Modern Healthcare Webinar news and information

Modern Healthcare reporter Joe Carlson will lead a discussion on productivity issues in healthcare. What are some measures of a highly productive healthcare organization? What are key challenges in staffing and productivity? What roles can technology play? Learn more by attending this...
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Participate in this editorial webcast and learn about the experiences of healthcare organizations in their benchmarking efforts. Which benchmarks have been adopted and what are the outcomes to date? What has been the cost of adoption (workforce, information technology, consultants, etc.) and what...
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Everyone's talking about accountable care organizations. But plenty of questions remain unanswered for healthcare providers and other organizations planning to form an ACO, as well for those who have already established these organizations. Are there any preferred models? Who should take the lead...
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How providers are using information technology to link disparate components of their organizations to share clinical and financial data
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is the law of the land. However, many in Congress would like to block it. Or at the very least, amend it. As the Obama administration continues to implement the reform law, what can the healthcare industry expect from the new Republican-led House of...
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Editor's note: The following is an edited excerpt of the transcript of an editorial webcast, “Improving patient care, by the numbers,” conducted by Modern Healthcare on Nov. 17. The three panelists were named to Modern Healthcare's inaugural list of the Top 25 Clinical...
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Join us for a look at the practical implications of expanded roles and responsibilities proposed for advanced practice nurses. A report from the Institute of Medicine and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation recommends that giving nurses new leadership roles and caregiving authority would be the...
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As patient-safety issues continue to vex the entire spectrum of healthcare providers, several recent studies have come to the same conclusion: promoting patient safety in the hospital setting requires dramatic culture shifts, less hierarchy and more physician-nurse collaboration.
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Information technology is quickly becoming the cornerstone in healthcare delivery, and its role in patient care will only grow—especially as demonstrated quality becomes essential for reimbursement under federal healthcare programs. At many organizations, clinical informaticists are already...
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Find out what opportunities, challenges lie ahead as the first "payment years" commence for federal IT subsidies.
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