The role of a prognosticator is to accurately predict the future. We will see how well I have done when December rolls around.
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How to Keep Score
Purchasing health information technology is obviously a risky and more difficult decision than choosing a bottle of red wine for dinner.
Continue readingChoosing the “Good Jobs” Strategy
Provider organizations, for the first time, are now forced to choose between a good- or bad jobs strategy, with many leaders unaware of the available options.
Continue readingUsing Patient Acuity to Drive Healthflow
Creating a particular healthflow process requires stringing together various healthcare tasks, both clinical and administrative, to achieve a desired outcome in the most efficient manner possible.
Continue readingGood Jobs or Bad Jobs
With great risk, many organizations are choosing a “bad jobs” strategy to address labor costs. Rather than retain experienced staff at higher wages, organizations take steps to encourage the departure of high-paid, experienced nurses to be replaced with less expensive and skilled substitutes.
Continue readingWorking Collaboratively to Enhance the Patient Experience
Delivering patient-centered care requires all professional involved in the care delivery to change what they do and how they do it.
Continue readingLiving and Working in Two Worlds
“It’s human nature to initially place “new” technologies into old behaviors since we have no other frame of reference.”
Continue readingHow to Keep Score
Although it is obvious that the difference between a 90-point and 89-point wine is insignificant, and the higher-scored wine may potentially be inferior depending on our intended use, the price difference to the consumer for the higher-scored wine can easily exceed $30.
Continue readingAccurately Predicting the Future
While healthcare information technology bombards clinicians with ever increasing patient data, it generally fails to offer clinicians tools and solutions that help them utilize this data effectively.
Continue readingPatient Driven Staffing Levels
On average, hospitals devote close to 70 percent of their budget to labor costs. Until robots replace humans in the delivery of patient care, selection of the proper skill mix and number of nurses remains a significant factor that determines cost in provider organizations.
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