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		<title>I wish people were not like monkeys, but we so often are</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:34:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[5 Monkeys experiment: &#160; I really really wish to the pastafarian Gods that this was not true in humans, but I can&#8217;t even count the number of times I have heard &#8220;but we have always done it this way&#8221;.  This type of mindset gets in the way of progress.  We all need to battle this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tips for Strategic Planning For Health Technology Team</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 21:04:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Riley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Strategic planning is very essential not only for business settings but also where it concerns health technology issues.  In general, strategic planning is an organization’s process of defining its strategy, direction and in making decisions on allocating resources to pursue this strategy including its capital and people. Some of the analysis techniques used with strategic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Make sure to practice Performance Improvement in your hospital or clinic</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 16:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Riley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Health systems are continually innovating and have made great strides in the quality of care provided to patients. This may be attributed to advances in medical technology, medicines and medical procedures. However, compelling evidence demonstrates that the healthcare delivery system falls short of care that is safe, effective, efficient, patient centered, timely, and equitable, as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crap Process plus technology equals fast crap. Take a moment today to think process improvement</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Riley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Health systems are continually innovating and have made great strides in the quality of care provided to patients. This may be attributed to advances in medical technology, medicines and medical procedures. However, compelling evidence demonstrates that the healthcare delivery system falls short of care that is safe, effective, efficient, patient centered, timely, and equitable, as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Departmental Effeciences:  Finance Department (Part 1)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:45:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Riley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The HealthTechnica panel discusses how Information Technology will bring efficiencies and effectiveness to finance departments within the medical system.]]></description>
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		<title>(Part 2) Departmental Effeciences:  Finance Department</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:05:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Riley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The HealthTechnica panel discusses how Information Technology will bring efficiencies and effectiveness to finance departments within the medical system. Part 2]]></description>
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		<title>The Information Technology and Performance Improvement Relationship</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:38:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Riley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is Information Technology? I will often answer that question with “we are a damned expensive performance improvement department.” That isn’t exactly true. However, what is true is that your medical center’s Information Technology department and Performance Improvement department should be joined at the hip. My IT departments all share a common saying: Crap process [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How is your &#8220;cultural power distance&#8221;?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:13:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Riley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First, what is &#8220;cultural power distance&#8221;?  Cultural power distance is an idea that emerged during the 1950s psychological and sociological studies of the world&#8217;s cultures.  This idea basically covers an individual&#8217;s (or a groups) perception in the distance between the people at the &#8220;top&#8221; of the organization and the people at the &#8220;bottom&#8221; of the [...]]]></description>
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