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Top Considerations for Implementing a New EHR System
Thinking about making the switch to a new electronic health record (EHR) system? As healthcare continues to move forward at an exponential rate, it can prove challenging to keep up while simultaneously providing your patients with quality care. Below are some of the top factors to consider when evaluating EHR software to help make the…
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Encourage Intrapreneurship and Increase Employee Retention
Two of the most common reasons that employees cite for leaving a job are boredom and feeling unchallenged at work not getting the opportunity to use their skills and abilities and expand upon them. Employees, especially the millennials now entering the workforce, want to make a difference, to use their skills to improve the company…
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How to Select a Diverse Interview Panel and Improve Your Recruitment Strategy
Diversity has become an increasingly important driving force for innovation at the workplace. A BCG study drawing a positive correlation between diverse teams and innovation-driven growth confirms this claim. But building a diverse team cannot be limited to diversity training. You should also focus your efforts on hiring diverse candidates. As opposed to traditional recruiting…
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The Growing Importance of Skills and Competencies for eLearning
With the continued emergence of new technologies and growing business pressure, the skills required for employees to succeed today are not the same as the skills they may need tomorrow. The misalignment of worker skills with available jobs is becoming a major issue for businesses. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ 2017 Job Openings…
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3 Ways Healthcare Management Revolutionizes Healthcare Tech
It’s no secret that in the past few years, frequent changes in healthcare reimbursement models have made healthcare management more complicated than ever. Between new regulations and reporting requirements by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), advancements in technology, and pressure to cut costs at every turn, many healthcare organizations have been turning…
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5 Benefits of Telemedicine for Providers
People often complain that the healthcare industry lags behind the times. Why can’t everyone email their doctor? Why do you have to see a doctor in person every time you have a question? Why is it so difficult to get medical records transferred? As millennials grow up and older generations become more tech savvy, questions…
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Why Dashboard Initiatives Fail
At a glance, it’s easy to see why a dashboard will benefit your organization: a central, easy-to-use tool that lets you access data at any time and track key performance indicators (KPIs) from virtually any place. Don’t be fooled, though; the beauty and efficiency of a well-planned dashboard only comes with careful planning and hard…
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5 Innovative Ways Companies are Using eLearning
eLearning is one way companies are getting more competitive in the marketplace. The workforce is a key part of the success equation. Employees who are experts at their jobs will produce better results and feel more satisfied with their careers. Below are a few innovative ways organizations are increasing the benefits of eLearning. To find…
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5 Practice Management Features to Consider This Year
Everyone has trouble staying organized when things get busy. This is especially true for physician practices and other healthcare organizations. When patients flood the waiting room, the check-in desk quickly gets overwhelmed with patient records, insurance information, billing notices, scheduling, and more. Fortunately, practice management software is more advanced than ever, helping office staff stay…
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The Versatility of Kanban Boards in Project Management
In Japanese, the term Kanban means “signboard” or “billboard.” It was originally a scheduling and inventory-control system used by Toyota to standardize the way parts in their JIT (just-in-time) production lines moved from one stage to another. Engineer Taiichi Ohno came up with the idea after seeing a similar system in a US supermarket, where…
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Field Service Management: Safety and Compliance
Safety – arguably one of the world’s most boring topics. Ask anyone who’s not a new parent or human resources professional about safety, and their eyes will likely glaze over. We all know that safety is important , but let’s be real: how many times do you actually listen to the safety announcements on your…
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6 Transparency Tactics for a Clear Recruiting Process
Ask any hiring manager, and they’ll all tell you the same thing: bad hires are expensive. But bringing in a poor fit can cost you more than money. Disrupt office morale, and you could find yourself posting additional wanted ads , not to mention doubling your workload. Want to attract top talent the first time…
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3 Ways to Incorporate A/B Testing Into Your Recruitment Marketing Strategy
If you’ve spent an appreciable amount of time in recruiting, you’ve likely heard on more than one occasion that “recruiting is marketing.” This is an oversimplification, but it makes a good point. If marketing boils down to an attempt to get consumers interested in and buying a company’s products, then recruiting shares a similar mission…
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How Field Service Management Keeps Patients Safe
It’s easy to take technological advancement for granted at times – you’ve probably heard stories from your parents or grandparents about how they only had three channels of black and white TV, or (gasp) had to listen to radio programs. Even recent advancements in technology seem like part of everyday life now: the iPhone is…
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Risk Analysis 101: Is Your Practice HIPAA Compliant?
With considerations and requirements that can be somewhat overwhelming, achieving HIPAA compliance can be quite challenging for medical practices. Even for those well acquainted with HIPAA provisions, there’s always the possibility of gaps and weaknesses. According to the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), an average of 1,445 complaints have been submitted each day…