Porter Research Blog
January 24, 2012
Patient-Centered Transplant Care Platform – a Guiding Light for Accountable Care
by Paul Markham, COO, HKS Medical Information Systems
Collaborative and chronic disease-management solutions in organ transplantation are vital part of a transplant patient's care.
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January 5, 2012
Herding Cats: Controlling the Privacy Breach Epidemic in Healthcare
by Rita Bowen, MA RHIA, CHPS, SSGB, Senior Vice President and Privacy Officer, HealthPort
As healthcare privacy breaches continue to make headlines, providers must work to establish protocols to deal with them before they occur.
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December 12, 2011
ACO Administration: the Devil is in the Details
by Mike Barrett, CEO, Ascendent Care
The success of accountable care business models will rely not only on an increase in positive clinical outcomes, but successful management as well.
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December 9, 2011
ICD-10: The Evil Twin of the Metric System?
by Joseph J. Gurrieri, Vice President & COO, H.I.M. On Call
Almost every major country except the United States has made the move to ICD-10. It’s time to push forward, look ahead and focus on the future of patient care and reporting.
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November 21, 2011
The Future of Physician Workflow: How Mobile Technology Improves Physician Productivity
by Chase Pattison, Marketing Director, Entrada Health
As deeper integration with legacy systems occur, and concerns over data security and HIPAA compliance are alleviated, many predict the mobile device could take over the primary place in a physician's daily toolkit.
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November 4, 2011
Slowly But Surely, CPOE Gets Its Legs
by Eric Reynolds, Vice President of Clinical Services, Emdeon
Computerized physician order entry is a vital link in a chain of care-giving events that will assist providers in delivering high-quality, coordinated care.
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October 21, 2011
Customer Retention Key to Continued Success
by Jennifer Dennard, Social Marketing Director
Healthcare IT firms like Greenway Medical know that the balancing act of devoting time and resources to attracting new customers and maintaining current ones is delicate, but ultimately yields great benefits.
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October 10, 2011
Seven Goals for Business Intelligence Implementation in Healthcare
by Allison Norfleet, Vice President, Business Development
Providers just starting out with business intelligence tools should keep the following goals in mind as they implement new solutions and make critical business decisions.
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September 21, 2011
HIE Pathways to Success
by Brent Dover, President, Medicity
Providers interested in care collaboration and other workflow efficiencies gained through health information exchange have a number of paths to choose from.
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September 8, 2011
Emotionally Connecting to Healthcare IT
by Jennifer Dennard
Emphasizing the “heart and soul” of a product can do more to convey its value than simply broadcasting the nuts and bolts of its specifications.
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