Cash for Computers
With an 11-figure incentive to invest in information technology and electronic medical records, healthcare executives need to determine if this offer from Uncle Sam is the kind of help that they are prepared to accept.
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Improvement on a Dime
New procedures and efficiencies can be implemented very quickly.
New procedures and efficiencies can be implemented very quickly.
The Hybrid, the Stimulus & You
Physicians who have adopted hybrid EMR systems are quite enthusiastic about them, but industry observers are doubtful such systems will meet stimulus funding criteria.
Physicians who have adopted hybrid EMR systems are quite enthusiastic about them, but industry observers are doubtful such systems will meet stimulus funding criteria.
Covenant Crisis
Many hospitals are in a bad position relative to their debt covenants. Breaches could trigger potentially draconian measures by bondholders to ensure financial viability.
Many hospitals are in a bad position relative to their debt covenants. Breaches could trigger potentially draconian measures by bondholders to ensure financial viability.
Simpler Surgeries, Complex Market
Technological advances have impact beyond the OR, affecting market trends and hospital-physician alignment.
Technological advances have impact beyond the OR, affecting market trends and hospital-physician alignment.
Mission Possible
Mission statements are often mocked for being uselessly generic. Random mission statement generators (really) can spit out any combination of "trust" and "teamwork" and "patient needs." Yet many real mission statements adopted by hospitals and healthcare systems are seriously specific, with careful and clear thought given to who should be served, how they should be served, and how management and the medical staff should work together toward those ends.
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