Whitepapers

Healthcare white papers on contemporary issues, technologies etc. are presented in this section to enable the readers with rich information and knowledge. This section provides white papers related to all the spheres of the healthcare industry.

Poka unintended mistake Yoke avoid is the Japanese equivalent for error proofing This Lean Manufacturing strategy is more relevant than ever in healthcare today Why FIRST DO NO HARM The Supreme Court of India recently ordered one of the largest compensations so far in the country to a girl who lost..

Summary Health information technology is a top priority Why Shared eRecords would result in lower costs and safer more integrated patient care Recently Humana and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida created the Availity Health Information Network Availity works across 100 percent of Florida hospi..

Summary Profound changes in healthcare reform and accelerating advances in medical technology are placing information technology IT in a pivotal role as the business model for healthcare undergoes rapid transformation and healthcare providers seek to keep pace With health care costs and quality ass..

Summary Big Data and Analytics systems are fast emerging as one of the critical system in an organizations IT environment But with such huge amount of data comes performance challenges If Big Data systems cannot be used to make or forecast critical business decisions or provide the insights into bu..

Summary We believe that healthcare and Pharma companies have a choice to make they can either be commoditybased manufacturers of pills or they can be partners to patients and physicians in the design of better treatment journeys And in the age of the socially conscious there is only one choice for s..

Summary A payment transaction in its simplest form has three main participants account holder merchantprovider and card processor The account holder pays the merchant for goods and services rendered and the card processor ensures that the merchant receives payment Other parties are merely brokers i..

Summary Healthcare organizations often face challenges when recruiting and onboarding new employees because of the amount of effort and paperwork involved The 2014 B E Smith survey of more than 300 healthcare executives shows that administrative efficiency and agility are at absolute premiums There..

Summary Clinical care notes are vital to delivering highquality coordinated patient care and optimising resources across the health economy Yet case notes are unstructured and are often housed in incompatible recordkeeping siloes making the information unavailable for the sophisticated presentation..

Summary Healthcare technologies must protect patient data as well as support care and treatment Privacy security and confidentiality are red hot topics in the healthcare sector Sensitive personal data has to be kept safe from unauthorised access misuse corruption and loss The law demands this and p..

Summary The CAHPS Hospital Survey HCAHPS has been used nationwide since 2006 to gather standardized information on patients experiences with inpatient care In this project the CAHPS team will conduct a survey of hospital quality leaders with the purpose of identifying ways in which hospitals collec..