Webinar

Douglas A. Propp, MD, MS, FACEP, FACPE, Medical Director/Department Chair, Emergency Dept. and Medical Director Clinical Informatics, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital. Dr. Propp describes guiding principles and tactics for "non-incremental culture change" to occur in the context of ED automation. Measured results in satisfaction, safety, quality and efficiency are discussed, as well as unexpected challenges, […]

Steven Tanaka, CIO, Palomar Pomerado Health, and Todd Hollowell, Vice President, Impact Advisors, describe emerging trends, best practices, and unforeseen challenges in New Facility Technology Planning, using Palomar Pomerado Health's expansion and new facility programs as a real-time case study. They discuss how marrying traditional facility planning methodology with advanced and emerging technology planning and […]

Jason Hess, General Manager, Clinical Research, KLAS Enterprises, Orem, UT. With the advent of meaningful use requirements and the prospect of a Nationwide Health Information Network, interest in health information exchange (HIE) solutions is high. But while marketing by vendors would have provider organizations believe that there are plentiful examples of successful HIE organizations built […]

Mike Wilson, Senior IT Director, Clinical Information Systems, Compuware. Join Mike as he continues his series on IT Service Quality. He provides specific examples of how effective monitoring of clinical systems can help accurately measure hospital and physician compliance to the Meaningful Use guidelines. If you missed Part One, you can view the on-demand version […]

Fred Machouka discusses Bar Code Med Administration at Memorial Hermann, and describes the initiative to date, success factors, lessons learned and resulting impact.

Tom Foley, Principal, and Christine Armstrong, Principal, Deloitte Consulting, LLP. Cost containment and efficiency are likely to remain on hospital systems' executive agendas long after the recession has passed. Fortunately, today's environment brings new opportunities to providers' battle against costs. One such opportunity is to adopt a shared services model for business support activities. Done […]