Negotiating favorable contracts with IT vendors requires skill and determination on the part of healthcare providers, on a playing field that currently favors vendors. Blogger Steven J. Fox and three other healthcare IT leaders share their insights in this in-depth article. See Health Informatics article...
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Some might say that fixing healthcare in America is like changing the tires on a car that’s plowing ahead at full speed on the highway. If that’s the case, then we may have just loosened up a lug nut or two-and that’s a good thing. Lawyer turned author...
Guest Post: Hospitals Slow to Go Paperless Despite Benefits If you are walking into an ER, you better have a reliable memory of your last doctor's visit, the medications you have taken, and any x-rays you've had in the last year. Unless you are walking into one of the very few hospitals in the...
Think about the answer to this question, how many nights have you spent in a hotel in the last decade? For most of us the answer is more than one hundred. How many nights have you spent in a hospital in the last decade? For most of us the answer is probably between none and [...] Read More...
Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS) aren't just being used to track hospital beds and wheelchairs. RTLS is being used to track hand washing in hospitals. Using sensors in the ID badges of medical personnel along with sensors on sinks/soap dispensers, GE is now able to provide hospitals with the ability...
Hospitals probably have more than one hundred points of contact with each patient. These points of contact (POCs) begin before the patient is admitted and continue after the patient has been discharged. The first contact may come by a visit to one of the hospital’s clinics, a 3 A.M. call to a primary...
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It’s always a pleasure meeting Don Kemper, the CEO and Founder of Healthwise . He is one of the world’s thought leaders as to what the healthcare system can do to put patients first ! He has coined a great new term for what I call patient advocates – he calls them Health Guardians . This is a great description...
We all know the importance of a good doctor-patient relationship . If the chemistry between the doctor and the patient is right , the chances of a good outcome improve dramatically ! On the other hand, if you are not on the same page, this can cause a lot of angst and unhappiness both for the patient...
Hurricane Sandy this week tested the East Coast health care systems’ electronic infrastructure. Emergency preparedness plans were implemented fairly successfully for most health care facilities, allowing them to continue to operate adequately. Others, however, were negatively impacted, including...
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Today I’m speaking on a panel about the clinical value of mobile imaging, moderated by Dr. David Hirschorn, at the American College of Radiology’s Imaging Informatics Summit. As the medical industry embraces mobile applications, healthcare providers need...
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Editor’s Note: The following is a guest blog post by Gillian Tickall, Chief Radiographer at The Alfred. The Alfred is a major tertiary referral teaching hospital that provides the most comprehensive range of specialist medical and surgical services...
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What is your organization’s mission, your vision, your goal? Can you articulate it? If yes, write it below in the space provided. Okay. Why do you have a mission statement? Is it of any more value than the parsley on your Denny’s Grand Slam breakfast plate, or is it actionable? What does it tell you...