Read this article by Mo Kasti, founder and CEO of The Physician Leadership Institute", for insights on how CEOs and CMOs can make their top challenges manageable.
This report explores how top-performing healthcare institutions have adopted a range of human capital management technologies and best practices in response to these changes.
In 2015, provider executives met with health solution providers to discuss how they are addressing the challenges of patient and community engagement in the new era of value-based care.
Educating staff to manage a crisis is as cumbersome as it is critical. One organization used AHA endorsed IHealthEngines technology to successfully train 5000 staff in 60 days.
Personal Learning and Engagement Credits result in fast course completion knowledge retention. Organizations measure real-time impact of training and assign staff accordingly.
Learn about Vestagens TAKE AIM Engagement, which uses evidence-based assessment tools completed by your employees and your target patient market to better align their perceptions surrounding your culture of safety and the role it plays in patient safety and satisfaction.
Gain insights from human capital analyst David Creelman and leading HR technology experts and HR professionals on key considerations in the talent selection process.
The report provides analysis to guide health care plan sponsors and their advisors as they benchmark their organizations in many areas of plan design and management, in order to critically evaluate opportunities for improvement.
This compilation of best-practice resources and templates helps hospitals improve employee performance while increasing managers available time to focus on patient care.
Strengthening engagement levels leads to happier employees who are satisfied with their jobs and stay longer, which leads to better patient care and satisfaction. Learn how to build engagement.
How have health care field changes affected talent management practices? Survey findings highlight challenges ranging from recruiting high-quality employees to training and retaining them over time.
With 13 facilities and hundreds of people depending on the IT systems, PHC was determined to find the best approach in dealing with their IT management concerns.
Implementing a proven and knowledgeable managed IT services provider that developed the necessary design, provided professional deployment of systems and
infrastructure, and offered the expertise to manage and maintain the system.
This report provides the survey results of more than 400 healthcare providers in the U.S. about the typical communications process during three clinical workflows.
Infographic that outlines 4 of the Factors that Impact Healthcare Worker Safety including toll on the body, exposure, dedication and unpredictability is the norm.
32 healthcare workers wore non-protective scrubs for 2 months and VESTEX protected scrubs for 2 months, unaware of which they were wearing. A total of 2,000 samples were taken.
This ebook provides helpful advice on how to approach: Promoting your event reporting system; Educating front-line staff on how to report events; Demonstrating the importance of event reporting.
This infographic provides information about the consumer-centric model, including what consumers want and need from their providers, and how those expectations impact each and every hospital and health care organization.
Consumer Loyalty is the key to survival in todays healthcare environment this whitepaper provides a number of strategies to successfully engaging with patients.
Learn how partnering with a full service solutions provider could allow you to optimize data center performance and improve efficiency, flexibility, care quality and reduce costs.
Language services have a huge impact on patient care….this video series provides a new perspective on the challenges faced by patients whose primary language isn’t English.
Find out how Phoenix Health Plan strengthened its HIPAA compliance program - helping it safeguard protected health information and improve patient safety.
Learn how CHWC turned to Imprivata Cortext to replace legacy pagers, improve care quality, reduce overhead paging, and increase patient satisfaction rates.
This IDC whitepaper describes those efficiency challenges Imprivata Cortext solves for a highly mobile workforce across multiple communications channels.
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There are many examples of healthcare IT monitoring efforts that have fallen short of delivering on their promise. Stories abound of systems that are cumbersome and time-consuming, and deliver questionable value.
Jeff Bell, CISSP, CHPHIMS, GSLC, ACHE, Manager, IT Risk and Security Assurance, PwC, proposes five specific ways to avoid becoming a victim of cybercrime.
CareTech Solutions' Corporate CIO, Louie Caschera, talks about what the Cloud has to offer in today's healthcare environment, with data centers as a service, out of the cloud.
Telehealth is a key initiative for healthcare organizations today. This white paper details the reasons many organizations look to deploy telehealth, including trends and statistics.
This study specifically sought to understand how well-being segments and demographic variables interact in defining the risk of a hospital event in an employed population.
As a dedicated resource to helping hospitals achieve the Triple Aim, AHA Solutions has partnered with Interactive Health to help our hospitals improve their employee's health, as well as their bottom line.
Hospitals looking to successfully manage the full continuum of care should ensure that their strategy considers opportunities for alignment initiatives with their post-acute care partners.
Learn how the CTS system creates connection points between disparate electronic health records and patient care settings to prevent gaps in information transfer and improve the quality of care.
This guide provides a detailed look at how health care organizations are responding to changes within the field and building the teams needed to achieve their strategic priorities.
Hospitals are using the Triple Aim to guide them as they look at different paths and approaches to redefine themselves and further develop strategies and business models for sustainability.
Ensuring compliance with HIPAA-HITECH Security Rule requirements, and preparing to readily and comprehensively satisfy OIG requests in an upcoming audit.
Strategically manage clinical content across its life cycle while providing clinicians and staff across the enterprise a single point of access for clinical content.
AS AN organization with a 115-year history, nonprofit Mary Washington Healthcare in Fredericksburg, Virginia, has seen employee benefit trends come and go since well before the creation of Social Security.
Learn how gathering the answers to three simple questions while reviewing how HCAHPS Surveys are being administered to LEP patients can be highly productive.
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.
The purpose of this study was to develop and test two predictive models to identify patients at risk for readmission that would be applicable in different settings based on the available patient data.
