The vendor returns “monster” can be quite a formidable foe, and we’d bet many of you have found yourself pitted against him. Consider this familiar scenario: The administrative assistant comes over to your desk and asks if the office supply company applied $100 credit to the company account. You’re behind on your payable work load today and tracking that credit requires an …
Hospital HR: How To Avoid A HIPAA Violation As A Hospital Employee
In a fast paced environment, like that of a hospital emergency room, it is easy to forget to protect a patient’s privacy. By shattering this sacred trust between medical personnel and their clientele, many of these employees can lose both their license for practice and/or pay fines of thousands of dollars. One of the most crucial aspects of hospital HR …
Cerner – Population Healthcare Through Big Data Analytics
Cerner Corp. has had a strong financial performance in the second quarter, earnings coming in at 44.7 percent. The increase in earnings is due, in part, to an increase in sales of its cloud-based product, HealtheIntent. This specific product utilizes big data analytics to discover patterns and trends in population health data, in order to upgrade and enhance health care …
What To Expect From A Career In Hospital Human Resources
When it comes to selecting a career path, we all have the right to be picky. Why settle for less than your talents and skills are really worth? Human resources is a fast-growing field. More and more often, those with prospective careers in human resources continue to show interest in (and pursue) human resources positions at hospitals. A Noble Calling …
Using Data for Effective Supplier Relationship Management
Your new product is called “Swan”. When you get your supplier’s quote and specifications, they call it “Shane”. And right from the start, your collaboration on the new product is off on the wrong foot. If your supplier gets a simple name wrong, you’ll be questioning what else they missed. They’re the main manufacturer on your new product, so ensuring …
Lawson ERP Acquisition
Your CEO looks spooked, standing at your desk demanding an update. Your legacy ERP system just announced their acquisition by another company. Your ERP runs well, all the employees trained and comfortable with it. You have no idea what to expect but you tell your CEO you’re on top of it. There is no reason to panic. Take the example …
Human Resources: Why Policy Should Be a Priority
If updating your human resources policy isn’t a priority for you now, we’re hoping that you’ll read on to find out why it should be. Recently, Bill Conerly commented on Forbes.com: “It turns out that policy created by very bright people with the best of intentions can produce exactly the opposite results from what is intended.” So, it’s best to think of …
How Epic Systems Helped Reveal the Flint Water Crisis
One of the reasons that physicians are given to encourage them to adopt electronic health records is the capability of the technology to improve how physician practices manage large volumes of patient information. But the lead contamination of the Flint, Mich. water supply brings to light another benefit of EHRs: they can support public health. The physician who brought to light …
How SAP is Providing Hope to Millions Around the World
Despite dramatic advancements in technology, there are still millions of people around the world who do not have access to a banking account. This makes the simplest of money management tasks very difficult as well as risky. SAP is an example of a company that’s using groundbreaking technology to provide easier access to financial services to the “unbanked” around the globe. …
Why Epic Systems Might Be Perfect For You
Present day healthcare is moving from the traditional paper medical charts to a digital format. Epic Systems provides electronic record systems. Epic’s health care software is used at thousands of health clinics and hospitals all over the United States. In addition to storing electronic health records for more than half of all Americans, Epic applications offer: Registration and Scheduling Billing …
