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How Financial Incentives Encouraged the Revenue Cycle Staff to Bring in Extra Millions

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

Northern Arizona Healthcare wanted to become one of the top three hospitals in Arizona. Today its executives believe it is as good as any hospital in America. Its new IT system provides easy-to-access, real-time data for its medical staff. The hospital established a $1 million annual bonus if Perot Systems met four stringent financial criteria in its revenue cycle work.

A Tale of Three Hurricanes: Transforming IT So Even a Congressman Notices

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

Springhill Medical Center hired Eclipsys to overhaul its IT. Medication errors fell 80 percent and infection rates fell by two-thirds. ER customer satisfaction soared from 11 to 92 percent. System availability went from 56 to 99.999 percent. And the new electronic medical records helped the Alabama hospital weather Hurricane Katrina.

New Impacts on Outsourcing

Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer

New influences on outsourcing in 2009 include such factors as SOA, green IT, and the convergence of technology and business processes. Each will impact the value proposition and decision making. Here are the insights that will help to prepare your company for these impacts.

New Outsourced Solution Secures Loyalty of Hospital Patients, Guests, and Employees

Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer

Hospitals are in a highly competitive market, and consumers now expect services that extend beyond quality patient care. Read about the valet and hotel-like concierge services that one outsourcing provider offers and how it benefits patients, their families and friends, hospital employees — and the hospital itself.

RX for Healthcare Outsourcing Success: Abandon Traditional Roles

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

No one wants to wait three months to be paid. The Department of Surgery outsourced its bill collection, which cut day in accounts receivable from 94 to 50. But the change wasn’t easy; the two partners had to change how the surgeons operated (their back office.)

A Hospital’s Remedy for Enhancing Healthcare Excellence

Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer

Jefferson Regional Medical Center only a few years ago was in the red and in danger of losing its independence by having to merge with another health system just to survive. Today it is recognized nationwide for its excellence in delivering outstanding patient care while reducing the cost of healthcare. Here’s a roadmap of how it accomplished the turnaround.

Outsourcer Shoulders the Security Burden for Hospital Network

Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer

Network vulnerabilities are increasing and also becoming more difficult to deal with. Is your organization at risk? How does putting a solution in place differ if you already have some security measures and devices or if you have none? Here’s what a major medical center experienced and why it opted for an outsourced security solution.

Supplier’s Prescription for Success: Deliver More and Serve as a Lifeline When Necessary

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

What do you do when the hospital has a fiscal crisis and can’t staunch the bleeding? Some suppliers would cut off the air supply when the money ran out. But not Eclipsys. It lowered its monthly fees until the hospital recovered, putting patient safety before profit.

Removing Reservations about Outsourcing the Healthcare Recruiting Process

Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer

People are an organization’s number one asset. Yet many hospitals are reluctant to outsource their recruiting process despite a nationwide staffing crisis for fear giving up control over how people enter the organization. Here’s how two hospitals resolved that issue.

Hospitals Need Nurses on the Floor, Not Answering the Phone: Why Hospitals Outsource CRM

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

At any given time of day, three ads for Cedars-Sinai Medical Center air on Los Angeles radio. The call to action is to phone a toll-free number. The hospital wants to make sure those calls are answered properly. So it outsourced its call center to a supplier specializing in healthcare.

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