Tag Archives: healthcare

Decision Critical, Inc. and Bluedrop, Inc. Form Strategic Relationship

May 1, 2012 – 2:14 pm

Decision Critical, Inc., the leading provider of web-enabled competency management systems to healthcare organizations across the US, announced today that it has formed a strategic relationship with Bluedrop Performance Learning Inc. (TSX-V: BPL). Specifically, the product at the center of this agreement is the CoursePark® Healthcare Solution – which includes a comprehensive library of compliance [...]

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People, Process and Technology – Where are you improving outcomes?

January 13, 2012 – 2:53 pm

During the mid-90’s, I worked for a consulting firm implementing electronic medical records. Our tag line back then was, “People, Process, and Technology”(PPT). In 1999, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) informed the healthcare industry that it ended the lives of close to 100,000 patients each year through preventable medical errors. So what did the industry [...]

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The Right Way to CV

August 29, 2011 – 3:56 pm

For a nurse, the curriculum vitae(CV) has long been the most appropriate vehicle within which to hold the depth of information and experience you won’t find in a mere resume. Whether you have just graduated or you are a seasoned executive, the CV is what many hospitals, schools, licensing boards and grant committees are requesting [...]

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Has Your Career Outgrown Your Resume?

August 2, 2011 – 8:03 pm

When you consider the factors which make people successful in their careers, the capacity to represent your value is nearly as important as the creation of that value in the first place. This is particularly true if you are building your career in the healthcare, academia or other technical profession where your competency indicators are [...]

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Nurses and ACO success

June 20, 2011 – 7:33 pm

Fierce Healthcare recently posted a story on the role of nurses in the successful implementation of Accountable Care Organizations (ACO). As many healthcare entities start calculating the qualification costs of being an ACO, it is clear that if you want your ACO to operate as efficiently and effectively as billed, you’d better pay some attention [...]

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Tracking Performance with Portfolios

June 10, 2011 – 4:25 pm

In an article posted on Healthcare IT News back in 2010, the concern is raised as to how the CMS will provide consumers with an appropriate website tool through which to compare physicians. This requirement is part of the new healthcare reform law enacted last year, so the CMS is taking it pretty seriously.
Here’s a [...]

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Portfolios for Nurses: Why Now is the Time

June 8, 2011 – 8:48 pm

In academia, the professional portfolio seems to have long been established as a requisite tool for the presentation of one’s body of work. More than a resume or curriculum vitae, the portfolio lets people get a full immersion experience on what a person has to offer. It is particularly relevant for any profession which requires [...]

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Strategies of Top Performing Hospitals

June 7, 2011 – 3:34 pm

It is no surprise that a recent report from Health Research & Educational Trust, American Hospital Association (AHA) and Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence indicates that some of the key elements which make these hospitals as high performing as they are has a lot to do with the efficiency of their processes and their capacity [...]

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Patient Safety Starts with Provider Competency

June 6, 2011 – 5:51 pm

These two US healthcare facilities could hardly be further from each other inside the country, but the trend they share couldn’t be more similar. Preventable events in US hospitals appear to be on the rise. These range from treatable infections to killer complications and in all cases, they are not acceptable. Aside from their newborn [...]

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VIDEO: Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health Systems (FMOLHS) switches to Decision Critical

June 2, 2011 – 7:11 pm

Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health Systems(FMOLHS) chooses Decision Critical as their healthcare LMS vendor, switching from their existing system of 5 years. Citing the ease of creating courses and tests as well as the advanced reporting functionality, FMOLHS expects big savings of time and money now that they are using the Decision Critical Competency [...]

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