Four EHR Change Management Mistakes (and how to avoid them) [ Source: HP/Intel ]
November 2011- The question is no longer if your healthcare practice will make the transition to electronic health records (EHR), but when. Careful planning and effective change management can help keep missteps - and the stress and costs that come with them - to a minimum.<br><br> This white paper presents strategies for avoiding common problems as you select technology, choose your implementation team, assign responsibilities and lay out the logistics. Carefully ...

Best Practices in Protecting the Technology Systems Revolutionizing Healthcare [ Source: Emerson Network Power ]
July 2009- Information technology is being integrated throughout healthcare operations to improve patient care, service levels and operating costs. Through the use of technologies such as digital diagnostic equipment, electronic medical records and patient RFID, the healthcare industry is benefiting significantly from increased accuracy and efficiency. However, heightened technologies raise a need for infrastructural technologies, such as power protection.

The Joint Commission requires healthcare facilities by code to have a backup generator in place – not ...

Healthcare: Riding a Storm of Change [ Source: IBM ]
February 2012- The healthcare sector is in the midst of a revolution on that will change almost every aspect of the industry, from the back-office processes associated with managing the relationship between service buyers and service deliverers, to the way in which patient data is stored, analyzed and shared, and in the way that patient care is delivered on the front line.<br><br> This paper sets out to describe the way in ...

Four EHR Change Management Mistakes (and how to avoid them) [ Source: HP/Intel ]
November 2011- The question is no longer if your healthcare practice will make the transition to electronic health records (EHR), but when. Careful planning and effective change management can help keep missteps - and the stress and costs that come with them - to a minimum.<br><br> This white paper presents strategies for avoiding common problems as you select technology, choose your implementation team, assign responsibilities and lay out the logistics. Carefully ...

Making the most of Technology Transitions [ Source: HP/Intel ]
November 2011- Medical practices have been contemplating the prospect of moving from paper-based records to electronic health record (EHR) systems for decades. But relatively few have begun taking steps to make the transition - until now.<br><br> This white paper examines the factors that have kept many medical practices from moving forward with EHR over the years and the factors that are prompting action today; explains some of the technological requirements of ...

Healthcare Organizations Merge to Save $4 million [ Source: Lawson Software ]
September 2011- Healthcare reform is the hot topic right now, but other legislation frequently goes into effect that impacts healthcare organizations. For example, the Stark IV regulation states that healthcare organizations cannot refer patients to ancillary services owned by the same organization. This posed a threat to Carle Foundation Hospital and Carle Clinic Association because they both operated as unique entities but relied heavily on each other.<br><br> Learn how Carle Hospital ...

Windows 7: A Prescription for Desktop Health [ Source: Dell/Microsoft ]
November 2011- If you're an IT exec at a healthcare organization responsible for maintaining systems and end users, smoothing out electronic medical records implementations, and modernizing your mobility and desktop solutions, take a dose of this Windows 7 desktop migration strategy. You'll have happy healthcare systems and improve patient care!