A recent article in Medical Economics, “The Promise of Next Generation EHRs” was an interesting read. It got me thinking, and there were a few...
3 Reasons Why “Designed by Clinicians” is Not Going to Save Healthcare IT
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PDCA vs. OODA: Facilitating a More Effective Improvement Methodology
As we work to continually evolve Prista’s ActionCue Clinical Intelligence (CI) application as the leading performance improvement workbench in the healthcare market, we often dig into the essence and science of improvement itself. The ActionCue application not only embodies well-designed and powerful information processing, but also demonstrates an awareness of the principles and psychological aspects of improvement methodologies.
Strategic Hospital Room Design: Improving Your Environments through Better Data
If you've ever spent any time as patient in a hospital room, you can recall how your surroundings affected you—for better or for worse. The effects...
Customization – The gift that keeps on costing
As the saying goes among software industry veterans, the cost burden of a highly customized product is applied to the customer “up-front and...
Flu, pneumonia deaths exceed epidemic threshold
Becker's Healthcare reports statistics on a significant rise in influenza and pneumonia deaths, focusing on flu-related death in 10 states: Alabama,...
Taking the Blinders Off to Find Good HC IT Products
If I write something on a piece of paper and put it into a file cabinet, I can go back and retrieve it whenever I want it. This is how most...