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Category : General Leadership
This article very interesting and contrary point of view towards leadership. Mr. Murphy is right on target though and his concepts are proven by watching how a dancing shirtless guy (see video below) creates a (change) movement. It’s uncanny how dead on he is. The ‘first follower’ would be the same as the champion. Enjoy.
Category : General Leadership
In May, I attended the Integrate 2015 Conference sponsored by the West Virginia University’s Integrated Marketing Communications graduate program. This is the fifth year for this conference which has gotten better each year. I’ve been an adjunct professor in the program since 2008 and have attended all but one conference. This year featured many outstanding presentations on promotions, public relations, content marketing and so on. The presentations included speakers from Coca-Cola, SeaWorld, RCA Records and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Category : General Leadership
Last weekend, I attended my graduate school reunion. I was looking forward to this reunion since I missed my class’ last reunion 5 years ago. I’m not going to tell you which reunion it was, but it was more than 10 years and less than 50. Later in this story, I’ll relay a humorous situation that occurred which should give you a hint on the number of years.
Category : Data Management General
A business strategy is something that is considered sacred by most companies. Offsite meetings with top executives are held to prepare and discuss the strategy. The business strategy usually goes through several iterations before it is presented to the Board of Directors for review and approval. Sales are discussed. Marketing plans are floated. Production/Purchasing is scheduled. IT gets new hardware and software. Data is…
Category : Healthcare
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OVERVIEW
Electronic Health Records (EHR) solutions have been much maligned. They havedoc8c been credited for everything that is right and blamed for everything that is wrong about healthcare. CEOs and CIOs have lost their jobs over failed implementations. Recently an EHR was partially blamed for allowing a patient to leave a Texas hospital with the Ebola virus. People would be better served looking at the total roadmap for any technology transformation which includes 3 interrelated continuums – technology, people and process and recognize the EHR is actually just part of the solution.
Category : Analytics Data Management
An effective business intelligence (BI) strategy is one of the most powerful tools available to companies today. It enables companies to better monitor and track the state of the business by providing the user with actionable information which can lead to better decisions. BI provides for data consistency since it is accessed through a common platform versus the disparate applications (ERP, CRM, HR, etc.) the data is derived from. Thus the information is timelier as it is typically accessed in real-time or near real-time.
Category : Healthcare Leadership
We recently learned of another C-level executive resigning over a failed or challenged EHR implementation (CEO of Georgia Hospital Resigns After Rocky EHR Implementation). These stories are beginning to come with increased frequency as most healthcare organizations are deep into their EHR implementation cycle. If you look closely, the reasons are almost always the same, i.e., lack of physician engagement, difficult implementation time frames or lack of the proper resources. When I read these stories, I usually come to one primary reason for the failure – bad leadership in two distinct areas.
Category : Analytics Healthcare
Healthcare analytics has the potential to help identify potential health risks, promote better health and deliver more accurate diagnosis and treatment plans. There are several challenges that must be overcome before healthcare can deliver on that promise.
Category : Healthcare Leadership
Exceptional leadership skills are necessary for a healthcare organization to navigate the transformation from a paper-based organization to one that is data-enabled. Without good leadership, the organization risks not realizing the benefits of the transformation or not being transformed at all.
Indeed, organizations are spending millions of dollars on just the EHR part of the data enablement transformation and could be putting their investment at risk without proper executive leadership.
Category : General Healthcare Leadership
Many healthcare organizations are on the journey to becoming data enabled. Unfortunately, a lot of them will have a difficult time reaching it. Most organizations are just in the beginning stages, while some are still in the starting blocks. Additionally, there are many internal and external issues that may delay or stall the process. In this blog, we will discuss some of those ‘stumbling blocks’ and offer some suggestions on how to overcome them.