Craig Joseph, MD, is Chief Medical Officer at Avaap where he works with healthcare leaders to implement and optimize EHRs in order to increase physician satisfaction, improve efficiency, and ensure full value of the technology.
From the perspective of physician leaders, the HIMSS 2017 meeting was overwhelming (as always!) There are always more sessions to attend and more vendors with whom to visit than is humanly possible, but that doesn’t mean we don’t have fun trying.
Avaap recently exhibited at HIMSS 2017, the largest and most important healthcare IT conference in the U.S. We had a great week of deep discussions with clinical and business leaders about EHR and ERP technologies and trends impacting the healthcare industry. One of the most exciting things about HIMSS week is seeing what is top-of-mind for healthcare IT professionals and how healthcare technology is improving exponentially.
With love in the air for Valentine’s Day, Avaap thought it was a good time to share some of the fond (and not-so-fond) feelings our team has on electronic clinical documentation. Let’s start with what’s good:
As secure scheduling laws pass in cities such as San Francisco and Seattle, it’s creating tougher labor laws and greater complexity in scheduling practices for large retailers and food service establishments with 500 or more employees. Changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), originally scheduled to go into effect December 1st but now postposed to June 1, 2017, add to employer liabilities and the need to increase controls on how workers are classified and paid.
Gartner recently released its Top 25 Healthcare Supply Chains list which recognizes healthcare organizations that are leading in improving patient care at sustainable costs. These organizations continue to show notable improvements connecting financial health, performance, and supply chain success.
Consumers are always looking for the most bang for their buck, and with rising medical costs, this concept is no different in healthcare. While patient satisfaction is complex and can be influenced by a number of things, it is known that it’s highly influenced by what the patient experiences. With increasing use of social media, patients can spread news quickly when they have a memorable experience, good or bad, at a given facility. Centering the focus of your supply chain on the patient will allow them to receive the best quality service possible and increase the number of positive experiences.
Moving from spreadsheets to an EHR system offers significant benefits to healthcare organizations, yet adoption rates for non-acute facilities are low as compared to other healthcare systems. While non-federal acute care hospitals are seeing EHR adoption rates around 96 percent, the small amount of data found on for-profit long-term care facilities shows less than half that rate.
The right ERP system can improve business processes, lower costs, and give you a centralized location for accurate, real time data. Whether you are looking to update a legacy system or invest in your company’s first ERP solution, it is important to know what your ERP vendor brings to the table.
Retailers need to be selling as much of their stock at original prices as possible, and yet nearly 30 to 40 percent of all fashion products are sold as markdowns. How can you make sure your supply chain is aligned with the demands of consumers to minimize waste and increase profits?