HealthLeadersMedia.com - Whitepapers

A Blueprint for Action

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:02:00 GMT

Effective healthcare leaders begin with a strategic playbook?a blueprint for executing strategy and thriving in a challenging environment. The strategic playbook is not a one-time exercise, but a repeatable way of doing business: It changes behaviors, instills habits that drive lasting performance, and makes progress toward key goals almost self-perpetuating.

BY:
Timothy Butler
GE Healthcare
www.gehealthcare.com/performanceculture

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Radiology Transformed Diagnostics and Healthcare Forever. What's Next?

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:02:00 GMT

Differentiating on performance will drive radiology growth in the years ahead. Leading radiology departments are applying innovative thinking to the performance of imaging services and the processes that surround patient care. As a result, they are improving quality, access and outcomes and differentiating their service lines in an increasingly competitive environment.

BY:
Jeff Terry
Hylton Surrett
David Butz
GE Healthcare
www.gehealthcare.com/serviceline

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Realizing the Promise of Stroke Care

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:02:00 GMT

The challenges associated with stroke care are well known. Today, there is a wide variation in the care provided by a few leading stroke centers and most providers. To close this gap, some advanced stroke centers are building integrated systems of stroke care to drive improved patient care on broad scale.

BY:
Jeff Terry
Jennifer Jefferson
GE Healthcare
www.gehealthcare.com/serviceline

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Business Intelligence/Performance Management Applications

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 04:02:00 GMT

This white paper presents the findings and analysis of in-depth interviews conducted with nine senior executives and system architects at three prestigious teaching hospitals acknowledged to be industry leaders in their use of health information technology, in general, and BI applications, in particular. The three institutions are Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine; and Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut.

BY:
Alex Kim
SAS
www.sas.com

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Health system sponsored physician employment: keys to success Part 6

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:02:00 GMT

This White Paper is the sixth in a seven part series that explores the elements of success for health system sponsored physician enterprises. The topics in this series include aligning incentives through compensation; organizational structure, governance and management; operations and information technology; and practice metrics and reporting. This White Paper discusses best practices in the acquisition of physician practices.

BY:
Southwind Health Partners, LLC and VHA, Inc.
www.southwindhp.com
www.vha.com

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Patient Flow and Access

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 04:02:00 GMT

Expanding access to healthcare will require significant improvements in patient flow. Thoughtful flow redesign has the power to unlock hidden physical and resource capacity in hospitals to serve increased demand. Improving patient flow is also one of the most effective strategic levers available to increase operating margin.

BY:
Jeff Terry
Michael Donoghue
GE Healthcare
www.gehealthcare.com/patientflow

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Building a Performance Culture

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 04:02:00 GMT

Gearing a healthcare culture toward high performance means linking the activities of every employee to common objectives and rigorously measuring his or her performance against these goals. In a cohesive, disciplined work environment, employees are more likely to become fully engaged in the business, improving results across the board.

BY:
Garrett Ogden
GE Healthcare
www.gehealthcare.com/performanceculture

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Health system sponsored physician employment: keys to success

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 04:02:00 GMT

This White Paper is the fifth in a seven part series that explores the elements of success for health system sponsored physician enterprises. The topics in this series include aligning incentives through compensation; organizational structure, governance and management; operations and information technology; and practice metrics and reporting.

BY:
Southwind Health Partners, LLC and VHA, Inc.
www.southwindhp.com
www.vha.com

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St. Mary Medical Center Improves Patient Flow

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 04:02:00 GMT

St. Mary Medical Center Improves Patient Flow

Learn how St Mary Medical Center with help from GE Performance Solutions increased the speed of patient transfers from the ED to inpatient units by taking a comprehensive approach to assessing and improving inpatient flow. ED bottlenecks were reduced while patient safety and comfort improved.

BY:
GE Healthcare
www.gehealthcare.com/patientflow

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2009 National Survey on the Impact of Technology in Healthcare Reform

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 04:02:00 GMT

StatCom's independent study is based on responses from 440 healthcare executives. It was designed to determine how current economic conditions and the healthcare reform discussion are impacting hospitals' operations, especially pertaining to patient flow processes and the use of technology. The findings from the survey and recent information on the negligible impact of EHR's demonstrate that despite efforts to apply technology to become more efficient, most healthcare facilities still rely on manual processes to reduce LOS and manage patient flow.

BY:
StatCom
www.statcom.com

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Transform the OR

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:02:00 GMT

A powerful approach to reach the next level of productivity, predictability and satisfaction.

The key to greater efficiency in perioperative care is a systemic approach: First, optimize the block schedule; then, redesign the process; and, finally, deploy advanced technology for tracking and visualizing patient flow.

