IDC Virtualizing Clinincal Desktop [ Source: VMware ]
March 2013-
IDC Health Insights conducted interviews with two provider organizations that have adopted virtualized clinical desktops. The provider organizations were identified by VMware, and the interviews were conducted in May and November 2011.
The key findings from IDC Health Insights' primary research with these organizations are summarized in this document.
Frost and Sullivan Whitepaper: Constant Access to Patient Care Applications and Information in a Digital World [ Source: VMware ]
March 2013-
Becoming ill is not a planned event. In a world of digitized patient information, healthcare providers require on-demand access to digitized patient information to deliver optimal care.
In hospital settings, downtime is not an acceptable option. A virtual infrastructure that enables
always-on availability and access to electronic medical records (EMRs), electronic health records (EHRs), and other patient care applications is essential.
3 Steps to Faster EMR Adoption with Desktop Virtualization and SSO [ Source: VMware ]
March 2013- Virtual Desktops Deliver Tangible Benefits in Hospitals
It's the Right Place and Right Time for Simulation [ Source: HealthStream ]
February 2013-
Simulation has gained tremendous momentum over the last decade in academic medical centers, medical schools, and nursing schools as a powerful method of reinforcing clinical knowledge, improving team communication, and teaching decision-making skills.
A national simulation study, conducted by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing, found that 87% of nursing schools are now using some form of high- or medium-fidelity simulation.
Furthermore, a study of emergency medicine residency programs found ...
Better Patient Flow Means a Better Patient Experience [ Source: HP/Central Logic ]
December 2012-
Making the best use of existing hospital resources is critical in light of economic uncertainties coupled with the anticipated growth in demand from an aging population and the newly insured under healthcare reform.
Today, advances in digital technology enable a new approach: patient-centered placement. This allows resources to be organized around patient needs and for healthcare teams to share real-time visibility into the patient?s needs and status through technology.
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Unified management supports the convergence of healthcare assets [ Source: IBM ]
November 2012-
In their efforts to keep up with these varied needs, healthcare organizations are experiencing a proliferation of assets and assettypes. But assets themselves are experiencing a convergence. Clinical devices for patient monitoring and care, building systems for cooling and lig hting, and technology devices forcommunications and recordkeeping share a common foundation.
An enterprise asset management system can be at the core of thistransformation. It can help improve patient care by providingimproved visibility and ...
More Big Changes Ahead in Healthcare: Is Your House in Order? [ Source: IBM ]
August 2012- Those health systems that are well on their way to having their house in order have implemented a scalable and flexible IT architecture that is capable of adapting to future interoperability requirements. They know that, in order to be trusted information-sharing partners in the future, they need to start organizing and managing the quality of their internal information now-before information sharing, analytics and new payment models become widespread.
IBM Big Data Platform for Healthcare [ Source: IBM ]
August 2012- The healthcare industry is under competitive and legislative pressure to reduce the cost of care delivery, efficiently manage resources and improve patient care. To be successful, healthcare organizations will need to effectively manage the explosion of data, structured or unstructured, streaming or stored, and data that flows across the enterprise and external sources. The IBM big data platform for healthcare is an enterprise-class platform that addresses the variety, volume and velocity of healthcare data to ...
Unified Management Supports the Convergence of Healthcare Assets [ Source: IBM ]
July 2012-
In their efforts to keep up with these varied needs, healthcare organizations are experiencing a proliferation of assets and assettypes. But assets themselves are experiencing a convergence. Clinical devices for patient monitoring and care, building systems for cooling and lighting, and technology devices forcommunications and recordkeeping share a common foundation.
An enterprise asset management system can be at the core of thistransformation. It can help improve patient care by providing improved visibility and ...
Selecting the right EHR for the Life of your Practice and Your Patients [ Source: HP/Intel® ]
February 2013-
This whitepaper discusses foundational criteria for selecting the right EHR solution. Author Justin Barnes is chairman emeritus of the national Electronic Health Record Association, and is VP of marketing, industry affairs and government affairs, for Greenway Medical Technologies, Inc.
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HP Server and Storage Technology Helps Drive Hospitals EMR adoption [ Source: HP/Intel® ]
July 2012-
Learn how Maricopa Integrated Health System approached EMR implmentation - what they realized in terms of IT improvements and business benefits, including the hospital's - eligibility to receive an estimated $15 million in federal funding.
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Strategies To Reduce Healthcare Data Costs [ Source: HP/Intel® ]
June 2012-
Hospitals must secure, protect, and manage the rapid growth of digital patient information. The paper discusses a better way to address these needs, including "healthcare archive" storage as an IT service.
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Patient satisfaction: Meeting healthcare's most fundamental mission [ Source: IBM ]
May 2012- As hospitals and clinics strive to boost operational efficiency metrics and rein in rising costs, patient satisfaction is perhaps the best indicator of how a healthcare organization is succeeding in its mission. In an increasingly competitive environment, patient satisfaction is frequently used as a measure that influences accreditation and licensure, compensation under ?pay for performance programs? and quality rankings that affect the choices of well-informed customers. Learn how predictive analytics help healthcare organizations collect and ...
