Telehealth: A Cure for the Coming Healthcare Crisis HCT Project Volume 4, January 30, 2007
Caring for an aging population and chronically ill patients requires a new strategy – a paradigm shift that telehealth is uniquely positioned to provide. Although telehealth technology spans the basic to the futuristic, it’s fundamentally defined as the use of electronic data and communication systems to deliver medical information and services remotely through a telephone line or the Internet. Although the concept is simple, the impact is significant.

 CASE STUDY: Hitachi Data Systems / SingHealth HCT Project Volume 4, January 30, 2007
SingHealth Taps Virtualization Benefits with Hitachi TagmaStore Universal Storage Platform
Hitachi Data Systems,

 Q&A With Lewis Winning HCT Project Volume 4, January 30, 2007
Hitachi Data Systems’ vice president of worldwide sales operations discusses how his company addresses data storage issues in healthcare, how ROI should be expected as part of any data storage solution and how Hitachi Data Systems sees the future.
Hitachi Data Systems,

 The Clinical and Financial Transformation of Asia’s Largest Private Hospital HCT Project Volume 4, January 30, 2007
In January 1997, Bumrungrad Hospital opened its 554-bed replacement facility along with a newly commissioned computer system. A few months before the facility opened, the management team realized that the clinical and financial information systems they had purchased and customized would not be able to meet end users’ needs and cope with patient volumes. Unfortunately, due to long implementation cycles of hospital systems, they were left with no other choice but to open their doors with their new system.
Patrick Downing, Global Care Solutions, Curtis Schroeder, Bumrungrad Hospital

 CASE STUDY: Hitachi Data Systems / University of Utah Health Services Center HCT Project Volume 4, January 30, 2007
University of Utah Health Sciences Center Anchors New Storage Architecture with Hitachi Storage
Hitachi Data Systems,

 SAS® Gives Healthcare Organizations The Power to Know® HCT Project Volume 4, January 30, 2007
SAS® software is used for a variety of applications in more than 1,000 U.S. healthcare organizations, enabling healthcare leaders to turn complex data into the business intelligence needed to produce the most successful outcomes.

 WiFi-Based Patient Monitoring HCT Project Volume 4, January 30, 2007
Healthcare is an ideal environment for the use of wireless and mobile computing technologies. From a process perspective, the hospital of today can be compared to a logistical or supply chain operation. There are multiple departments through which the patient moves, while at the same time, critical patient-specific information is needed for real-time decision support. Clinicians must have access to this information at the right time – wherever they are – without increasing their workload.

 CASE STUDY: The Role of Enterprise Staffing and Scheduling in Quality Assurance HCT Project Volume 4, January 30, 2007
Like all large health systems across the country, Memorial Hermann faces the challenge of finding creative solutions to the cost and quality problems stemming from the nationwide nursing shortage. For Memorial Hermann, excessive utilization of outside agency staff was one such problem. It was a cost issue because by 1999 outside nursing agency staffing averaged approximately 60,000 registered nurse hours per month, at a monthly cost of $2.4 million.

 Unparalleled Insight Drives Improvement in Hospital Operations, Strategic Planning, Marketing and Patient Care HCT Project Volume 4, January 30, 2007
Solucient is the leading expert at turning data into actionable insights, and is the most trusted source in the healthcare industry for decision-making tools and services that drive business growth, manage costs and help deliver quality care.

 Development of a ‘Mobile Web’ for Healthcare Data Collection Using Tablet PC and Mi-Forms Technology HCT Project Volume 4, January 30, 2007
Over the past two years we have been developing a technology that utilizes tablet PC technology with an innovative software product called Mi-Forms (Mi-Co, Inc., Research Triangle Park, N.C.). The beauty of this technology is that it makes data collection and validation concurrent and portable, incorporating information that already exists in the hospital information system with data at the point of care.
Richard E. Shaw, Sutter Pacific Heart Centers

 Center of Excellence Certification Yields Ongoing Rewards HCT Project Volume 4, January 30, 2007
By using data to affect outcomes, Bay Medical Center's Heart Institute was the first in Florida to receive the JCAHO distinction – called the Gold Seal of Approval – and among the first in the nation to receive national accreditation in heart attack treatment.

 A Vision Shared HCT Project Volume 4, January 30, 2007
Global Care Solutions provides software exclusively for the healthcare industry. GCS has two main products: Hospital 2000 enterprise HIS, and the Amalga PACS/RIS.
Patrick Downing, Global Care Solutions

 Early Experiences With Positive Patient Identification HCT Project Volume 4, January 30, 2007
How do we positively identify our patients so that we are confident they are receiving the correct medications, have the correct blood samples sent to the lab and receive the right blood products during a transfusion?
John D. Halamka, M.D., M.S., NEHEN

 Critical Healthcare Applications Call for Critical Printing Support HCT Project Volume 4, January 30, 2007
TallyGenicom’s wide range of laser and impact printers offer reliable, low-cost output for the most demanding and time-sensitive healthcare applications.

