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Chairman, GDS International
Sales and the 'Talent Magnet'
A lot is written about being a ‘Talent Magnet’, either as a company, or as President. It’s all good practice – listen, mentor, reward, provide clear goals and career maps. Good practice for the employer, but what about the employee?24 May 2011
Focus Area: Technology
Want sustainability? Focus on transformation not automation
Our nation today faces a singularly important juncture in the history of the U.S. healthcare industry. Unsustainable escalation in healthcare costs, inconsistent care quality, challenges with medical errors and patient safety, and the need to expand care coverage have all converged like the perfect storm. There is growing consensus that the lack of clinical information transparency – that is, clinical information either in paper form or siloed away in disconnected software systems – is a key contributor to the problems before us. To help remedy this problem, the federal government is making an unprecedented investment to modernize U.S. health systems. Under the Health Information Technology for Clinical Health Act (HITECH), providers and states are receiving billions of dollars in economic incentives and grants to modernize health IT infrastructure. Janet Marchibroda, from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, crystallized this moment in time, saying “we will never have this amount of investment again for health information technology; let us not waste this moment.”
Optimizing workflows & efficiency with digital OR integration
By Skytron. Increasingly, hospitals require more versatile operating room environments to support video, data and telecommunications, as well as to be immediately visible and at the fingertips of the surgical team.
Anesthesia Practices and Billing Services, why breaking up is so hard to do
An anesthesia group with 19 providers recently decided to end its relationship with its east coast billing service and bring the billing in-house. The anesthesia group had 5 years worth of data returned as a box full of paper reports and disconnected data files and spreadsheets.
Technology aids patient flow
Sid Mandel explains how technology can help ensure patients move efficiently – and happily – through the waiting room.
How information is connecting all types of healthcare data to make a difference
Health information exchange (HIE) promises to reduce healthcare costs, improve efficiency, and enhance quality of care, yet few organizations have been able to achieve long-term sustainability.
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