStream Learning & Performance
6.8
9 Ratings
18% below category average
SilkRoad Performance
-
Ratings
Performance plans6.24 Ratings00 Ratings
Plan weighting5.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Manager note taking5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance improvement plans7.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Review status tracking8.08 Ratings00 Ratings
Rater nomination workflow7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Review reminders9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow restrictions5.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple review frequency8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting7.78 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
HealthStream Learning & PerformanceSilkRoad Performance
Likelihood to Recommend
7.3
(21 ratings)
1.0
(1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.0
(12 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
6.9
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
HealthStream Learning & PerformanceSilkRoad Performance
Likelihood to Recommend
HealthStream
HealthStream is a wonderful tool for assigning assessments and evaluating knowledge. The assessments have a large pool of questions to pull from. The exams are timed and will generate a test report at the end of the exam so the clinical team can see what tests were passed and failed. These are helpful in ensuring we know what the nurse needs extra education on. HealthStream would be less suited for education items that would need to be validated in person...skills such as CPR.
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SilkRoad
No, we just had a bad experience unfortunately.
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Pros
HealthStream
  • Reporting. Having the ability to track compliance (and non-compliance) at our fingertips ensures that we are up-to-date with Federal, State, Local and internal policies, requirements and educational initiatives
  • Customization. Developing in-house materials, specific to our variable training needs is a huge plus - HealthStream's commitment to SCORM-ready content since 2011 has made it simple for us to connect, engage and interact with all of our staff and providers.
  • Integration. Allowing us to interface with our HRM/HRIS systems is invaluable. Keeping up with a dynamic workforce, both in terms of retention and attrition, would not be possible without our current interface structures.
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SilkRoad
  • Unfortunately our experience was very poor, so I don't have anything for what they do "particularly" well.
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Cons
HealthStream
  • Embedding elearning tutorials into HealthStream can be a bit complicated, and even slow down the site for the end user. In my experience, I found it much easier to just offer a link to the tutorial through the assessment portion.
  • Keeping users synced into the most up-to-date user groups can be a bit tricky. If you create your own student groups, and then these students transfer to a different job role or department, you will manually have to make these changes yourself. A more automated process would be great.
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SilkRoad
  • Transparency about the capabilities of their system. We would have never chosen WingSpan had we had a clear picture of the limitations of their system.
  • Ease of use - as an administrator we found it to be difficult to work with. Of course, improvements may have been made in this area since we used it last.
  • The user interface could use some updating.
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Likelihood to Renew
HealthStream
We just can't imagine NOT having HealthStream as it has become such a part of our training system. The per user cost has actually gone down from 3 years ago. However, we are using more courses we have purchased. This allows us to be more efficient with our time and more convenient for the end users. We are considering purchasing other aspects of the system.
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SilkRoad
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Support Rating
HealthStream
I only used HealthStream for a short time, but it wasn’t overly user-friendly or pretty. There were some quirks that I didn’t like, like the quiz builder or uploading lists. Whenever you assigned a group it was difficult to tell and confirm that the assignment went out. Overall I like other systems better.
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SilkRoad
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Alternatives Considered
HealthStream
The interface for HealthStream is 1000x better than My Learning. I still struggle to find my assignments and upcoming in person training on My Learning. It is not intuitive and doesn't have a dashboard when you sign on to see everything at once. HealthStream lets me easily see my assignments, their due dates, and any upcoming dates
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SilkRoad
We used Cvent following our WingSpan experience. It worked out much better and had more capability than WingSpan.
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Return on Investment
HealthStream
  • More efficiency. Easy way to implement training to a larger group of people.
  • Helps to orientate new hires to our organization quicker.
  • Consistency with training messages. We can communicate a method that can be easily adopted and implement across the organization.
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SilkRoad
  • I feel it set us back a bit, and also caused us to lose credibility with our management team after it turned out to be a "failed experiment."
  • We have gone back to a manual system of doing goal setting that works better for us.
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