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Five Considerations for Adopting Decentralized Clinical Trials
While decentralized clinical trials (DCT) capabilities have been quietly evolving for a few years, it was really the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic that forced the biopharmaceutical industry’s hand in expanding the adoption of DCT. As the virus caused clinical research sites to shutter operations, organizations quickly turned to DCT as a necessary pathway to…
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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…
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HIPAA-Compliant Software That Will Streamline Workflow
How can healthcare professionals get more done in less time? The answer: a good workflow solution. For most organizations, technology, more notably, SaaS (software as a service) technology, has changed the way work gets done. It’s now the norm for organizations to strive for an uninterrupted workflow. And a workflow that utilizes SaaS products is…
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Invoice Factoring Can Ease Your Cash Flow and Streamline Accounting
A recommended tip by consultant firm McKinsey is that firms must “cast a wider net for new efficiency opportunities,” going beyond mere transactional activities. This tip is a timely reminder for business owners with different financial stress points, including business owners who wait for clients to pay their outstanding invoices while the creditor calls hourly.…
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How Can ERP Optimize Your Production Process?
Production planning is all about dodging the puddles and potholes on the manufacturing road that tend to waste valuable time and resources. By filling them in once and for all, you can streamline the whole process and make the production flow smoother. When the goal is reducing overall manufacturing costs, you should aim for optimal…
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No PTO? No, Thank You.
Survey finds 60 percent of employees will reject a job offer without paid time off With the vacation season upon us, it’s stirring the need to peregrinate, even among the most faithful homebodies. With the changing nature of the workplace and constant connectivity, it may be worth the time to rethink your business’ paid time…
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6 Things to Consider Before Putting Charts Into a Dashboard
Anyone who’s ever driven a car knows the role of the dashboard: provide you the most critical data you need right now for the task at hand, and nothing else. The dashboard metaphor has also taken hold in business applications. Instead of displaying the car’s status, it displays data generated from business activities, marketing surveys,…
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Solving QA Challenges in Healthcare Apps
Think about anything you’d like to do, and it is likely there’s already an app for that. From banking to e-commerce and entertainment industries, there are apps that cover a vast range of services we use daily. Healthcare has also started to introduce mobile platforms across the care delivery cycle, creating a voluminous medical app…
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Why Streamlining Appointment Scheduling Is a Win-Win for Patients and Clinicians
Care coordination between patients and providers is oftentimes initiated at the appointment desk. The amount of interactions and frequency between patients and physicians can create a storm of poor communication and care. Introducing an imperfect or overly complex scheduling system can lead to breakdowns in communication. The cost of insufficient care coordination can quickly snowball…
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6 Ways to Find Efficiency in Your Field Service Organization
Compared to other business models, running a field service organization can be especially challenging. In addition to the marketing, customer service and administration tasks involved with running a business, you also need to manage field service technicians, keep track of schedules and equipment and ensure your organization continues to deliver fast, efficient and effective service…
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5 Steps To A Successful ATS Implementation
Implementing an applicant tracking system is no small feat. Applicant tracking systems (ATS) have the potential to help your company scale while cutting costs. The larger an org is, the more challenging implementing an ATS becomes. While the challenge might seem great, the rewards far outweigh the pains. As anyone who has undergone an ATS…
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Making the Transition to Telehealth: What You Need to Know
The world of healthcare is always evolving, but the COVID-19 global pandemic has forced the industry to adapt to certain changes at a faster pace than usual. Healthcare facilities that weren’t using telehealth services had to implement them almost overnight. The good news is that telehealth services offer benefits to both the patient and provider…
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How to Create Buy-In For Performance Management Software
Performance management is an important part of any workforce, regardless of your role. For HR managers, it’s important to help increase retention and discover exemplary workers. For department heads, it’s important to see if the team is working well together and to manage career pathing. Performance can even be the reason behind a pay raise.…
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Does Your Company Need an Integrated Business Solution?
This is a guest post from Henrik Petersen, the Sales & Marketing Director at Deskera. Peterson has more than 20 years of experience in the enterprise software industry and has worked for Navision Software, Microsoft, and Seagate in the Asia Pacific region. ____ If you’re like most fast-growing organizations, you automated your business processes one-by-one…
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Infographic: Different Medical Practice Models Require Different Technology
This article is a guest post from Lea Chatham, Editor-in-Chief of Kareo’s Getting Paid blog. She develops educational resources to help small medical practices improve their businesses and to help physicians, staff, and patients understand the intersection of healthcare and technology. Her work has been published in many leading journals including Physicians Practice, Medical Economics,…