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Insurers Take On Botched Medical Work -- With Their Checkbooks
Medical errors are one of the leading preventable causes of death in the U.S., accounting for up to 98,000 fatalities a year -- more than car crashes, breast cancer or AIDS. But the healthcare system has been remarkably resistant to change that might start bringing those numbers down -- at...
Tags: David P. Hamilton, Healthcare, Patient, Hospital, Insurance Company
Blog posts 2008-04-04
Improve patient care by improving the capabilities of your PACS
As your healthcare organization makes the transition to digital imaging and recordkeeping, you face a whole new set of technological challenges. But if you can transform the overwhelming amount of data into usable information, you can access records faster and more reliably - and benefit from operational efficiencies and better...
Tags: Patient, Software, Enterprise Software, Financial Accounting, Document Management, Healthcare, IBM Healthcare Medical Imaging eKit, IBM Corp., Imaging, Financing, Pacs, Investment, Finance, Managerial Accounting
Resource centers 2008-02-20
The Medical Home: A Solution To Chronic Care Management?
There is widespread recognition that the U.S. health care system falls short in its efforts to effectively manage chronic conditions. Currently, 45 percent of the population has a chronic medical condition; among the Medicare population the statistics are even worse: 83 percent have at least one chronic condition and almost...
Tags: Patient, Condition, Goal, Health Care, Deloitte LLP, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Benefits, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources
White papers 2008-01-14
A Career In Medical Transcription: Is It For You?
What exactly is medical transcription? In the course of their work, doctors and other healthcare professionals make dictated recordings of various things including physical examination observations, patient history, operative reports, referral letters, discharge summaries, observations regarding imaging data and so on. A medical transcriptionist listens to these recordings and transcribes...
Tags: Managerial Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Healthcare, KalAajKal.com, Document Management, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Software, Transcription, Imaging, Enterprise Software, Health Care, Career, Patient
White papers 2008-01-01
BNET Dispatch: March 19, 2007
Airbus' A380 superjumbo jet, the world's largest passenger plane, made its U.S. debut today, as two of the jets landed in New York and Los Angeles. Airbus designed the aircraft to challenge Boeing's command in the large plane market. But due to several delays, Airbus has suffered billion dollars of...
Tags: Benefits, Stock Options, Health Care, Airbus, Pixar Animation Studios Inc., Patient, Disney Corp., Daimler AG, Steve Jobs, Stock Option, U.S., Investment, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Financial Accounting, Human Resources, Stock Options & Grants, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software, Joseph De Avila
Blog posts 2007-03-19
Satisfaction of Patients Hospitalised in Psychiatric Hospitals: A Randomised Comparison of Two Psychiatric-Specific and One Generic Satisfaction Questionnaires
While there is interest in measuring the satisfaction of patients discharged from psychiatric hospitals, it might be important to determine whether surveys of psychiatric patients should employ generic or psychiatry-specific instruments. The aim of the study presented in this paper was to compare two psychiatric-specific and one generic questionnaires assessing...
Tags: Patient, Hospital, BioMed Central, Satisfaction, Healthcare
White papers 2006-08-28
Predictors of Patient Satisfaction With Hospital Health Care
The authors used a validated inpatient satisfaction questionnaire to evaluate the health care received by patients admitted to several hospitals. This questionnaire was factored into distinct domains, creating a score for each to assist in the analysis. The authors evaluated possible predictors of patient satisfaction in relation to sociodemographic variables,...
Tags: Patient, Hospital, BioMed Central, Health Care, Healthcare
White papers 2006-08-16
Moderately Overweight and Obese Patients in General Practice: A Population Based Survey
Obesity is a main threat to public health in the Western world and is associated with diseases such as diabetes mellitus and coronary heart diseases. Up to now a minority of research studied the relation between obesity and the use of primary health care. In the Netherlands the General Practitioner...
Tags: Vertical Industries, Obesity, Survey, Health Care, BioMed Central, Patient, Netherlands, Software, Enterprise Software, Benefits, Healthcare, Human Resources
White papers 2006-07-07
Creating Safer Perinatal Departments in Hospitals: Introducing High-Impact, Rapidly-Delivered Training in Electronic Fetal Monitoring
Improving patient safety has become a universal mantra for healthcare organizations throughout the country. The objectives to improve clinical outcomes, implement better patient safeguards, and make fewer medical errors have been widely embraced by leaders in hospitals, health systems, government agencies, healthcare corporations, and healthcare accrediting bodies. The Department of...
Tags: Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Health Care, Monitoring, U.S. Department Of Health And Human Services, Hospital, Patient, Benefits, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources
White papers 2006-06-16
IBM: Patient-centric: the 21st Century prescription for healthcare
Throughout the industrialized world, healthcare systems are in crisis. Aging populations and skyrocketing costs are putting unprecedented financial and organizational pressure on healthcare providers and payers. The result is often a decreasing level of care. In response, fundamental changes are taking place. Patient-centric systems are evolving...
