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Equipment Financing and Bond Financing

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Learn how healthcare organizations are making the best use of equipment and bond financing in this time of change.

Challenge: Financial Sustainability  

AHA Endorsement: First American Healthcare Finance

The Cost of Miscommunication: Solving the Puzzle of Readmission Rates

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This article covers the Affordable Care Act’s penalization of unnecessary hospital readmissions, and the reasons Limited-English-Proficient patients are overrepresented in those readmissions.

Challenge: Care Continuum  

AHA Endorsement: CyraCom, LLC.

Managing Population Health: A Strategic Playbook for Best-Fit Growth Opportunities

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This whitepaper provides leadership with detailed guidance on where, when, and how to assume a financially sustainable role in PHM.

Challenge: Clinical Integration  Cultural Transformation  

AHA Endorsement: Kaufman, Hall & Associates, Inc.

A 21st-Century Approach to Improving Operational Effectiveness: Increasing Healthcare Value by Reducing Clinical Variation

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A focus on the impact of Verras’ Clinical Compass™ on length of stay and average profit and loss per case by physician.

Challenge: Financial Sustainability  

AHA Endorsement: Verras

Special HIPAA Requirements for Group Health Plans and their Sponsors

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This whitepaper provides outstanding information regarding how Group Health Plans and Plan Sponsors can achieve compliance with the HIPAA Omnibus Rule

Challenge: Clinical Integration  

AHA Endorsement: Clearwater Compliance

HIPAA Compliance Now Even More Critical for Managed Care Organizations

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This whitepaper provides outstanding information regarding how Managed Care Organizations can achieve compliance with the HIPAA Omnibus Rule.

Challenge: Clinical Integration  Care Continuum  Financial Sustainability  Cultural Transformation  

AHA Endorsement: Clearwater Compliance

HIPAA Privacy Requirements for BAs

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The focus of the paper is to help business associates, and their subcontractors, determine which requesrements of the Privacy Rule pertain to them.

Challenge: Clinical Integration  Care Continuum  Financial Sustainability  Cultural Transformation  

AHA Endorsement: Clearwater Compliance

How to Prepare Your Healthcare Organization for a Severe Weather Event

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This white paper will outline the key considerations that are unique to hospitals and healthcare providers that will help in preparing for severe weather events.

Challenge: Care Continuum  Cultural Transformation  

AHA Endorsement: Agility Recovery

Effective Communication Begins with Purposeful Plan Design

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Learn why your success in helping your participants prepare financially for retirement starts with the careful and thoughtful review of your plan design.

Challenge: Cultural Transformation  

AHA Endorsement: Transamerica

Fiduciary Best Practices: Taking a prudent approach to plan management

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In this paper, we will present a summary of best practices that plan sponsors and fiduciaries can employ to ensure they are meeting their obligations.

Challenge: Cultural Transformation  

AHA Endorsement: Transamerica

Mergers and Acquisitions: Key considerations for retirement plan conversion

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This article examines the special considerations of retirement plan conversion due to M&A activity and offers best practices for achieving a seamless transition.

Challenge: Cultural Transformation  

AHA Endorsement: Transamerica

A New Paradigm for Technology

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This paper briefly explores a new paradigm for technology acquisition and lifecycle management that aligns with improving patient care, reducing health delivery costs, and improving population health.

Challenge: Care Continuum  Financial Sustainability  

AHA Endorsement: First American Healthcare Finance

CMS Never Events: Research Report

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Exploring the connection between tracking near misses, organizational learning and reducing never events in health care organizations

Challenge: Care Continuum  Cultural Transformation  

AHA Endorsement: RL Solutions

Leveraging Streamlined Patient Flow to Improve Care Delivery and Financial Health

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Learn how technology and process improvements yield material impact to the bottom line.