BY:
Jeff Terry
Deepak Pillai
GE Healthcare
www.gehealthcare.com

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Accounts Payable Optimization in Today's Healthcare Environment

Thu, 24 Dec 2009 04:02:00 GMT

A new white paper by GHX Business Solutions explores some of the challenges facing hospitals today and provides insight into how accounts payable (AP) optimization can help meet those challenges. The paper describes the evolution of the AP optimization process and proposes questions that decision-makers can ask themselves as they move through the stages of transforming their AP function. It also addresses how process improvements and resource alignment and optimization can maximize the value of technology solutions available in the market today.

BY:
GHX Business Solutions
www.ghx.com

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The Crucial Role of the Nurse in EHR Implementation

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 04:02:00 GMT

As residents coming out of medical school, one of the most important lessons physicians learn is the crucial role experienced nurses play in helping them understand how to treat patients. Nursing practice is the glue that holds the patient care spectrum together. Nurses play a significant role in the patient care given at the physician's office and can be extremely instrumental in the successful adoption of electronic health records (EHR).

BY:
Jay Anders, M.D., Chief Medical Information Officer
Terry Daly, R.N., Vice President of Clinical Systems
MED3000
www.med3000.com

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Philips Healthcare Informatics Strategy

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:02:00 GMT

We provide clinical informatics and patient care solutions that simplify clinician workflow, improve financial outcomes, and help improve and save lives.

The three elements of Philips Healthcare's informatics strategy are principal themes in healthcare delivery today. Clinicians around the world are looking for solutions to simplify workflow, improve financial outcomes, and improve and save lives.

BY:
Philips
www.philips.com/healthcare

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Strategic Investments in the Operating Room (OR): Information Technology (IT) to Generate Rapid ROI and Long-Term Competitive Advantage

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:02:00 GMT

Optimizing the performance of the perioperative department through a combination of financial, operational and clinical initiatives can significantly improve performance of the entire hospital. A robust perioperative system is one of many improvements that can be made relatively quickly with significant and early ROI payback. The strategic long-term benefits can be even more significant. While such investments may seem counterintuitive in challenging economic times, they can in fact result in both tactical and strategic advantages that will lead to financial success for the organization.

BY:
Kermit Randa, FACHE, CPHIMS
Randy Heiser, BA, MA and Robert Gill, BS
Surgical Information Systems
www.sisfirst.com

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Employed Specialists: Is It The Right Service Line Strategy?

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 04:02:00 GMT

In 2006, 19% of Accelero Health Partner hospitals employed at least one musculoskeletal surgeon. In 2008, it had increased to 50%. By the end of 2009, in upwards of 60% of our partners will have employed surgeons on the medical staff. This trend raises two obvious questions: First, why the increase? Secondly, is this strategy right for your hospital?

BY:
Bryan J. Warren, Vice President, Operations
Accelero Health Partners
www.accelerohealth.com

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The Future of Living: Independently

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:02:00 GMT

As people live longer their desire to live as independently as possible is challenged by the need for adequate and satisfying living arrangements. This is of great concern to individuals and their families as well as society itself. It is not simply a matter of finding the best housing and living choices for older persons, but also calibrating them against the backdrop of the culture of aging itself, healthcare and caregiving needs as well as actual living arrangements coupled with matters of environmental design.

BY:
Philips
International Longevity Center-USA
www.philips.com/healthcare

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Streamline data center efficiency

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:02:00 GMT

Virtualization and optimization services from CDW Healthcare help conserve resources and cut costs

CDW Healthcare can help reduce the cost and complexity of your computing infrastructure to boost your data center operations, support business continuity and achieve a higher standard of patient care.

BY:
CDW Healthcare
CDW.com/services

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Guided Analytics: Uncovering Hidden Labor Costs

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:02:00 GMT

This white paper presents four real-life scenarios involving a labor management issue that was invisible to managers when they reviewed their basic productivity and labor cost reports. All the managers were poised to make the wrong decisions based on the limited information they had until they took a guided analytics approach. Guided analytics provided the data that isolated the problem and led the managers to take the appropriate corrective steps, which, in each case, resulted in lower direct and indirect costs.

BY:
Kronos
www.kronos.com

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Health system sponsored physician employment: keys to success

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:02:00 GMT

This paper, part of a seven part series, "Health system sponsored physician employment: keys to success," focuses on the essential elements of revenue cycle success in the health system sponsored physician enterprise. These elements include:

Practice management structure and talent working collaboratively with employed physicians
Physician engagement through physician leadership and aligned financial incentives
Functional information technology operating on a single database
Strong revenue cycle reporting

BY:
Southwind Health Partners, LLC and VHA, Inc.
www.southwindhp.com
www.vha.com

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