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If You’re Not Patient-Centered, Walmart Will Be

2013-05-24T15:14:00Z

Editor’s note: This blog was written by Anthony Cirillo, FACHE, a healthcare consultant and aging expert who helps CEOs connect the dots that start healthcare movements. Contact him at cirillo@4wardfast.com and learn more at www.4wardfast.com . Two JAMA articles last month caused me to pause. In the first, published online by JAMA Internal Medicine , a survey of almost 22,000 admitted patients at the University of Chicago Medical Center found patient preference to participate in decision making concerning...(read more)

Tweets of the Week (5.23.13)

2013-05-23T14:16:00Z

New tweet list! Interoperability breakthrough near, treating Oklahoma victims, patient-centered medical homes and the Triple Aim, and graduation advice you wish you'd been given. Get daily tweets by following us @ExecInsight . FierceHealthIT CCHIT: Interoperability breakthrough near http://t.co/TemVnX9IPm Gunter F. Wessels SM Hospitals scramble to treat tornado victims - Treating injuries from tornadoes is a well-established job in Oklahoma. http://t.co/M24TGKct4L Billian's HealthData Hospital Pricing...(read more)

Tweets of the Week (5.16.13)

2013-05-16T20:28:00Z

IT labor shortage, clinical documentation, high-tech nurse carts and the pros of being selfish. Get daily tweets by following us @ExecInsight . Harvard Biz Review Be Selfish. Be Very Selfish. http://t.co/CqJcu6DO6K/t_blank/ohttp:/s.hbr.org/YQVR47 Perficient Health IT New Blog: 3 Great Examples of Telehealth - Robots Optional http://t.co/QorGGidhPf/t_blank/ohttp:/dld.bz/c6UXu Fast Company These are the most creative people in business right now: http://t.co/18uK3xY5kM/t_blank/ohttp:/trib.al/U52iY9X...(read more)

Communication is Key to ICD-10-CM/PCS Transition

2013-05-13T13:46:00Z

Editor's note: This blog was written by Donna Rudolph, RHIT,CCS director of ICD-10 program strategy Health Revenue Assurance Association (HRAA). Today and in the future there is only one word that describes everything humans need to improve – communication. It is in everything we do and there are various types: We communicate verbally, use body language to express a thought, make sentences out of ideas and ponderings which are saved as documentation, and perhaps the most addicting one of all – technology....(read more)

Tweets of the Week (5.9.13)

2013-05-09T14:55:00Z

Engaging nursing staff, HIE framework breakdown from Farzad Mostashari himself, getting telemedicine to market, why CMO-CFO relationships are important and more! Get daily tweets by following us @ExecInsight . Press Ganey How engaged are your nurses? Learn how you can improve the engagement of the nurses in your organization. http://t.co/xedsNHaV46 SearchHealthIT.com Pediatric care benefiting from the advantages of telemedicine: http://t.co/r9Lh4OMBoj Vala Afshar Chief marketing officers must build...(read more)

Tweets of the Week (5.2.13)

2013-05-02T15:37:00Z

New tweet list! Patient satisfaction with healthcare (it's up!), AONE and HFMA partnership, moving medical imaging into the cloud and so much more. Get daily tweets by following us @ExecInsight . AmericanMedicalNews Patient satisfaction with healthcare hits two-decade high http://t.co/2z3JhCLx6x HFNewsTweet Healthcare M&A deals plummet in Q1 http://t.co/HAl8voQAea McKesson Health IT Challenges of moving medical imaging into the cloud http://t.co/WAUqyaRhUp MedCrunch No B for Boring at TEDMED...(read more)

2013 PharmEHR Summit Talks EHR Status and Future Opportunities

2013-04-30T13:05:00Z

At the third annual PharmEHR Summit April 17, leaders in the electronic health record (EHR) and pharmaceutical industries gathered to discuss the status of EHR adoption and potential collaboration between EHR and pharmaceutical companies. The summit, hosted by PDR Network and held in Philadelphia's Wannamaker Building, kicked off with opening remarks by Richard Altus, president of PDR Network. Altus gave a roundup of how EHR adoption has evolved over the last three years. Among his points, he noted:...(read more)

Tweets of the Week (4.26.13)

