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LESSONS FROM CONDUCTING A SECURITY GAP ANALYSISThere are many reasons for ensuring that you have a secure information system. It becomes a question of how instead of why. How do you create and maintain...
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SHIFT PATTERNSScheduling work shifts is one of the most common and underestimated problems of modern organizations. It’s a vexing problem that can torpedo a system’s effectiveness. These are lessons...
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COMING SOON: HEALTHCARE REFORM IN THE NEXT FOUR YEARS!And that’s regardless of who becomes the next President. I don’t think I’m being overly optimistic since the signs are there.The momentum that...
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THE THREE MOMENTS WHEN YOU'RE MOST AT RISK FOR FAULTY ESTIMATESGood news, bad news. “I finished the project.” “But we went over the budget.”Two reasons account for most cost overruns. These are Scope...
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HOSPITAL ERPEnterprise Resource Planning software like SAP's unifies traditional management functions within a coherent, integrated system. ERP software enables everyone in the company, for instance,...
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HOW MUCH DO PHYSICIANS EARN?If you’ve ever wondered what doctors make, your curiosity will be satisfied with this post.In general, physicians earn the most of any occupation. The occupation covers a...
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MAJOR SECURITY FLAW JUST DISCOVERED IN INTERNET EXPLORER (IE)Users are urged to switch immediately! The problem was discovered about 36 hours ago. The flaw allows thieves to steal your password. I work...
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A HEALTHCARE-RELATED CAREER OR NOT? THINKING DEFENSIVELY...The current economic and financial crisis made me think about careers. If I were a high school or college student should I consider a...
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CITY HOSPITAL No. 17The paradox of US healthcare & photos of a community hospital in post-Soviet UkraineThere’s a paradox that illustrates why the healthcare system in the US needs to be...
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MEDICAL SCHOOL FOR FREE?That’s the article's title: How to Go to Medical School for FreeThis is quite an opportunity. Previously, I had explored the salary range of different medical specialties in two...
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TRACKING THE PERFORMANCE OF INDIVIDUAL CALL CENTERSThe Business Processing Association of the Philippines (BPAP) is the umbrella organization for the fastest-growing industry in the Philippines:...
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ABOUT A DOCTOR’S PRIDE & RIDING A HORSEI commented on an online BusinessWeek article entitled “Doctors’ Pride: A Hurdle to Digital Medicine.”The article’s point was that healthcare organizations...
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TAG CLOUDS & TEXT CLOUDSA cloud is a visual depiction of the word content of a website. The most frequent words are depicted. Additionally, each word in the cloud is emphasized according to its...
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SMALL BUSINESS STORAGE GROWS!Over breakfast with another ex-EMCer, I learned that the storage demands of small businesses continue to grow—recession or not. We worked for EMC from 2000 to 2001. EMC,...
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HOW THOUGHTLESS DECISION-MAKING & SLOPPY HOUSEKEEPING NEARLY HIJACKED A HOSPITAL’S JCAHOIn 2005, twenty servers running a critical application at the busiest hospital in Illinois were consolidated...
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BID OR DON’T BID?I am seeding this useful flowchart from the public domain. It illustrates the structured process for arriving at a logical bid or no bid decision.Right-click on the image and select...
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WHO TOPPED A RECENT STUDY OF THE BEST HOSPITAL SYSTEMS?Thomson Reuters, a respected authority in industry analysis, just named Advocate Health Care, one of Chicago’s largest hospital systems, the best...
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WAR ON TALENT TO BEGIN IN HEALTHCARE ITMy fingers are crossed. Your chances improve in rural areas. There are nearly 6,000 hospitals in the U.S. A third of them are in metropolitan areas. The 4,000...
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PREPARING FOR AND TAKING THE PMP CERTIFICATION EXAMThe Project Management Professional (PMP) designation is one of today’s highly-sought and credible certification. It certifies that the person who...
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HOW CONFUSING IS THE NEW HEALTHCARE MODEL?This is a high-level illustration of the relationships between the major entities in the Health Reform plan of the House Democrats. Although the illustration...
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