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Many hospitals are using SMS or email for critical messaging today. This means critical physician consult requests are mixed into the same inbox as a simple hello from a friend. In this paper, you'll learn the eight reasons why this is a risky proposition, especially when compared to smartphone application messaging options available today.

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View a free webinar and learn how Health Choice Network developed strategic steps and best practices that you can follow to implement a seamless interoperable EHR/EDR solution for your organization.

You will discover:

• Best practices for EDR and EHR implementation
• Considerations for choosing EDR and EHR vendor partners
• Next steps on your journey towards Meaningful Use

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Alex Romillo serves as Sr. Vice President and CIO for HCN, Inc. and was awarded the 2010 CIO Technology Leader of the Year by the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce in Miami-Dade Florida.

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The challenge facing healthcare organizations is how to manage and distribute the information. This whitepaper describes how organizations are dealing with information and data management demands to meet decision making and compliance needs.

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Learn how a MDM approach can solve challenges associated with transitioning to ICD-10 by utilizing a single business process management layer with centralized rules, mappings, and translations that can be applied uniformly to all applications.

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Healthcare organizations must manage exploding data volumes. Database archiving and legacy application retirement solutions can cost-effectively manage data growth, reduce costs, and meet regulatory requirements during this complex process.

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This white paper written by industry expert Shahid Shah addresses the challenges healthcare IT professionals face when preparing to meet Meaningful Use standards and the capabilities needed to complete a successful transition.

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EMRs, telemedicine, mobile health initiatives and continuing cost pressures create increased demands on hospital data networks. This results in the need to get more out of your optical network while leveraging your existing infrastructure.
This webinar will discuss new techniques that switch vendors may be apprehensive to share.

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After surveying more than 600 healthcare organizations, we now have a better understanding of how smartphones & tablets are changing the way hospital staff communicate today. Discover key findings, learn more about the state of smartphones & tablets in hospitals and the steps your organization can take to keep up with the changes.

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Adopting an enterprise imaging strategy with “any image, anywhere, anytime” accessibility is not a technology issue. Hospitals that have embraced this strategy can react much faster when future advances in diagnostic imaging emerge, and have found they have distinct advantages including attracting and retaining physicians, protecting their patients from unnecessary radiation and duplicate tests, and preparing themselves for the inevitable decline in reimbursement rates. Learn the benefits for hospitals, referring physicians and patients.

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As changes in healthcare gain momentum, whether they be the mandates of health reform or the emergence of new clinical and financial models such as Medical Homes or Accountable Care Organizations, it is becoming obvious that a new dynamic and interaction is required among all the participants and stakeholders in the healthcare process. And while it is true that healthcare is becoming increasingly “patient-centric”, it is also true that in order to fulfill this goal, patients need to become engaged in their own care in a way never before seen.

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This online guide provides a variety of printable and multimedia resources demonstrating why data migration is key to overcoming the data challenges and increasing the success of electronic medical record implementations.

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An essential overview for evaluating Workstations on Wheels, newly revised by HIMSS Analytics for 2011. This guide includes an overview of key questions to ask in terms of User Needs, Business Requirements, Culture, and Vendor Attributes, in addition a 25-point cart evaluation checklist to utilize when comparing the options.

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More than 300 healthcare organizations were surveyed about the use of smartphones. The survey was conducted to better understand the healthcare industry and how mobile devices are making an impact.
Download this informative report to view a summary of the survey results.

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Learn what to consider when deciding whether to use staff’s smartphones to consolidate all messaging  - including code calls. Download this timely report to determine the right path for your organization.

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Nurses today face a dilemma: how to respond effectively to the continual stream of patient requests while having enough time to provide high-quality, direct patient care (and not feel overwhelmed). It is clear that new methods of efficiency are needed to ensure patients and nurses are able to communicate in new and better ways.

In this eye-opening report, you'll discover how your hospital can leverage its existing nurse call system and related technologies to improve patient and nurse satisfaction.

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If you want to learn more about the Joint Commission standards in regards to hospital communications technology, this white paper offers a case for improved communications, strategies for emergency communications plans, an emergency preparedness checklist. This paper also provides an in-depth look at sophisticated two-way communications systems that offer the ability to contact staff members instantly with targeted messaging through multiple devices, from wireless phones to pagers. This allows you to forego archaic phone trees and other unsophisticated approaches to disaster management communication.

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Achieving your goals of high-quality patient care and safety requires a unified communications approach to sharing information among the people, systems, and devices in your organization. With the advanced communications requirements hospitals face, the right behind-the-scenes technology is the only way to protect patients and help your staff perform their jobs in the best way possible.

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With highly mobile staff members and the increasing use of smartphones, new ways to share and act on information abound. Yet despite these technology changes, the need for fast, accurate messaging remains crucial to maintain patient safety at all times.

 Download this free white paper to learn six practical tips for hospitals interested in deploying smartphones in their organizations.

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The research report, Launch of "One Mayo Clinic" Accelerates Supply Chain Savings, Part 1 published on May, 2010, tells the story of how the "One Mayo Clinic" supply chain initiative and Lawson helped design a shared service organization that accelerated savings by 45% annually while reducing supply chain management costs.

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