 High Performance: A Road Map to Payer Success in U.S. Healthcare HCT Project Volume 4, January 30, 2007
The only constant in the healthcare industry is the existence of continual change. In an ever-evolving business climate, what can payers do to outperform peers? The answer lies in their ability to harness change through a series of high-performance attributes used to define success.
Peter Kongstvedt, M.D., Accenture, Erik Swanson, Accenture

 Industry-Leading Technology Expands Remote Patient Care HCT Project Volume 4, January 30, 2007
WebVMC offers softwarebased technology to provide a feature-rich and less-expensive solution to the rapidly growing telehealth marketplace.

 Hitachi Application Optimized Storage™Solutions for Aligning IT and Business Objectives HCT Project Volume 4, January 30, 2007
From Fortune 100 enterprises to small businesses, in today’s business world, applications and the storage environments they depend upon have become critical drivers of business processes and decisions that impact organizational growth, risk, and profitability. Therefore, it’s imperative that businesses more closely align storage infrastructure with application needs.
Hitachi Data Systems,

 One Version of the Truth: Driving Enterprise Performance HCT Project Volume 1, July 01, 2003
Business Objects is the world's leading business intelligence software company. Our technology solutions enable health care organizations to track, understand, and manage enterprise performance, leveraging the information that is stored in an array of corporate databases, enterprise resource planning, and customer relationship management systems.
Alan Probert, Business Objects

 Integrating Process Efficiency and Quality Patient Care HCT Project Volume 4, January 30, 2007
Dräger Medical is a leading provider of innovative products, services and integrated solutions for acute patient care and home care.

 Intelligent Communications Enhance Productivity HCT Project Volume 4, January 30, 2007
What does intelligent communications mean to a healthcare organization? Quite simply, it is the result of embedding communications inside your work flow and processes. Leveraging this intelligence means hospitals can use different communications tools depending upon the particular user, environment or operational requirement. Today, intelligent communications enables healthcare organizations of all sizes (from a local physician’s office to a nationwide healthcare system) to deliver competitive advantage through improved organizational efficiency.

 Intelligent Communications for Healthcare HCT Project Volume 4, January 30, 2007
Avaya designs, builds and manages communications networks for more than 1 million businesses worldwide, including more than 90 percent of the FORTUNE 500®. Avaya is a world leader in secure and reliable Internet Protocol telephony software applications, systems and services.

 Leadership Strategies for Reaching Top Performance Faster HCT Project Volume 4, January 30, 2007
It is not an easy task to move an average-performing hospital forward. Encouraging signs, such as the success of the 100,000 Lives Campaign and optimism on the part of hospital leaders, suggest that progress is being made. However, an objective analysis of publicly available data suggests otherwise, showing that nearly 2,000 boards and CEOs still face the problem of demonstrating any measurable improvement in performance during their tenure.

 Personalizing Your Communications With Physicians, Patients and Employees HCT Project Volume 4, January 30, 2007
More than 600 healthcare organizations rely on Vignette healthcare solutions to electronically capture, store, manage and access critical patient information in both clinical and back-office settings.

 Benchmarking Toward Excellence HCT Project Volume 3, November 14, 2005
The Medical Center of Central Georgia (MCCG) recognized the value of benchmarking as a means to achieve national levels of excellence, but it had experienced inconsistent results with early attempts to drive change and improve across the organization. MCCG wanted to implement a robust operational and clinical benchmarking program. Its objectives were to build on the organization’s previous successes and to lay a solid foundation to measure future performance so that executives and management could ensure that they were meeting their targets. With the goal of re-attaining 100 Top Hospitals® status within one year, MCCG engaged Solucient® Professional Services to revitalize its ACTION O-ITM program. MCCG had been named a Solucient 100 Top Hospitals National award winner in 1993, and a 100 Top Hospitals Cardiovascular winner in 1999 and 2001.

 Catholic Health Initiatives - Developing an Enterprise Web-Based Knowledge Management System HCT Project Volume 3, November 14, 2005
Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) is a $6.7 billion national not-for-profit health care organization consisting of 69 hospitals; 43 long-term care, assisted and independent living and residential facilities; and five community-based health organizations located in 19 states.

 Geisinger Health System - On the leading edge of the Electronic Health Record revolution HCT Project Volume 3, November 14, 2005
Imagine: an orthopedist sets a woman’s fractured arm 150 miles from her home clinic. Within minutes, her local facility is able to view the clinical images, patient records, and billing information. This access is extremely helpful when she goes to her own doctor to get the cast removed six weeks later. And because her records are accessible system-wide, it also makes it easier for her to get invoice copies and make payments at the facility of her choice. That kind of instant, secure access to medical information has been the holy grail of healthcare for years. And with the federal government’s recent mandate that all U.S. healthcare providers implement Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems by 2015, the challenge is even more daunting. Working with Vignette, Geisinger is already there.

