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• 5 Ways Physician On-Call Scheduling Software Relieves Stress

  4/16/2018

  If your facility’s staff is stressed out about the hassles associated with emergency department scheduling processes, you’re not alone. Unpredictable and inaccurate manual on-call schedules can take a toll on staff members up and down the organizational ladder. Thankfully, physician on-call scheduling software can relieve stress by automating time-consuming processes and delivering accurate, real-time EMTALA schedules.

• The Industry Shift From Regulatory To Contractual And Operational Quality Reporting

  6/26/2017

  Gone are the days where basic regulatory reporting was enough. Performance management in healthcare is constantly in a state of flux, and in order to meet the true needs of healthcare analytics, executives must be able to leverage data in far more complex ways than before. By Shailendra Rao, Senior Product Manager, CitiusTech and Kristi Jones, Director of Product Management, CitiusTech

• Best Practices For Preparing Your IT Network For Consolidation

  10/18/2016

  Acquisition and consolidation have become increasingly common across the healthcare industry as hospitals and health systems look to respond to the changing economics of healthcare reform, achieve scale, and capture market share — and many experts predict the pace of consolidation will only continue. By Bruce Brown, Healthcare Practice Leader, Juniper Networks

• Revisiting Lessons From The Past For Coordinated Care

  1/6/2016

  For those of us who remember conversations with our grandparents about how wonderful healthcare service and care were back in the day (as exemplified by Dr. Marcus Welby), it was unimaginable and near impossible to relate. As society races forward driven by ‘the need for now’ and the increasing push for technology to make life easier, the reality is — at least for the healthcare environment — it’s doing the opposite. By Nat Findlay, CEO, Hello Health

• The Great Promise - A Look Ahead To Effective Health Information Exchange

  2/22/2010

  Health information technology and the exchange of health information are critical to next steps in improving healthcare quality, increasing the efficiency of care, and developing expanded, more consistent access. Indeed, almost all of the envisioned benefits of health information technology are dependent in one way or another on the electronic exchange of information that is now done by phone, with paper or fax, or not done at all. The advent of electronic health records and electronic information exchange offers great promise, but also come with great challenges for information security and existing work processes. It is critical to set a long-term vision that ultimately improves health outcomes and incrementally proves that the value of health IT is tangible and worth ongoing investments.
• Reimagining Discharge To Elevate The Patient Experience

  8/22/2016

  With the proliferation of high-deductible health plans, patients have a greater financial stake in their care than ever before — in some cases paying thousands of dollars for a single care episode. Likewise, hospitals are taking on more financial risk for patients beyond the hospital stay.