In the provision of quality service, a hospital needs a supply chain that merges logistic and purchasing operations of clinical elements. Attaining this objective is not always easy. A well-integrated hospital supply chain incorporates all relevant parties in and around the hospital into its process, including clinicians, finance, clinical outcomes, executive leaders, physicians and others, in other to achieve optimal success. When creating …
Economic Upswing and Hospital Supplier Management
Just as the economic slide changed the face and fiscal aspects of the supply chain, the recent economic upswing is going to shift it again. This may be the time to use your ERP metrics to not only review, but possibly re-negotiate supply contracts. This is the time to take C-level decisions with direct input from the core supply management levels. Research …
Oracle Putting Muscle Into the Cloud
When it comes to amazing the technology world, few can say that Oracle isn’t a game-changer. When they bought Sun, many in the tech world were sure that it spelled the death of many of Sun’s key assets – Java, MySQL, and Solaris. Fifteen years later and those critics must surely be biting their tongue. Java is more popular than ever, increasing …
5 Ways PeopleSoft ERP can Increase a Hospital’s Quality
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) for hospitals gives your organization the tools to increase quality, to control processes, and to address issues commonly faced by hospitals. Are your quality processes in need of the aid an ERP systematic renewal? Here are 5 ways PeopleSoft can help! Information Processing Accessing and reviewing timely information gives your management teams the ability to recognize expenses, …
ERP Implementation at the Local Level: The Best Solutions Come from Within
Since 2009, the federal government has invested $26 billion in IT for healthcare according to Beckers Hospital Review. This money has gone to development of electronic health records (EHR), health information exchanges (HIE) and tele-medicine. While all of these advancements are meant to streamline hospital-provider-patient interface and reduce overhead, the implementation has not been 100% effective. The problem lies in …
The Future of Hospital Supply Chain Management in 2015
According to reports from The Health Industry Distributor Thought Leaders Initiative, healthcare providers are expecting cuts in reimbursements during 2015 that will reduce operating margins by up to 30%. This can significantly impact profitability and their ability to sustain and grow in the future. With this challenge, hospital supply chain management will have to factor in new ways in which they can continue to provide quality products for patient care and come up with …
Compliance Measures in Hospital HR
Though it may not seem like it, a hospital’s HR department is under quite a bit of stress. Of course they handle things you would expect from HR -customer relationships, complaints, and so forth. But hospitals have the additional stress of complying with the HIPAA act. At first glance, it would seem that HIPAA regulations really only dictate IT departments in hospitals, …
Hospital HR: Bringing the Right People Onboard
In many ways, hospital HR is like HR in any other industry. The human resources are the people who make up the workforce of the organization and the human resource department is the group responsible for managing these resources. However, unlike employees at a widget factory or hair salon, a hospital’s staff must deal with life and death decisions every day, …
Future of Hospital HR – What to Expect
The future is fast approaching, and as the web and social forces continue to affect hospital HR, we can expect to see more changes. As we look into our metaphorical crystal ball, here’s what we expect to see more of in the future. Focus #1: More Employer Branding With the growth of social media channels and employer review sites such as Glassdoor, hospital …
Customized Solutions to your PeopleSoft ERP Challenges
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software simplifies and modernizes business systems. Knowledgeable hospitals and healthcare organizations use Oracle’s Peoplesoft ERP for this purpose, and to manage costs and improve productivity. It provides many features that make it a valuable platform with the benefits of smarter decision making and problem solving in areas of patient and workforce management, as well as supplier relations and …