Tags: Patient, Health Care, IBM Corp., Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources
White papers 2006-05-01
Wi-Fi, Health Care, and HIPAA: WLAN Management in the Modern Hospital
Wireless networking has quickly become a critical aspect of daily life in the hospital IT environment. With the maturation of the 802.11 standards (collectively known as Wi-Fi), hospital staff can remain connected to their critical systems regardless of their location in a facility. Additionally, a new breed of mobile applications...
Tags: Patient, Hospital, AirMagnet Inc., WLAN, Health Care, Wireless Networking, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Healthcare, Hipaa, Regulations, Government
White papers 2006-04-12
Information Technology: The Global Key to "Real-Time" Patient Care
Satiated with technological sophistication, Germany's hospitals are recognized as world leaders in healthcare's vision for a universal system of care. Information Technology IT solutions are fundamental drivers behind Germany's standard for real-time patient care, linking hospitals' facilities and systems across the continuum. Hospitals such as Hamburg-Eppendorf University Hospital UKE are...
Tags: Management, Strategy, Healthcare, UKE, Information Technology, Siemens AG, Hospital, Patient
Case studies 2006-04-03
HIMSS 2006 Opens Doors to Future of Healthcare
Healthcare IT is on the worldwide agenda, with countries such as the U.S. aiming for the adoption of Electronic Health Records EHRs by 2010. Especially with medical records and other critical patient information lost during Gulf Coast Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, this initiative has captured the nation's interest. In fact,...
Tags: Human Resources, Software, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, E-health, Healthcare IT, HIMSS 2006, Health Care, Siemens AG, Patient, Benefits, Enterprise Software
White papers 2006-04-03
Healing the Revenue Cycle: A Prescription for Improving Healthcare's Financial Future
Injured revenue cycles diminish health facilities' ability to provide superior patient care. This paper discusses how information technology has improved profits and enhanced patient care across all facets of the hospital. Today, as the cost of delivering care continues to rise and profits continue to diminish, revenue cycle optimization is...
Tags: Revenue, Patient, Hospital, Financial, Siemens AG, Health Care, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources
White papers 2006-04-03
Patient Safety: A Cure for What Ails Us?
An unprecedented focus on reducing medical errors is mobilizing healthcare facilities around the world to improve patient safety. Two U.S. hospitals are leading the way, utilizing information technology to inspire continuous learning and proven outcomes. A large acute-care hospital founded in 1906, McLeod Regional Medical Center in Florence, SC, is...
Tags: Patient, Hospital, Siemens AG, Health Care, Healthcare
Case studies 2006-04-03
Accenture Case Study: Morris Jackson
Patient-centered health care is at the heart of Accenture's commitment to achieving high performance in the health care industry by working with their clients to improve quality, access and affordability of health care around the world. This case study follows the progress of an elderly man, who suffers two falls...
Tags: Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Healthcare, Benefits, Vertical Industries, Health Care, Accenture Ltd., Patient
Case studies 2006-01-26
Care Management
The complexity of managing healthcare is increasing as providers and payers struggle to contain costs and improve quality of care for patients. What they've learned along the way is that successful and effective care management requires more than a care manager and a patient, and more than a healthcare provider...
Tags: Patient, Collaboration, Health Care, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Management, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Groupware, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources
White papers 2006-01-01
Primary Healthcare Provision and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Survey of Patients' and General Practitioners' Beliefs
The study was conducted as part of a research project into the evaluation and assessment of healthcare provision and education in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome CFS. The aim of the study was the development of informative and educational literature for both General Practitioners GP and sufferers. It was important to begin...
Tags: Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Survey, Health Care, BioMed Central, Patient, Benefits, Vertical Industries
White papers 2005-12-13
CareScience Professional Services
The marketplace is demanding more affordable, safe, effective and patient-centered healthcare. To meet this expectation - and achieve performance excellence - hospitals and health systems are looking to CareScience for assistance with planning and implementing organizational changes that result in clinical transformation and financial improvement. The CareScience Professional Services team...
Tags: Patient, Performance, Health Care, Quovadx, Marketplace, CareScience Professional Services Team, Performance Management, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Benefits, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Enterprise Software, Software
White papers 2005-12-09
Quality of Life After Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Comparison of Diabetic Versus Non-Diabetic Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients in Quebec Acute Care Hospitals
Previous studies have evaluated the individual effects of Acute Myocardial Infarction AMI and diabetes mellitus on health-related Quality of Life Outcomes QOL. Due to the rising incidence of these comorbid conditions, it is important to examine the synergistic impact of diabetes mellitus and AMI on QOL. This study assesses using...
Tags: Healthcare, BioMed Central, Hospital, Patient
White papers 2005-12-05
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