 Q and A With David Lansky HCT Project Volume 3, November 14, 2005
The executive director of the Markle Foundation explains why interoperability is essential for improving the quality of care and for creating a platform that enables innovation.
David Lansky, Markle Foundation

 The Health of Our Nation’s Hospitals HCT Project Volume 3, November 14, 2005
How did the healthcare industry fare in 2004? To answer that question, Solucient® reviewed essential measures of the U.S. healthcare system’s financial strength from 1997 to 2004, including hospital operating margins and other operational indicators.
Phil Gaughan, Solucient, part of Thomson Healthcare, Gary Pickens, Ph.D., Solucient, part of Thomson Healthcare

 Using Market Projections to Identify Growth Opportunities HCT Project Volume 3, November 14, 2005
Located in a booming healthcare market, Denton Regional Medical Center’s key challenge is choosing the right capital projects, based on accurate projections of growth opportunities. Since 1996, the hospital has relied on Solucient to help make projections that have been used to plan a replacement hospital, an outpatient imaging center and various other projects.

 A Common Language Architecture for Health Care HCT Project Volume 2, July 17, 2004
Interpreting health information within electronic health information systems requires clinical data that can be transmitted without loss of meaning, aggregated at general levels from multiple perspectives, and is consistent over time and across boundaries.
Franklin R. Elevitch, M.D., SNOMED International

 Clinical Decision Support: The Technology Is Now Equal to the Challenge HCT Project Volume 2, July 17, 2004
By collecting knowledge in real time, next-generation clinical decision support not only improves workflow but directly enhances the diagnostic and therapeutic abilities of caregivers.
Joseph I. Bormel, M.D., M.P.H., QuadraMed Corporation

 Data Quality Management: Oft-Overlooked Key to Affordable, High Quality Patient Care HCT Project Volume 2, July 17, 2004
In response to today’s highly competitive, cost-constrained environment, payers and providers have initiated programs that help achieve cost and quality goals. The key to successful implementation of all of the initiatives is rapid and secure access to reliable data.
Darryl McDonald, Teradata

 Health Information Technology: Implications for Healthcare Organizations HCT Project Volume 2, July 17, 2004
In the spring of this year, President Bush established a vision of interoperable electronic health records within 10 years, and appointed David Brailer, MD, PhD to serve as the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (HIT). This established a focal point for action and captured the attention of both the health care industry and the nation.
Peter Kongstvedt, M.D., Accenture, John Quinn, Accenture, Hindy Shaman, Capgemini

 Investing in Both Medical and Information Technology to Remain Competitive HCT Project Volume 2, July 17, 2004
Health care administrators and practitioners must embrace the changes necessary to achieve increased patient safety and be willing to invest time and energy in becoming proficient in using the new systems.

 Online Collaboration Improves Health Care Delivery HCT Project Volume 2, July 17, 2004
Through collaborative online business processes, all participants can contribute to quality improvements that can help organizations become the health care employer and provider of choice in its community.
Jennifer Langer, PeopleSoft, Inc., Jamie Wyatt, PeopleSoft, Inc.

 Personal Health Information HCT Project Volume 2, July 17, 2004
A personal health record opens up unprecedented opportunities for improved safety and better care and disease management. Its maintenance must be a collaborative effort between the patient and the provider, a partnership that assures each patient the best results.
Manuel Lowenhaupt, M.D., Accenture

 Pharmacy Automation: Bothwell Regional Health Center Improves Patient Safety, Efficiency and Inventory Control HCT Project Volume 2, July 17, 2004
Amerinet – the most innovative and effective health care group purchasing organization in the country – leads the industry in flexibility and choice.

 Reducing Laboratory Specimen Error with Handheld Technology HCT Project Volume 2, July 17, 2004
Mr. Hardy gives a detailed accounting of the reduction of laboratory specimen error with handheld technology used at South Georgia Medical Center that was achieved primarily with Becton Dickinson technologies.
George Hardy, Becton Dickinson and Company

 The Automation and Centralization of Data Results HCT Project Volume 2, July 17, 2004
By implementing a process to convert results into standard electronic messages, health care institutions have the opportunity to significantly improve their bottom line, physician efficiency, and quality of care.
Robert Keet, M.D., F.A.C.P., Axolotl

 The Value of Point-of-Care Data For Clinical Care and IT Systems HCT Project Volume 2, July 17, 2004
Continuous quality improvement data collection from intravenous medication safety systems provides new levels of safety and insights into IV drug administration.
Joseph Condurso, ALARIS Medical Systems, Clif Pait, ALARIS Medical Systems