Enterprise Resource Planning

The goal of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software is to combine disparate information systems into a single platform that simultaneously serves the needs of each individual system. ERP software provides single-point visibility into each system (for example billing, medical records, staff scheduling) from one centralized location or database. A 2010 KLAS study reveals that many CIOs are unsatisfied with the current offerings of industry leading ERP solutions.

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IDC roadmap looks to provide a roadmap for the continued development of ACOs
With recognition that "the path through accountable care is unknown," IDC Health Insights has launched a new Accountable Care Maturity Model, designed to help healthcare organizations gauge their own status and make strategic decisions for funding business and IT initiatives.
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Post date: May 17, 2013
Mike Miliard
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Venture funding and mHealth
Venture capital funding is alive and well in the digital health sector, according to the experts. But that doesn't mean every Tom, Dick and Harriet with a telehealth proposal is going to get it.
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Post date: May 6, 2013
Eric Wicklund
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Reading List: Beau Keyte and Jim Luckman
In "Perfecting Patient Journeys" ($70, Lean Enterprise Institute), authors Judy Worth, Tom Shuker, Beau Keyte, Karl Ohaus, Jim Luckman, David Verble, Kirk Paluska and Todd Nickel offer a how-to guide for using lean management to make progress toward improving service delivery and costs. Beau Keyte and Jim Luckman talked to Healthcare Finance News about the book.
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Post date: April 25, 2013
Stephanie Bouchard
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Brand journalism as marketing tool
In most organizations, the "separation of church and state" that lies between advertising and public relations is sacred. This is particularly true in healthcare, where much of the external relations are meant to be educational, no profitable. But times are changing and hospitals across the country are turning to brand journalism to get their message out.
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Post date: April 19, 2013
Tammy Worth
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Real time data
Independence Blue Cross and regional provider Abington Health announced in late February they would leverage Lumeris' consulting and technology services to enhance their two-year-old accountable care initiative.
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Post date: April 15, 2013
Chris Anderson
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Transforming the Post-Reform Hospital OR for Better Financial Performance
What is the secret to improved financial performance for hospitals in the age of healthcare reform? Understand and manage the convergence of quality, outcomes, patient experience, reimbursements and costs. And there’s no better place to start than with the hospital’s number one expense – the operating room.
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Post date: April 15, 2013
Michael Simon
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Medical device, health IT interoperability could save $30B annually
A new report from the West Health Institute contends that improvements in the ability of medical devices and health IT systems to communicate and exchange data could lead to more than $30 billion a year in savings.
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Post date: March 21, 2013
Mike Miliard
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Changing the landscape of hospital business
How are the financial regulations associated with the Affordable Care Act changing the landscape of hospital business offices?
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Post date: March 11, 2013
Greg Reid
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Rural hospitals brace for sequestration
Rural hospitals are girding for harsh impacts from a 2 percent decrease in Medicare reimbursements under federal spending sequestration, set to take effect in March, by taking advantage of how they already operate, a new report suggests.
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Post date: February 13, 2013
Anthony Brino
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Operational considerations for becoming a behavioral health home
Becoming a behavioral health home is a real opportunity but comes with some challenges. A webinar offered by SAMHSA/HRSA outlined some operational considerations for behavioral health agencies thinking about making the transformation.
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Post date: January 21, 2013
Stephanie Bouchard
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HRSA grants $1.9M for telehealth resource centers
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has awarded $1.9 million to fund five regional and one national telehealth resource center.
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Post date: January 3, 2013
Eric Wicklund
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Q&A: Atrius Health's CEO discusses improving care with ACOs
Gene Lindsey, MD, president and CEO of Newton, Mass.-based Atrius Health shares his thoughts on accountable care organizations (ACOs) and talks about Atrius' experience as a Pioneer ACO.
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Post date: January 2, 2013
Diana Manos
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2 Methods to Mitigate Rising Material Prices in Healthcare Construction
While construction projects are affected by the rising prices in supplies, it will lead to engineers and architects finding more efficient building techniques. This applies especially to healthcare construction projects.
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Post date: October 19, 2012
James Ellis and Aaron Razavi
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The cancer center trend
The probability of developing cancer in someone’s lifetime in the United States is 44% for men and 38% for women according to the American Cancer Society. The healthcare industry is well aware of this disease wave and as a result healthcare systems are developing more space to treat the flow of patients needing treatment.
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Post date: October 12, 2012
James Ellis and Aaron Razavi
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Market remains ripe for medical real estate
Medical real estate continues to stay healthy as healthcare demographic and financial markets remain favorable.
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Post date: October 1, 2012
James Ellis and Aaron Razavi
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Healthcare Innovation Zone -- Challenging providers to improve care
There has been much buzz around new forms of healthcare delivery that can address the impacts of health reform. Two such models are the ACO, which has been much discussed, and a similar concept, the HIZ or Healthcare Innovation Zone.
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Post date: September 14, 2012
James Ellis and Aaron Razavi
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Demand for medical services increases as doctors exit the field
As the average wait-time to see a family doctor in this country falls to just under three weeks, according to a survey by Merritt Hawkins, a medical consultancy, and the number of doctors leaving the field continues to grow, hospitals need to find solutions addressing the increased demand for care.
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Post date: August 23, 2012
James Ellis and Aaron Razavi
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Turning 'green' into green
Nationally acclaimed environmentally innovative medical facilities and their forward thinking executives deserve recognition for their specific advancements in our industry. Professionals in medical real estate need to align symbiotic strategies reflecting sound development models with "green" practices and theories.
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Post date: August 17, 2012
James Ellis and Aaron Razavi
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Controlling healthcare costs through work-site clinics
Thirty-one percent of companies employing 500 or more people had on-site clinics according to a 2011 survey by Mercer, a human resources consultant.
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Post date: August 3, 2012
James Ellis and Aaron Razavi
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Proposed hospital lease accounting rules build pressure
Hospitals might be faced with a heavy financial burden if an upcoming lease accounting rule is passed.
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Post date: July 27, 2012
James Ellis and Aaron Razavi
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New construction has its advantages
At the Interface Medical Office Conference, influential hospital executives stated that investing their capital in infrastructure needs and health information technology took priority over building new or renovating existing hospital ancillary facilities.
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Post date: June 29, 2012
James Ellis and Aaron Razavi
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Specialty hospitals on the upswing
With a focus on value and clinical outcomes hospital executives are honing their efforts on projects that demonstrate a return on investment while better positioning their organization in the competitive marketplace.
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Post date: June 25, 2012
James Ellis and Aaron Razavi
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Mergers are sweeping the healthcare landscape
In 2011, there was an 11% increase in the $205.6 billion healthcare merger, acquisition and takeover market compared to 2010. That’s more hospital mergers and acquisitions that any time in the last decade.
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Post date: June 8, 2012
James Ellis and Aaron Razavi
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Medical technology: Reshaping healthcare delivery
In this age, technology allows hospitals, outpatient facilities and other parties in the healthcare continuum to capture patient data from registration to diagnoses to post discharge helping reshape the way healthcare can be delivered.
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Post date: May 30, 2012
James Ellis and Aaron Razavi
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