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I wish people were not like monkeys, but we so often are

5 Monkeys experiment:   I really really wish to the pastafarian Gods that this was not true in humans, but I can't even count the number of times I have heard "but we have always done it [+]

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 [+]

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 [+]

101 Tips to make your EMR / EHR more useful

Electronic Medical Records and Electronic Health Records (EMR / EHR) are complex beasts of software that can completely redefine the way physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and other clinicians / providers practice medicine. This list of tips come [+]

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% [+]

Strategic Formulation in Healthcare Organizations

Riley, M. http://medicalstudentblog.co.uk Businesses may use various strategies to focus how they will manage the resources within the organization; these fall under primary categories of directional, portfolio and parenting strategies which may be further broken down into [+]

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 [+]

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 [+]

An opportunity to improve EHRs & their acceptability to MDs and Nurses

Let's face it folks, health care software can be a real pain.  Not only is it massively complex, infinitely deep, requires 1000 people to run and even more to maintain, but it is often a [+]

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 [+]