September, 2013

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Top 5 Ways to Engage your Employees in Company Initiatives

American Well

Your employees have a lot going on, both in and out of work. They are constantly being bombarded with new initiatives and asked for their participation and commitment. If you want to get your employees on board with programs you’?re offering in the workplace, keep these five tips in mind to get the maximum engagement from your workforce. Start with executive support ?

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Clinical Analytics – Teaching and Learning

eHealth

Recently I had a blog posted on “Teaching Clinical Informatics” on the HIMSS Clinical and Business Intelligence blog. It is a topic that has not received enough attention in HIT but it is the logical next step as more hospitals, health systems and practices implement EMRs. Also from HIMSS, I will be speaking at a virtual event, Transforming Care by Improved Decision Making: Deriving Meaning from Big Data on September 18.

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Get ready for National Health IT Week #NHITWeek

Medicine and Technology

Sept 16-20 is National Health IT Week. You can follow updates on Twitter by using #NHITWeek This year's theme for the Blog Carnival is "the Value of Health IT." So, what are you passionate about? Improving patient safety, enhancing clinical outcomes, boosting cost-efficiency in health care, or expanding access to health care? Maybe you're into mHealth, telemedicine, or remote care.

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Top 10 Must-See Moments at the NBGH National Conference on Health, Productivity and Human Capital

American Well

?. It’?s basically the Woodstock for Employee Benefits,? I responded last week when my friend asked me about the National Business Group on Health?s annual conference on Health, Productivity and Human Capital. And I was being serious too. If you?ve ever listened in on an NBGH webinar or read one of their reports, you know how much easier their insights make this often complicated field.

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HIPAA Compliance: Can Your Organization Avoid Costly Government Penalties and Fines?

Colington Consulting was established in 2013 and helps organizations achieve HIPAA compliance and ensures clients stay current with the latest enforcement trends. We provide a full range of HIPAA compliance services and consulting. What separates us from our competitors is our knowledge of HIPAA compliance regulations and their application to each of our client’s particular scenarios and requirements.

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How to Choose a Telehealth Vendor

American Well

Telehealth for Employees. There?’s a lot at stake when your company decides to invest in a telehealth service. After all, this should be a marquee benefit for you and an awesome initiative for your employees. But each vendor on the market talks a big game and many don?’t deliver. How can you see through the smoke and find the right telehealth partner for your employees?

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Top 5 Ways to Engage your Employees in Company Initiatives

American Well

Your employees have a lot going on, both in and out of work. They are constantly being bombarded with new initiatives and asked for their participation and commitment. If you want to get your employees on board with programs you’?re offering in the workplace, keep these five tips in mind to get the maximum engagement from your workforce. Start with executive support ?

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Six ways to get your employees excited about open enrollment

American Well

As summer winds down, many HR department printers heat up. That’?s when the open enrollment posters, brochures, and info sheets you?’ve spent all summer creating are finally ready for employee eyes. But there?’s just one problem: they don’?t read it. Despite the fact that open enrollment is the one time of year employees can make the important choices about their benefits and their future, few bother to actually learn about their options.

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Six ways to get your employees excited about open enrollment

American Well

As summer winds down, many HR department printers heat up. That’?s when the open enrollment posters, brochures, and info sheets you?’ve spent all summer creating are finally ready for employee eyes. But there?’s just one problem: they don’?t read it. Despite the fact that open enrollment is the one time of year employees can make the important choices about their benefits and their future, few bother to actually learn about their options.

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Submit an Innovative Idea to Improve Hospital-Acquired Infection Rates

Medicine and Technology

Hill-Rom, a leading manufacturer and provider of medical technologies, has partnered with Edison Nation Medical to identify new solutions for controlling hospital-acquired infections and they want to hear your BRIGHTEST ideas! When patients contract an infection while receiving medical treatment in a healthcare facility, it is called a hospital-acquired infection (HAI).

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The Secret to Supercharging Your Organizations Communications

Effective collaboration among all care team members is critical to delivering better patient outcomes. A key element to achieving effective collaboration is through the implementation of a clinical communication and collaboration platform. In a fast-paced, high-stress and critical environment, people tend to do whatever gets the job done. Therefore will scramble and use the systems, people, or processes around them to get an outcome more quickly - which can often be at the expense of quality.

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Stem Cells Offer New Hope For The Blind

Medicine and Technology

If the last half of the 20th century was the era of computer technology, then the first half of the 21st century may well be the era of biotechnology. The pace of progress in the field is becoming astonishing, with new achievements appearing nearly every day. For instance, consider the sequencing of the human genome. According to the National Human Genome Research Institute , at the time that the human genome was first sequenced, the cost of sequencing an individual’s DNA lay somewhere between $

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Don't miss the Health IT Summit in New York City by iHT2

Medicine and Technology

The 2013 iHT2 Health IT Summit in New York City will bring together over 250 C-level, physician, practice management and IT decision-makers from North America’s leading provider organizations and physician practices. For two days, executives will be able to interact with a national audience of peers, thought leaders, and solutions providers at one of New York's finest resorts.

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Simple workouts to stay fit, so get up and exercise!

Medicine and Technology

How much time do you spend exercising? When you don't have much time, you want to be efficient. Here are some ideas for you to consider: Via: Spectrum Clubs.

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