White papers

Intermountain Healthcare and 3M’s Healthcare Data Dictionary: A clinical decision support case study

Intermountain Healthcare, an internationally recognized nonprofit health system, describes how the 3M Healthcare Data Dictionary (HDD) is being used to successfully define and translate every data element and healthcare concept that occurs in a computerized patient record.

Hospital + Practice Partnerships: Targeted Revenue Cycle Management Strategies Increase Profitability

With hospitals and physician practices rapidly aligning, a key concern is how both organizations can maintain a strong bottom line despite the key economic differences between them. In order to meet individual needs, institutional and ambulatory revenue cycles each must administer workflows and tools designed specifically for their unique environments. Download this white paper to learn more about the disparate revenue cycle requirements and how to prepare for a successful financial partnership.

The Role of Healthcare Informatics in Accountable Care

 

The 3 Core Competencies for Accountable Care

What essential technology will you need to support the transition to more accountable care? Read this InterSystems white paper, “The Role of Healthcare Informatics in Accountable Care,” to find out.

Managing AV Signals for Telemedicine and Video Conferencing Services

With the arrival of the Affordable Care Act, big changes are coming very soon to healthcare providers.

One of the biggest changes will be the huge influx of newly insured patients. Healthcare providers will have to rely on telemedicine and video teleconferencing services to manage it. Which means now’s the time to make sure your IT infrastructure can manage the AV signals telemedicine services require. How? With a proven AV solution.

The Changing Role of Paper in Healthcare

Historically, healthcare has always been a document-intensive industry. And despite the widespread adoption of electronic health records (EHRs), it remains so today. In a recent survey of healthcare organizations reported in Information Week magazine, three quarters of respondents stated that they had some form of EHR system implemented. Yet, despite that impressive rate of adoption, 80% of respondents reported they were still relying on paper records – including paper charts, physician notes, physician orders and registrations documents.

Successful EHR Change Management

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 walks you through the process of  making sure employees have the tools, training and support to navigate the transition successfully.

Sponsored by HP and Intel®

Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Return on Investment in EHRs

This whitepaper discusses features and benefits of an EHR system, government incentives, sources for ROI (return on investment) as well as building the business case for EHR. WE also address areas of efficiency savings and reductions in “soft costs”, as well as a customer example who realized many of these benefits.  Download this whitepaper now for additional details.

Sponsored by HP and Intel®

Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Four EHR Change-Management Mistakes (And How To Avoid Them)

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.

Sponsored by HP and Intel®

Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Health System Chief Information Officers: Juggling responsibilities, managing expectations, building the future

CIOs face daunting challenges in the day-to-day management of IT departments in health care systems and academic medical centers. Beyond traditional responsibilities for clinical and administrative platforms, applications, and integration into work flow, CIOs face an unprecedented number of challenges that strain resources and stretch the capabilities of their organizations:

Michael Gray Whitepaper, “The Bridge from PACS to VNA – Scale-Out Storage”

Moving to a vendor-neutral archive (VNA) for image archival, retrieval and management requires a phased storage approach due to the capital and operational expenditures involved.  The EMC Isilon scale-out approach provides a simple, predictable, and manageable path from PACS (Picture archiving and Communications System) to VNA.

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