Challenge: Care Continuum  Financial Sustainability  

AHA Endorsement: MEDHOST

The Joint Commission's PatientFlow Requirements

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MEDHOST’s Patient Throughput Suite can help organizations comply and manage to new JC Requirements addressing patient throughput in the accreditation process.

Challenge: Care Continuum  Financial Sustainability  

AHA Endorsement: MEDHOST

Slashing Downtime from 24 Hours to 24 Minutes: Technology Advancements Make Warm-Site Disaster Recovery Possible

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In this era of health care reform, downtime is far more critical than ever, and what was once considered standard recovery time is no longer acceptable. Better approaches are needed. Here’s how.

Challenge: Care Continuum  Cultural Transformation  

AHA Endorsement: CareTech Solutions, Inc.

Proof Positive: Lower Medical Costs with Increased Productivity

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Read the results of a multi-year, independent review conducted by Zoe Consulting, which demonstrates how Interactive Health Outcomes-Based Wellness Programs can lower medical costs and increases productivity.

Challenge: Financial Sustainability  Cultural Transformation  

AHA Endorsement: Interactive Health

The Affordable Care Act & Limited English Proficient Populations: Key Implications for Healthcare Providers

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Learn about the cumulative effect the Affordable Care Act's major incentive for health care organizations can have on providing the most effective services possible for LEP patients before, during, and after treatment.

Challenge: Care Continuum  Cultural Transformation  

AHA Endorsement: CyraCom, LLC.

Recent Veterans of Major EMR Launches Share Insights on Keys to a Robust Go-Live Command Center

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Learn how the placement of a robust Command Center helped one facility tackle the abundance of largely unpredictable issues that always arise during the first week of a system implementation.

AHA Endorsement: CareTech Solutions, Inc.

Improving the Candidate Experience: 5 Best Practices for Healthcare HR

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Learn the driving forces behind the need to re-train recruiters and managers to compete for top talent in health care.

Challenge: Cultural Transformation  

AHA Endorsement: HealthcareSource

Improving the Interview Process: 7 Steps for Healthcare HR

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Source. Evaluate. Interview. Give feedback. Gather feedback. Compare results. Finally — make a hiring decision. These are the 7 steps of the hiring process for most organizations, but they don’t tell the whole story.

Challenge: Cultural Transformation  

AHA Endorsement: HealthcareSource

A Planning Guide for Electronic Prescriptions for Controlled Substances

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This whitepaper offers guidance for hospitals that are planning for or evaluating their options for ePrescribing for controlled substances.

Challenge: Clinical Integration  Care Continuum  

AHA Endorsement: Imprivata

8 Tips for Increasing EMR Adoption - A Guide to Achieving Meaningful Use

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Many hospitals have made a successful transition to EMR, with widespread adoption throughout the hospital. Organizations with successful adoptions have made sure to achieve physician and clinician acceptance before and during the transition to EMR - and to minimize the effect of the new technology on workflow.

Challenge: Clinical Integration  

AHA Endorsement: Imprivata

Nine Ways Imprivata Can Help with HIPAA Compliance

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This whitepaper gives you nine ways Imprivata can prepare you before any HIPAA audit occurs-without impacting your end users.

Challenge: Clinical Integration  

AHA Endorsement: Imprivata

Business Continuity for the Health Care Field

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Disasters happen every day. Because the health care system plays a critical role in community recovery, a hospital needs to be prepared for any eventuality.

Challenge: Clinical Integration  Care Continuum  Financial Sustainability  Cultural Transformation  

AHA Endorsement: Agility Recovery

Healthcare HR and the Bottom Line: 5 Focus Areas for Improving HCAHPS Scores

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HealthcareSource reviews five areas human resources should focus on to increase a hospital's HCAHPS (Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems) scores.

Challenge: Cultural Transformation  

AHA Endorsement: HealthcareSource

The Influence of Employee Satisfaction on Patient Satisfaction and Safety

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This whitepaper builds the case for automated talent management in health care

AHA Endorsement: Halogen Software