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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>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Riley</dc:creator>
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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>Shared services can have great value in healthcare</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2010 14:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Riley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 company and can be adjusted to suit the company’s preference. These services are different from outsourcing, in which an external [...]]]></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>Quality in Healthcare Risk Management</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 15:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MMR</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 order to maintain a competitive edge, healthcare organizations should do more than simply making sure the environment is safe (OSHA, 2009); the healthcare organization [...]]]></description>
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		<title>101 Tips to make your EMR / EHR more useful</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 15:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Riley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 in at many different points within your EMR / EHR adoption.  Some tips are best used when you are [...]]]></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>Bedside Medication Verification</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 15:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Riley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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% of these errors are preventable. Medication errors can occur at any stage of medication use that includes ordering, transcribing, dispensing, administering, and monitoring. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strategic Formulation in Healthcare Organizations</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MMR</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 subcategories. Directional strategies involve determining whether the business should grow, maintain the current activities, or be reduced (Hunger [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Nurse is ON!!  Check them out at #HIMSS10 Booth 3606!</title>
		<link>http://www.healthtechnica.com/blogsphere/2010/03/01/your-nurse-is-on-check-them-out-at-himss10-booth-3606/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=your-nurse-is-on-check-them-out-at-himss10-booth-3606</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:48:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Riley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are many jems at #HIMSS10 in Atlanta this year.  One of them that you should make sure not to miss is &#8220;Your Nurse is On&#8221;!  The folks of http://www.yournurseison.com/ have created a call in system for your nurse pools. In the simplest terms, your facility is able to apply union rules and state staffing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MEDITECH Dashboards &amp; Gaylord Hospital</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BlueApoc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 before it becomes too late to react. This webinar, recorded by Golden Consulting prior to joining BITadvisors, explains Gaylord Hospital&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free Application from HealthTechnica to help with your electronic environment</title>
		<link>http://www.healthtechnica.com/blogsphere/2009/11/05/free-application-from-healthtechnica-to-help-with-your-electronic-environment/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=free-application-from-healthtechnica-to-help-with-your-electronic-environment</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Riley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 to help track slowness in the system, determine differences in upgrades, or process improvement and value stream mapping. E-Health Process [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An opportunity to improve EHRs &amp; their acceptability to MDs and Nurses</title>
		<link>http://www.healthtechnica.com/blogsphere/2009/02/02/an-opportunity-to-improve-ehrs-their-acceptability-to-mds-and-nurses/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=an-opportunity-to-improve-ehrs-their-acceptability-to-mds-and-nurses</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:05:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Riley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;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 major slowdown for the practice.  Physicians and nurses often have to struggle through inefficient processes set down in a very [...]]]></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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