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.

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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 ...

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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.

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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 ...

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Medicare or Medicaid: Getting on the right path to Federal EHR incentives [ Source: HP/Intel ]
November 2011- In 2011, the US government will begin 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 ...

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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. 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 ...

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HP's prescription for next-generation data center networks [ Source: HP/Intel ]
November 2011- HP's extensive, modular data center product portfolio drives simplicity through streamlined network designs and centralized management; enhancing agility with high performance, security, and accelerated provisioning; and saving money with energy efficiency and low total cost of ownership. In this paper, we'll lay out the challenges healthcare organizations are facing and how HP is the right partner to help solve them.

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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. 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 ...

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Technology's Role in Integrated Delivery Models: Transforming Health Care [ Source: Optum ]
November 2011- The health care industry is undergoing a transformation - spurred by an unsustainable reimbursement model that rewards volume rather than outcome. Many alternatives are being considered, including pay for performance, accountable care organizations (ACOs), medical homes and bundled payments. Although the destination is not certain, it's clear that providers, payers, employers and patients are interested in a health care ecosystem that is connected, intelligent and aligned. Such sustainable health communities represent an innovative yet practical ...

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Foundations For The Future: Building a Better ACO - August 2011 Webcast [ Source: Optum ]
September 2011- This informative webcast provides new insight on the IT strategies and technologies that enable collaborative and interconnected processes and the capabilities that will form the basis for new models of care. With a real-world focus on what is possibl - and practical - attendees will learn how to begin planning. Watch this webinar to learn more about: • Various technologies that will help facilitate ...

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