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 …
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, …
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 …
Hospital ERP is the Foundation of Quality Patient Care
It is well understood that the bottom line for a hospital is that it delivers excellence in patient care. What happens behind the scenes in human resources, supply lines, financial management and all the other myriad details is where a hospital must function like any other corporate structure.Resource management software, such as PeopleSoft ERP, is a vital tool in making integrated …
Five Challenges in Supply Chain Management
Supply Chain Management is the most critical area of concern for hospitals. It is critical to the health and safety of patients and staff to have the right tools available to the right people at the right time. A recent survey published by Healthcare Finance News reported on the top five challenges of managing hospital supply chains: Cost-savings goals: The first area …
Increasing Healthcare Management Efficiency
Often times, healthcare management is more concerned about profits and losses without really taking the time to analyze whether the hospital is running efficiently. Especially now with the Affordable Care Act in full effect, hospital management is more concerned about how to deal with the increase of patients and implementing procedures to accommodate them. In fact, The Commonwealth Fund released findings that …
Hospital Supplier Management Software: 3 Important Things to Keep in Mind
Managing a hospital is not an easy endeavor. Managers have to be adept at keeping several balls in the air. Knowing three steps for successful hospital supplier management software makes the professional lives of hospital managers a great deal easier, allowing them to focus their attention on other things. The Problem Dealing with vendors and making sure the hospital is fully stocked …
