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EHR “Go-live” Isn’t the End … It’s Just the Beginning

March 13, 2017

Care Coordination, EHR Solutions and Operations, Interoperability, Uncategorized

It’s the culmination of months of work, starting with the EHR selection process and continuing through design, planning, training and testing. And when the system goes live, executives, IT folks and everyone involved may breathe a sigh of relief and think “mission accomplished!” Yes, you have accomplished something. Congratulations! But your mission to get the most benefits from your new EHR is not finished, and unfortunately, many organizations never get very far past this stage. Here’s why. First, organizations can…

Bringing Home the Value of Health IT

September 26, 2016

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EHR Solutions and Operations, Partnerships and Collaboration, Uncategorized

Begin a conversation with, “I’d like to talk to you about machinery and equipment developed from the application of scientific knowledge” and you can expect the listener to act like they’ve just been given the cure for insomnia. Let’s begin the conversation about National Health IT Week with concepts such as equal access to care, treatment of the whole person, research support and reduced documentation time. That’s the value of health IT. This value is being realized by organizations like…

Accounting for Care: Why You Can’t Afford to Forgo Healthcare IT

July 31, 2015

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EHR Solutions and Operations, Partnerships and Collaboration, Revenue Cycle/Billing, Uncategorized

Health and human services (HHS) organizations share a core mission: better the lives of the people they serve. Unfortunately, with rising costs of healthcare and a complicated healthcare landscape, HHS organizations could lose sight of this purpose. Sorting out the details of billing and bureaucracy leaves many organizations just trying to stay afloat.

Public Health Should Be Taking Center Stage Through ACA

March 31, 2014

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Human Services, Legislative/Policy, Uncategorized

I continually hear about budget cuts and loss of funding associated with public health departments. Many of these organizations are facing tough decisions regarding care in their communities. Organizations will be forced to reduce the types of services they offer while others in their communities fill in the gaps. Instead of reducing these services, does Accountable Care Act (ACA) offer public health an opportunity to change course?

Projects – The Enemies Within

March 25, 2014

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Uncategorized, Videos, Who is Netsmart?

Despite all of his attributes and accomplishments, Abraham Lincoln acknowledged he wasn’t a good project manager. “I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me,” he said. Now, admittedly, Lincoln was conducting a project much larger and much more complex than we encounter, but the principles remain the same. How do you take control of all of the variables that constitute a project and find predictability in the outcomes?