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Using Target Marketing to Serve the Uninsured
One of the leading Catholic, not-for-profit health systems in the country, CHRISTUS Health consists of more than 60 facilities dedicated to the mission of providing the highest quality care to all those in need. Like many hospitals nationwide, CHRISTUS is experiencing an increase in the number of uninsured and charity care cases seeking primary care in its emergency rooms (ERs) and leads Catholic Health Care in charity care and community benefits spending.
Solucient, part of Thomson Healthcare
HCT Project Volume 4, January 30, 2007 Q&A With Stephen Lieber
The president and CEO of HIMSS discusses his organization’s efforts in
driving America’s move toward an interoperable healthcare system.
Stephen Lieber, HIMSS
HCT Project Volume 4, January 30, 2007 Leveraging Health Information Technology and Health Information Exchange for Value-Based Healthcare Initiatives
Concerns about cost and quality are driving the federal government
to take action. On August 22, 2006, President Bush issued an executive
order calling for healthcare programs that are administered or
sponsored by the federal government to make available cost and
quality information to their beneficiaries, as well as to utilize HIT systems
and products that meet recognized interoperability standards.
Janet Marchibroda, eHealth Initiative
HCT Project Volume 4, January 30, 2007 The Case for Decision Support: Safer Medication Management and Lower Costs
Putting the right information in the hands
of the right people at the right time via a systematic deployment
process is a key success factor in an organization’s ability to
ensure the safety and quality of medication use while managing
drug costs.
Jerome A. Osheroff, M.D., Thomson Healthcare Micromedex, Gina Moore, Thomson Healthcare Micromedex
HCT Project Volume 4, January 30, 2007 Integrating Decision Support to Optimize Care
Thomson Healthcare provides
clinical and management decision
support solutions that
enable healthcare organizations
to simultaneously improve quality
of care, patient satisfaction,
market growth and profitability.
Thomson Healthcare Micromedex
HCT Project Volume 4, January 30, 2007 Critical Healthcare Applications Call for Critical Printing Support
TallyGenicom’s wide range of laser and
impact printers offer reliable, low-cost output
for the most demanding and time-sensitive
healthcare applications.
TallyGenicom
HCT Project Volume 4, January 30, 2007 Preventing Medication Errors With New Technologies
St. Clair Hospital in Pittsburgh implemented – with dramatic results – a medications verification
system that combined bar coding with passive RFID tagging.
Thomas Ague, St. Clair Hospital, Richard Schaeffer, St. Clair Hospital
HCT Project Volume 4, January 30, 2007
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