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Most Wired 2011 is Open

One of the important performance improvement needs for an HIT department is to have measurements that are actionable & comparable.  The Most Wired Survey can give you exactly that.  The Most Wired Survey results are [+]

Shared services can have great value in healthcare

Shared services involve the ‘sharing’ of services within organizations so as to run the concerned organizations in a more cost effective and efficient manner. The roles of the shared services centre can vary within the [+]

Make sure to practice Performance Improvement in your hospital or clinic

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 [+]

The Benefits of E-prescribing for Today’s Physician

Overview: E-prescribing refers to an emerging solution that improves patient safety and helps reduce rising healthcare costs as well. According to a study, more than 7,000 people die in US due to wrong [+]

Quality in Healthcare Risk Management

http://medicalstudentblog.co.uk Risk management seeks to reduce potential negative impacts on patients, staff and the organization through the identification and reduction of potential dangers or threats (Authenticity Consulting, LLC., 2010). However, in [+]

Crap Process plus technology equals fast crap. Take a moment today to think process improvement

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 [+]

Bedside Medication Verification

Medication errors are associated with a significant amount of deaths. According to the Institute of Medicine, around 1.5 million medication errors occur every year that result in about 7,000 deaths. Astonishingly, 70% [+]

Health Connections: Let’s talk about Nursing!

Nurses are a critical part of health care. Even though nurses endure strenious labor and are continuously asked to take on more responsibilities, they provide personal nurture and assistance to nearly every American during [+]

Your Nurse is ON!! Check them out at #HIMSS10 Booth 3606!

There are many jems at #HIMSS10 in Atlanta this year.  One of them that you should make sure not to miss is "Your Nurse is On"!  The folks of http://www.yournurseison.com/ have created a call in [+]

Most Wired Survey is Open

I have gone through the Most Wired a couple of times.  This survey gives you valuable information about your technology systems.  The survey is broken down into sub-parts like "Safety & Quality", "Business Processes", "Workforce", [+]

MEDITECH Dashboards & Gaylord Hospital

By connecting SAP Business Objects tools directly to their ADT system, Gaylord Hospital executives were able to access the real-time patient census data they need to monitor patient flow, align staffing, and identify capacity issues [+]

Free Application from HealthTechnica to help with your electronic environment

HealthTechnica has decided to make our E-Health Process Tool free for all.  This very simple tool uses a timer and click monitor to help you determine how long your electronic processes take.  Use this tool [+]

Departmental Effeciences: Finance Department (Part 1)

The HealthTechnica panel discusses how Information Technology will bring efficiencies and effectiveness to finance departments within the medical system. [+]

(Part 2) Departmental Effeciences: Finance Department

The HealthTechnica panel discusses how Information Technology will bring efficiencies and effectiveness to finance departments within the medical system. Part 2 [+]

The Information Technology and Performance Improvement Relationship

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 [+]

Database Considerations for Health Care – Performance

Performance Normally Performance would be the primary concern for most business applications that use databases.  After all application performance was one of the necessities that brought about the development of some databases.  There are some higher [+]