| Healthcare providers are at the forefront of | | | | while providing the broad-scale data needed to |
| innovation and creating new solutions to impact all | | | | identify performance improvement needs, |
| areas of the healthcare system. There are many | | | | implement changes and track the results of the |
| performance solutions that have helped to | | | | initiatives on an enterprise-wide scale. ERP |
| streamline patient care, improve processes and | | | | solutions focuses on integrating information and |
| advance clinical management. Here are 5 business | | | | process flow within each facility and along the |
| solutions for enhancing healthcare performance. | | | | entire supply chain. |
| 1) Community Hospital Information Systemso | | | | 4) Surgical Solutionso Given the high degree of |
| Community hospitals face a unique set of | | | | fixed costs associated with labor and excess |
| demands - to improve patient safety and financial | | | | capacity, surgical services technology solutions |
| performance they require a comprehensive, | | | | offer the best avenue for improvement. Effective |
| integrated solution at a cost they can afford | | | | solutions allow organizations to streamline |
| today and long term. | | | | workflow and provide for improved performance |
| 2) Document Imaging Softwareo As the U.S. | | | | management leading to increased capacity, |
| government calls for the accelerated use of IT in | | | | enhanced OR throughput, lower costs and |
| healthcare as well as implementation of an | | | | increased operating margins. |
| electronic health record, finding the right partner | | | | 5) Workforce Management Solutiono By |
| to power your organization and ensure it runs | | | | maintaining labor rule continuity between |
| more efficiently is critical. document imaging | | | | scheduling, time and attendance, and payroll, the |
| systems provide the power to transform hospital | | | | workforce management solution suite streamlines |
| information management (HIM) departments that | | | | workflow across the enterprise. The workforce |
| are drowning in paper into new, efficient e-HIM | | | | management solution also anticipates the |
| environments with electronic medical records | | | | fluctuating need for staff based on the clinical |
| systems providing improved financial and clinical | | | | needs of patients and optimizes staff deployment |
| results. | | | | through patient-centric staffing. |
| 3) Enterprise Resource Planningo Today's | | | | Healthcare providers need to continue to create |
| healthcare organizations need an enterprise | | | | solutions to empower the industry and find ways |
| resource planning (ERP) solution that provides | | | | to manage the systems efficiently, effectively |
| patient-focused computing - putting the safety | | | | and profitably while maintaining a high level of |
| and efficacy needs of patients in the forefront - | | | | healthcare. |