The tactics described in this guide provide a framework for initiatives that hospitals and care systems could pursue to develop an institutional infrastructure that supports population health.
Learn how Geisinger Health Plan's CHF remote monitoring solutions, from AMC Health, achieved impressive care management savings and productivity increases.
This case study outlines the methods by which Geisinger Health System identified and fixed gaps in post-discharge care, using telehealth. Comprehensive Case Management with IVR yielded dramatic results.
This case study outlines the methods by which HealthPartners Medical Group improved BP control in Patients with Hypertension, through remote monitoring plus pharmacist case management.
Merging health care organizations often require some new technology to ensure interoperability across systems. Learn how our financing can help you with the transition.
Learn this proven survey process for successfully conducting an employee engagement survey that will deliver actionable data you can use to create positive change.
Learn how Two Valley Baptist Health System hospitals reduced readmission rates by 51.1% from 2011 to 2013 by changing their approach to readmission management and by implementing Walgreens WellTransitions program.1
The report provides analysis to guide healthcare plan sponsors and their advisors as they benchmark their organizations in many areas of plan design and management, in order to critically evaluate opportunities for improvement.
Learn why your success in helping your participants prepare financially for retirement starts with the careful and thoughtful review of your plan design.
Learn how Samaritan delivered an improved 401(k) fund line-up, lower plan costs, and a more equitable participant fee structure through Fund Revenue Equalization.
This article examines the special considerations of retirement plan conversion due to M&A; activity and offers best practices for achieving a seamless transition.
Imagine streamlining your organization with a web-based credentialing solution that puts health care providers in charge of their data. Handles peer referencing in days. Speeds privileging and onboarding. And eliminates costly, redundant credentialing processes for your staff.
This report outlines strategies to help hospitals and care systems accelerate organizational transformation as they move from volume- to value-based systems and business models.
Learn how Crouse Hospital leveraged Avatar Health Care Survey Tools to achieve it's Goal: To reinforce the importance of understanding the view of the patient at all times.
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.
Learn the top 10 reasons why your organization should make wellness a strategic initiative this year to lower medical costs and improve the health of employees.
The 2014 AHA Environmental Scan provides insight and information about market forces that have a high probability of affecting the health care field. It is designed to help hospital and health system leaders better understand the health care landscape.
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.
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.
Leasing IT equipment has become increasingly popular in recent years as organizations recognize the benefits of regular technology upgrades. Learn best practices.
As technology becomes more prevalent in every aspect of patient care, hospitals are looking for new ways to incorporate the best equipment as a tool to streamline operations and improve the patient experience.
Hear how language services, including education, cultural competency, diversity and inclusion programs, increased care outcomes and satisfaction for patients with limited English proficiency.
Learn how HealthcareSource behavioral-based assessments exceeded their expectations in how they are able to evaluate employees, conduct a structured interview process and improve their hiring decisions.
Learn how leading long-term care facilties slash turnoverrates, and now hire and retain employees that fit their mission and culture by using HealthcareSource Staff Assessment, formerly TestSource HSI.
Learn how HealthcareSource Staff Assessment, formerly TestSource HSI, played a signficant role in reducing turnover and identifying top talent at Penn Medicine.
HealthcareSource reviews five areas human resources should focus on to increase a hospital's HCAHPS (Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems) scores.
Learn how IU Health has transformed its hiring process, reduced its time to fill, and lowered first year turnover rate by using the combination of Position Manager and HealthcareSource Staff and Leadership Assessments.
EMQ FamiliesFirst is California's largest and most comprehensive social service agency for children and families. With the deployment of Halogen Software's award-winning talent management suite, EMQ FamiliesFirst has become a more agile organization that is better able to respond to client needs.
Christiana Care Health System places a strong emphasis on employee performance and engagement in support of corporate values, which include caring, patient safety and quality. Their talent management program helps employees clearly understand the link between these values and the work they do.
King's Daughters Medical Center is using Halogen eAppraisal to successfully compete with other area medical centers for skilled talent, and reduce time spent on manual HR tasks allowing more focus on strategy.
Cabell Huntington Hospital modernized its employee performance management (EPM) system in order to upgrade a redundant paper-based system that failed to meet its needs and was costly in terms of time and money.
Learn how and where hospital professionals see a strong connection between patient flow and patient care and to overall hospital effectiveness, in this 2012 report conducted by AHA Solutions, Inc.
Florida Hospital (FH) decided to officially implement CyraCom's language services, citing interpretation quality and reduced call time as major factors.
Speakers Express facilitates the education and development of your health care leadership and staff with a roster of nationally renowned faculty, second to none in the field.
In 2009, El Camino Hospital partnered with HMS to conduct a review of all enrolled dependents in their health and welfare plans. Learn how they were able to recoup the investment cost in 11 days.
Few strategies offer employers and plan sponsors the opportunity for the immediate and substantial impact on health care costs than the dependent eligibility audit.
This guide from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) presents step-by-step instructions to plan and implement patient flow improvement strategies to ease emergency department crowding.
AHA Committee on Performance Improvement identifies must-do, priority strategies and core organizational competencies organizations should establish to remain successful.
When Sharp began implementing Cerner Millennium in its hospitals in 2006, it soon discovered that OnBase delivered value across all departments, including enabling the EMRs to provide clinicians with a complete patient record.