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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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 ...
Prescription for Change: Using Predictive Analytics to Improve Patient Satisfaction
[ Source: IBM ]
June 2012-
All the recent advances in medical science cannot entirely counter the skyrocketing costs, operating inefficiencies and outright fraud that plague the healthcare industry today.
The burden is on providers and payers alike to find resolutions to these challenges that threaten both patient outcomes and profitability. But addressing the problems that haunt healthcare requires a level of insight that most organizations lack.
The reality is that to gain this perspective, healthcare organizations ...
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® ]
June 2012-
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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