At the heart of every hospital is a commitment to providing the most comprehensive and complete care possible. From this core mission every aspect of managing a successful healthcare facility must be handled with diligence and attention to detail. At the same time, however, you want to spend more time providing excellent training for your faculty and unparalleled care for …
Oracle and Open World
Oracle’s Open World Convention is set to take place on Sunday September 28. 2014 and run through Thursday October 2, 2014. This year it’s all happening in San Francisco. Major events will take place at the Moscone Center, with other events at various hotels in the same area. The Moscone Center’s address is 747 Howard Street. Opening the event with his keynote speech will …
Does ERP integration make you competitive?
ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) integration is often prescribed as the panacea for hospital HR and planning processes. ERP systems were originally developed to enable organizations to adapt to changes in the business environment. How well do they accomplish this task in hospitals today?ERP integration in hospitals faces two issues: Implementation problems Structural problems Implementation issues may not be evident initially but can show …
The Affordable Care Act and Hospital Financial Management
The Affordable Care Act has had a tremendous effect on hospital financial management. For instance, the Act has required an increased amount of evolution in order to meet the expanding needs of consumers. Some of these changes are related to reimbursement, expenditures, and cost of care. Each of these are discussed below: Reimbursement Reimbursement is important to hospital financial management. Since …
Peoplesoft ERP Solutions for Difficult Issues
There is one topic we can all agree on, safe, comprehensive and quality health care should be the goal of every hospital, Period. With a myriad of responsibilities, including financial management, procurement, procedural accuracy and responsiveness to human resources, there is an extensive list of obligations hospital administrators and staff must attend to in addition to their most important charge: …
BMI Healthcare Begins Using PeopleSoft at 69 UK Hospitals
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 …
