Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
More Americans die from medical errors in a hospital than from car accidents. El Camino Hospital cut its medication errors 20 percent through technology, thanks to its IT provider Eclipsys.
John Harney, Business Writer
Retailers have been outsourcing CRM for years. Now competitive pressures in healthcare are causing both payers and providers to outsource this process.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
The Chinese government is reforming its healthcare sector to create a more competitive environment and speed up medical reform. Will outsourcing be part of that process?
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
An Outsourcing Center survey found a significant correlation between root causes of failure and two increasingly popular approaches to outsourcing.
Todd Hintze, Principal, Everest Group
Hospitals solved problems by adding complexity to their processes. But a perfect storm of new pressures make simplicity a better solution. The Rx: outsource.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
No other firms have exactly the same residential services model as ServiceMaster, but the company competes with a myriad of local-market, mom-and-pop operations. It’s a highly competitive market that allows almost no tolerance for cost increases – including the 15% yearly rise in the company’s healthcare benefits costs. So ServiceMaster decided in 2003 to change tactics for its employees’ health and welfare benefits administration.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
CompuCom Systems’ SLA-driven outsourcing services have improved E&J Gallo Winery’s IT functions so dramatically that the winery is currently ranked in the Information 500 as the number one IS shop in its industry and the number three overall among all industries
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
This winning relationship broke our awards scoring records and is undoubtedly one of the world’s most outstanding examples of outsourcing at its best. Owens & Minor outsourced its IT to Perot Systems, and O&M now commands the leading position in its marketplace. But that’s not all. The level of openness and honesty between these two companies is rare in outsourcing. So is their risk-reward structure — and the outcomes they’ve achieved together.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
INSURANCE UPDATE:
\x0d\x0aBusiness transformation and end-to-end solution for insurance administration, all rolled into one package…plus, best practices in shared services for anchor clients.
John Harney, Business Writer
Gartner says 85 percent of American companies will have outsourced some portion of HR by next year. Here’s what’s happening in this dynamic sector of BPO.
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