EMR Pushback
Electronic medical record systems promise a long list of benefits, but most physician practices remain unconvinced. Can clinical IT proponents entice physicians to retire their paper charts for good?
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Retail Decisions
Some once-skeptical health systems have found value in the quick-access clinic business model. Here are some factors to consider before your organization jumps in.
Some once-skeptical health systems have found value in the quick-access clinic business model. Here are some factors to consider before your organization jumps in.
Round Peg, Square Hole
With no industry standards for formatting and exporting data, many providers are discovering that linking medical devices and electronic record systems is a perplexing challenge.
With no industry standards for formatting and exporting data, many providers are discovering that linking medical devices and electronic record systems is a perplexing challenge.
No Experience Necessary
Searching for financial talent outside of the healthcare industry can invigorate your hospital-and save money.
Searching for financial talent outside of the healthcare industry can invigorate your hospital-and save money.

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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