2013-04-25T14:37:00Z

Bumping up patient experience scores, emergency management after the Boston Marathon bombings, reducing ER overuse, knowing how much ICD-10 training you're going to need, and more! Get daily tweets by following us @ExecInsight . iHT2 Hospitals can bump up their patient experience scores with these simple tactics from University of Utah Health Care. http://t.co/Qi2sJcVQOo Dan Dunlop Emergency Management @The_Hospital : The Boston Marathon Bombings and the Tweets that Followed http://in-training.org/emergency-management-the_hospital-the-boston-marathon-bombings-and-the-tweets-that-followed-1009...(read more)

Men, Women and Hand Hygiene

2013-04-23T13:08:00Z

Editor's note: This blog was written by Anne Macmillan , Business Dev elopment Director for Healthcare, Irisys. It is commonly known that bacteria thrive on our skin. In fact, the average human hand carries millions of bacteria, some of which can be harmful to our health. Handwashing has been shown to be effective in both removing viruses and bacteria and in reducing the spread of infection. 1 As a result, men and women alike play a crucial role in helping to contain the spread of infection. But...(read more)

Changing Your Marketing & Lessons About "Cheating Death"

2013-04-19T15:39:00Z

Editor’s note: This blog was written by Anthony Cirillo, FACHE, a healthcare consultant and aging expert who helps CEOs connect the dots that start healthcare movements. Contact him at cirillo@4wardfast.com and learn more at www.4wardfast.com . By now most of you have read about the "Cheating Death" debacle at CaroMont Health in Gastonia, NC, not far from me. In an effort to startle consumers and have them focus on health and wellness, they shocked and offended the community to the point that the...(read more)

Tweets of the Week (4.18.13)

2013-04-18T14:30:00Z

New tweet list! Boston bombing provider response; TEDMED; Epic, CommonWell and what really happened at HIMSS; and what successful people do on the weekends. Get daily tweets by following us @ExecInsight . FierceHealthIT In wake of Boston bombing, technology, social media enables rapid provider response http://t.co/XfRhHhSdlU John Moore May get in hot water for this one but someone had to come out and say it bit.ly/ZQS2MW Stanford Business Top business storytelling tips for innovators and entrepreneurs...(read more)

Better Outpatient Care Bumps Up Patient Satisfaction for Hospitals

2013-04-15T15:49:00Z

Patients are more satisfied with the care they receive at both hospitals and doctors’ offices this year. The healthcare sector as a whole rose 1.9% to an American Customer Satisfaction Index ( ACSI) benchmark of 80.0 — setting a new record over nearly two decades of measurement. Patients continue to show preference for ambulatory care (such as office visits to doctors, dentists and optometrists) over hospital care (inpatient, outpatient and emergency room services), but both categories reach customer...(read more)

The Lab’s Role in the Future of Healthcare

2013-04-12T14:10:00Z

Editor's note: This blog was written by Curt Johnson, chief operating officer, Orchard Software Corporation. Visit Orchard’s colLABorate blog here . For the last two weeks, we have been reviewing this year’s AMGA conference and our perspective on not only the conference, but also the direction of healthcare in the U.S. It is clear that we are moving in a new direction at a speed faster than any change any of us has lived through. These changes can be summed up in the phrase “from volume to value.”...(read more)

Tweets of the Week (4.11.13)

2013-04-11T15:09:00Z

New tweet list! The history of EHRs (more interesting than you think!), training yourself to be a great leader, one hospital's 5-pronged approach to patient satisfaction and more, of course. Get daily tweets by following us @ExecInsight . CHIME ONC health IT, HIE, interoperability workgroup suggestions revealed tinyurl.com/cfkr7w6 @GovHIT iHT2 The Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program: Cautions and Caveats ‪http://dlvr.it/39tjVG Precyse 9 Burning Trends in Healthcare Finance, Outsourcing and Transactions...(read more)

6 Steps Towards Social Business Transformation

2013-04-09T13:59:00Z

Editor's note: This blog was written by Christine Gondos, public relations and social media specialist, Igloo Software. After reading Mark Fidelman's new book, "Socialized! How the Most Successful Businesses Harness the Power of SociaI," I thought I would touch on his six steps toward social business transformation. "Like it or not, the world is changing how we do business," asserts Forbes writer Mark Fidelman. "Gone are the days of traditional command-and-control management, where top executives...(read more)