this community and to explore the role of technology in personal
The Health Care Manager Volume 27, Number 1, pp. 23–39 Copyright # 2008 Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Change Management in Health Care Robert James Campbell, EdD This article introduces health care managers to the theories and philosophies of John Kotter and William Bridges, 2 leaders in the evolving field of change management. For Kotter, change has both an emotional and situational component, and methods for managing each are expressed in his 8-step model (developing
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS POLICY BRIEF PROPOSAL TO MAKE ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS EASIER FOR PATIENTS AND OTHER PROVIDERS TO ACCESS MARY ZEIGLER PREPARED FOR: JUNE 2015 AHS 530: HEALTHCARE DELIVERY AND REIMBURSEMENT BRYAN K BRELAND SUMMER 2014 GOAL STATEMENT The goal of this statement is to support Stage 3 Meaningful Use, which will allow patients to more readily access their health records, involve providers in more active exchange
problem? Four commentators offer expert advice. Too Far Ahead of the IT Curve? by John P Glaser . • Reprint R0707A Peachtree Healthcare’s patchwork IT infrastructure is in critical condition. Should the CEO approve a shift to risky new technology or go with the time-tested monolithic system? HBR CASE STUDY Too Far Ahead of the IT Curve? by John P Glaser . COPYRIGHT © 2007 HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PUBLISHING CORPORATION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Freshly showered and cooling down after
Quality Prog ra m Arroyo Fresco Community Health Center Case Study 2006 National Institute of Standards and Technology Technology Administration • Department of Commerce Baldrige National Quality Program Arroyo Fresco Community Health Center Case Study The Arroyo Fresco Community Health Center Case Study was prepared for use in the 2006 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Examiner Preparation Course. The Arroyo Fresco Community Health Center Case Study describes a fictitious
Community Health Center Case Study 2006 National Institute of Standards and Technology Technology Administration • Department of Commerce Baldrige National Quality Program Arroyo Fresco Community Health Center Case Study The Arroyo Fresco Community Health Center Case Study was prepared for use in the 2006 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Examiner Preparation Course. The Arroyo Fresco Community Health Center Case Study describes a fictitious nonprofit organization in the health care sector
(business and government should invest in sustainable agriculture), and service based economy. People want hot showers and cold beer; they don’t care about how these services are produced. In other words it is not essential that we use fossil fuels to create the showers and drinks. Instead we can create more efficient processes and use renewable energy technologies to power them. The Kyoto Protocol, a set of international courtesy rules introduced at the Earth Summit in 1992, was one of the biggest steps
He and his boss then started the medical technology program at LLNL, and Da Silva explained his role as its associate program director: Our mission was to take technology and patents developed at the lab and transfer them to the medical industry. My first experience was to pitch some technology the lab had for treating strokes. We visited some VCs, and eventually a group of VCs found a CEO and formed a startup to license and commercialize our technology. I was the
CASE: E-323 DATE: 11/18/08 IDENTIFYING VENTURE OPPORTUNITIES I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others... I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent. —Thomas Edison INTRODUCTION One of the biggest questions on every hopeful entrepreneur’s mind is, ―how do I come up with a compelling idea for a new venture?‖ While there is no right or wrong answer to this question, there are several things to be aware of and thinking
There were many forms of acne, ranging from blackheads, whiteheads, and pimples to severe forms such as cystic or modular acne. Da Silva, whose scientific background was with lasers, had seen dermatologists use laser technologies in the treatment of mild to moderate inflammatory acne, most commonly referred to as “pimples,” “breakouts,” “blemishes,” or “zits.” Choi summarized the science behind the laser treatments: Lasers treat acne in two possible ways. At certain wavelengths—or