After years of planning and preparation, BMI Healthcare — a UK private healthcare organization — recently announced that it is now using Oracle’s PeopleSoft platform as a financial and patient administration solution at all of its 69 hospitals. According to an article from Computing, implementation across the network took a team of thirty people eighteen months to achieve. Talks about using the platform began …
FAQs and Facts About Enterprise Resource Planning for Hospitals
When you are considering an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system for your hospital, there are certain questions you will always want to ask. Through our years of experience in the industry, we have been asked the questions below many times. Please note that we often “answer” with questions of our own. We have learned that the more we know up front, the more …
Hospital Financial Management Trends for 2014
The shift in healthcare reimbursement systems is challenging CFO’s and other fiscal decision makers to reevaluate financial management like never before. Shorter patient stays and a growing emphasis on quality vs quantity of care are among the contributing factors. While the initial reaction of budget makers may be to just spend less across the board, a smarter approach is strategic …
6 Benefits to Enterprise Resource Planning in a Hospital Environment
When evaluating whether or not a Full Enterprise Resource Planning is right for your hospital, consider these 6 Benefits discussed in a recent article by Healthcare Global: Patient information, data archives and supply chain information can be integrated and managed better Systems can be standardized with a common data dictionary to reduce duplication of effort and reduce errors Customer Relationship Management (CRM) results …
Four Reasons to Integrate Hospital Supplier Management into a Full ERP System
As costs for managing health care facilities continue to escalate, it is more compelling than ever to include Hospital Supplier Management in a fully Integrated Hospital ERP System. There are Four Compelling Reasons why implementing a fully integrated ERP System including Hospital Supplier Management is the right decision for your facility today: Eliminate up to 25% of the support costs associated with maintaining multiple stand alone databases. For …
Oracle Wins Copyright Appeal Against Google
According to an article from Reuters, a federal appeals court recently handed Oracle a victory over Google Inc. The three-judge panel ruled that Oracle could copyright some of Java programming language that Google used in the design of its Android smartphones. The decision overturns a previous ruling from a San Francisco federal judge that Oracle could not claim copyright protection, stated the article. At …
Risk Management in the Hospital HR Setting
PeopleSoft Human Capital Management (HCM) can be a great resource for hospital HR. It’s also probably one of the most misused components of the system when it comes to the powerful risk management tools it can provide. Let’s spend a few minutes giving an overview of HCM and then discuss some of the ways it can help your organization with risk …
Oracle Social Cloud Improves Usability of Social Measurement and Monitoring.
Expands Global Resources with Advanced Listening and Monitoring for Russian, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Japanese and Korean Languages News Summary In today’s hyper-connected, global marketplace, social solutions require the ability to listen, engage, publish and learn across multiple regions, languages and cultures. To help organizations meet their social business objectives, Oracle Social Relationship Management (SRM), an Oracle Social Cloud business …
Success Story – Huge Improvement in Accounts Payable Processes
Company Description: Midwest hospital system with 90+ clinics Problem: The hospital system was having numerous problems in accounts payable with the processing of Check Requests and Non Purchase Order invoices. They needed a solution that would address many of the problems and also eliminate tedious and error-prone manual data entry activities. The following problems were being encountered: Missing or lost …
Oracle Unveils Oracle’s PeopleSoft In-Memory Project Discovery
New Oracle In-Memory Application Unlocks Insights from Structured and Unstructured Data to Enhance Decision Making News Summary Projects often fail due to cost overruns, inadequate resources, improper staffing and lack of visibility. Oracle has introduced Oracle’s PeopleSoft In-Memory Project Discovery to help customers avoid project failures by proactively providing visibility into projects and resources. By taking advantage of the extreme performance delivered by Oracle …