Turning Strategy and Innovation into Success - Driving revenue and profit growth for healthcare product portfolios [ Source: IBM ]
May 2012-
Every day, life sciences companies' such as those in the medical device, pharmaceutical and biotechnology fields' gamble with their futures, making bets big and small and risking "currency" in the form of their strategic direction, their processes for innovating and the success of their product portfolios.
This white paper describes how to connect all areas of your enterprise to help create the right strategies to deliver the right products to the right marketplace ...
Redefining Value and Success in Healthcare: Charting the path to the future [ Source: IBM ]
April 2012-
Transformation of the healthcare industry is finally happening, and with dramatic energy, driven by a fundamental shift in the expectations of all stakeholders - patients, governments, payers, employers and providers.
Today, the market is rejecting the three major structural deficiencies that have resulted in the industry's systemic challenges:
1) An over-emphasis on expensive advances in medical technology that yield incremental improvements in outcomes, with inadequate consideration to cost
2) The myopic focus on ...
Redefining Value in Healthcare: Innovating to expand access, improve quality and reduce costs of care [ Source: IBM ]
April 2012-
Despite its increased spending, the healthcare industry struggles to deliver the right care, to the right patients, at the right time. The healthcare industry is turning to digital information and resources to improve quality of care while simultaneously reducing costs.
In this paper, learn how technology can be leveraged to increase consumer access and value, improve quality and outcomes, and build sustainable, cost-efficient healthcare systems.
The value of analytics in healthcare: From insights to outcomes [ Source: IBM ]
April 2012-
Healthcare organizations around the world are challenged by pressures to reduce costs, improve coordination and outcomes, provide more with less and be more patient-centric. Yet, at the same time, evidence is mounting that the industry is increasingly challenged by entrenched inefficiencies and suboptimal clinical outcomes.
Read this paper to learn how building analytics competency can help these organizations harness "big data" to create actionable insights, set their future vision, improve outcomes and reduce ...
The Case for Smarter Healthcare [ Source: IBM ]
April 2012-
Even as medical science advances, demand for health services increasingly outstrips supply, revealing critical flaws in the systems we use to deliver care.
In some countries healthcare costs are growing twice as fast as inflation; in the United States alone more than $850 billion is wasted each year on things like duplicate lab tests, preventable conditions, and inefficient paper-based systems; and millions of people every year are injured because of prescription medication errors.
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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.
This paper sets out to describe the way in which a number of ...
Transforming Healthcare Delivery with Analytics [ Source: IBM ]
January 2012-
Healthcare organizations strive to improve the quality and cost-effectiveness of care. Using analytics to create new insights and optimize all types of decisions can transform healthcare delivery.
This whitepaper by Decision Management Solutions discusses how advanced analytics can drive real time, point-of-care decision making that saves lives and improves the quality of care.
Predicting Optimal Treatment Outcomes [ Source: IBM ]
January 2012-
To succeed, the global health care industry must improve the delivery of quality of services while slowing the unsustainable costs associated with today's health care system.
Changing long established health care industry practices to leverage the wealth of new information available will require evidence-based justification and incentives to change provider behavior and patient acceptance.
Advanced analytics will help providers adapt to forces that will transition the health care industry toward new ...
Using IBM Maximo Asset Management to manage all asset classes in hospitals and healthcare organizations [ Source: IBM ]
December 2011-
Effective asset management is critical for hospitals and healthcare
organizations. These organizations face increasing quality of care, regulatory pressures and financial requirements that make effective asset management a key part of their success.
IBM Maximo Asset Management helps healthcare providers track, monitor and manage the increasing variety of assets on which clinical outcomes and patient care depend.
Axendia White paper: Lowering the Cost of Healthcare from the Inside Out [ Source: IBM ]
December 2011-
Today, Healthcare providers are under increased pressure to enhance patient care and improve clinical outcomes while reducing costs and ensuring compliance with a myriad of applicable regulations.
To meet these seemingly divergent objectives, Healthcare Administrators are seeking ways to efficiently and effectively manage an increasingly sophisticated mix of Clinial, Biomedical, Facilities, engineering and Health Information Technology assets.
Healthcare Executives are seeking for a new opportunities to lower capital expenditures, extend asset ...
Medicare or Medicaid: Getting on the right path to Federal EHR incentives [ Source: HP/Intel® ]
June 2012-
In 2011, the US government began paying out more than $36 billion in incentives to qualifying healthcare providers who implement or upgrade electronic health record (EHR) systems. There's still time to register for the program, but before you do, you must decide whether to participate as a Medicare or Medicaid provider.
Each track has different incentive opportunities, eligibility criteria, qualifying requirements and program deadlines. If you are uncertain which is the right choice for your ...
Four EHR Change Management Mistakes (and how to avoid them) [ Source: HP/Intel® ]
February 2013-
Careful planning and effective change management can help keep missteps – and the stress and costs that come with them – to a minimum when implementing electronic health records (EHR).
This report presents strategies for avoiding common problems as you select technology, choose your implementation team, assign responsibilities and lay out the logistics.
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Successful EHR Change Management [ Source: HP/Intel® ]
February 2013-
There are many important factors to consider when rolling out an EHR implementation, and one of the most important is getting your people behind the change. This paper provides insight into where your staff may be in terms of resistance to or support for new EHR system, and walks you through the process of making sure they have tools, training and support to move through the transition successfully.
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