Screen Shot 2022-02-16 at 3.39.03 PM

STORIES & SOLUTIONS FOR THE MODERN BUSINESS USER

Stay in the know on evolving trends, key industry insights, and the expansive digital landscape from our experienced team.

 

    Solving the Last Mile Problem in Healthcare IT (Part 2)

    In my last post, I described the Last Mile Problem in healthcare information technology (IT). To summarize: The Last Mile Problem originated with supply chain and delivery. It is relatively easy to get a manufactured good from the factory to close to the purchaser (note the word relative!). That last mile – from the post office or local storage depot – is by far the most difficult. Are the roads big enough for the truck? Will the driveway support heavy equipment? Will the customer be there when you deliver? Will the object fit through the door? You get the picture.

    Read More

    Celebrating National Nurses Week: Journey from clinical care to HIT

    I started my career many years ago in a mid-sized community hospital in the tri-state area of IN, IL, and KY, in the acute behavioral health field. I was fortunate to work at a great hospital with strong nursing and physician leadership that taught me as a new graduate nurse the value of quality patient care and doing everything with the patient and family in mind. Many mentors helped to guide my approach to nursing care, and what type of nurse and eventual leader I would be. Many of these mentors I still think of and reach out to for advice today.

    Read More

    Celebrating National Nurses Week: A View Through the Clinical IT Lens

    May 6-12 marks National Nurses Week 2019, a week that recognizes the vast contributions and positive impact of America’s four million registered nurses (RN). We want to bring attention to the nurses who have used their degree and skills to pursue careers beyond the patient bedside for the betterment of patients, families, and the communities where they work. According to the American Nurses Association, National Nurses Week is celebrated annually from May 6, also known as National Nurses Day, through May 12, the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing. This week is a time for everyone – individuals, employers, other health care professionals, community leaders, and nurses – to recognize the vast contributions and positive impact of America’s registered nurses.

    Read More

    Is there such a thing as too many updates?

    Since Epic implemented its quarterly upgrade model, many analysts find themselves in a continuous flow of Nova notes, Sherlock tickets, and the balancing act of responding to current users’ requests and concerns as they approach another time for change and adaptation. While quarterly improvements mean fewer changes all at once (and an easier way to keep up with all that may be offered), it does require analysts and end users to accept that their workflows and tools may change more frequently. Whether they see this as a positive or not is dependent on their role and involvement in the system.

    Read More

    What's New in ERP?

    The ERP market has been relatively stagnant over the last two decades but now that there are so many cloud options, many organizations are taking the opportunity to evaluate their business systems with eye on the opportunity to improve. Particularly in healthcare, where organizations have spent the last decade focusing on the EHR to bring rigor to clinical processes and address meaningful use, focus is shifting to the back office and improving business processes, aligning what happens in finance, HR, and the supply chain to what’s happening at the point of care and beyond.

    Read More

    Solving the Last Mile Problem in Healthcare IT (Part 1)

    I was recently speaking with a friend about a new endeavor that he is exploring, and he commented that no one has solved the Last Mile Problem – that’s what he’s working on. If you’re not familiar with the concept, the Last Mile Problem describes how it’s relatively easy and cheap to get a product from a far-away factory to very close to a consumer’s house, but getting that delivery to the front door of the purchaser takes a lot of effort and costs a relatively large amount of money. Even though the distance from a local distributor to a home may represent 2% of the journey, the costs may consume 25% of the potential profit.

    Read More

    Pro-Tips to Achieve a Successful Cerner CommunityWorks Implementation

    Rural acute care and critical access hospitals face similar obstacles as their larger healthcare counterparts, but they also face unique challenges. Impediments range from aligning services to their communities’ needs and trying to stay independent amid heavy merger and acquisition activity to addressing value-based care and creating more efficient processes that optimize resources, lower costs, and support patient safety and quality of care goals. Most hospitals use some form of EHR technology to improve clinical efficiency, but dissatisfaction with current EHRs are leading many healthcare organizations to consider EMR/EHR replacement. Providers will often seek third-party consulting partners to collaborate with the EHR vendor and key stakeholders to conduct a rapid, efficient and streamlined implementation.

    Read More