With so many competing priorities at organizations in the healthcare world, handling policies and procedures tends to move toward the bottom of the list. Unfortunately, the management and communication of these important documents is typically seen as a time-cost rather…
Clean-up continues in Texas and Florida a month after Hurricanes Harvey and Irma chased people from their homes, and people in Puerto Rico are still in desperate need of first responders to rescue them from the effects of Hurricane Maria.…
Corporate culture is getting a lot of attention these days, especially since it drives health care quality and overall financial returns. In fact, less than half (44 percent) of the U.S. hospital workforce is highly engaged, according to the results…
While a Policy on Policies may sound a bit bureaucratic, having a policy that outlines the process for policy, procedure, plan and guideline creation, review, and management will provide the information required for consistency and adherence to your document management…
According to a recent article by Mary Sturm of Surgical Management Professionals, policies and procedures in a surgery facility are intended to guide surgery professionals into best practice processes, regardless of whether management is present. A new staff member should…
Modern healthcare is an intensely demanding business undertaken by complex organizations with great pressure to deliver quality. The need to capture and codify best practices on a wide range of topics and then disseminate that knowledge throughout the organization is…
Sustained Innovation via Continuous Delivery Innovation is a marathon, not a sprint. Sustained innovation requires more than mission statements, which is why we have developed an innovation pipeline consisting of: cloud computing open source software software-as-a-service delivery an automated application…
I recently co-authored an article with Raymond Urgo from Urgo Consulting called “Healthcare Industry Benefits from Policies and Procedures Software,” which was featured in the February 2012 issue of the award-winning newsletter The Policies and Procedures Authority. The short article…