Search Tag: healthcare organisations
2024 25 Sep
Although it may not be the most exciting topic in healthcare, there is no doubt that contract compliance is critical in the healthcare landscape. Healthcare compliance experts witness first-hand the transformative impact of effective strategies in these areas. This article dives deeper into the critical role of contract management and compliance...Read more
2023 30 Aug
Healthcare organisations need to navigate a complex web of federal and state regulations. This article explores the crucial role of background checks and compliance in the highly regulated healthcare industry. Key Points Both federal and state levels keep debarment lists against which healthcare operators need to screen staff continuously....Read more
2019 25 Sep
"The Triple Aim" framework is intended to help healthcare organisations focus on reducing care-related costs, improving the patient experience and improving the health of populations. Proskauer , in collaboration with Rabin Research Company , made a deep-dive with 100 C-suite healthcare executives to assess their progress on The Triple...Read more
2019 08 Mar
The importance of getting access management right cannot be overstated. You need to make sure that anybody accessing your systems – and the data within – is exactly who they say they are. This is especially important when dealing with healthcare professionals who have access to vast amounts of sensitive medical data. Most compliance...Read more
2017 14 Jun
With the fate of the Affordable Care Act and its replacement bill (American Health Care Act) hanging in the balance, this poses a risk to hospitals and other healthcare organisations. "It’s hard to plan around unknowns and the future of both laws is presently uncertain. The risk is that large areas of reimbursement will change and regardless of how...Read more
2017 28 Feb
With no expansion seen in IT budgets, many CIOs at healthcare organisations say they will still pursue plans of optimising electronic health record (EHR) systems during the next three years, according to research and consulting firm KPMG. In general, CIOs are hoping to achieve savings from optimisation efforts and then reinvest those funds, particularly...Read more
2015 15 Dec
Findings of a new survey show that healthcare organisations do not have sufficient understanding of consumer needs nor effective strategies to meet those needs. The survey was conducted with an unidentified number of hospital and health system executives. Ninety-six percent of the respondents said that understanding patients as consumers is very...Read more
2014 21 Oct
Rainer Herzog is an expert in e- and mHealth. He has more than twenty years of experience in the pharmaceutical, medical technology and ICT industries. Herzog is currently the Managing Director of HIMSS Europe GmbH, a cause based, not-for-profit organization focused on better health through information technology (IT). HIMSS was founded in...Read more
2014 03 Jun
Healthcare organisations, which adopt new information technology (IT), should rely on clinical leaders with technical informatics and IT project management skills for its successful implementation, according to a study published in the International Journal of Medical Informatics. Process improvements and quality care ultimately depend on the attentive...Read more
2011 10 Oct
Hospital mergers are an increasingly common phenomenon in the healthcare sector but how can we successfully manage such radical changes? (E)Hospital spoke to Dr. Soki Choi, a consultant, teacher and researcher from the Karolinska Institute to find out more about the topic. Dr. Choi performed an extensive study of the flagship merger of two Swedish...Read more