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	<title>Healthcare IT &#038; Transformation</title>
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	<description>Achieving patient-centricity with LEAN and enabling technologies</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2007 17:18:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Proprietary vendors out Enterprise layers in</title>
		<link>http://www.ithealthcareblog.com/archives/15</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jun 2007 15:43:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan McClafferty</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Enterprise Layers</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So what do I mean by enterprise layers? I&#8217;ve observed an abundance of IT staff supporting lots of applications with duplicate crossover functionality such as faxing, scanning, reporting, etc. Proprietary vendors are bundling their own (or third party) solutions for these common requirements and the results are many healthcare organizations have many different applications that fax, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IT Resources from other industries</title>
		<link>http://www.ithealthcareblog.com/archives/14</link>
		<comments>http://www.ithealthcareblog.com/archives/14#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2007 20:23:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan McClafferty</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Transforming IT</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Every industry I consult for tells me how unique and complicated they are. They all want IT people who speak their industry language and maybe even have experience on the end-user side of the fence. It is inherent in human nature to be comfortable with the familiar.
 
In healthcare, this need for &#8220;one of our own&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Contract Negotiation Tips</title>
		<link>http://www.ithealthcareblog.com/archives/13</link>
		<comments>http://www.ithealthcareblog.com/archives/13#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2007 19:37:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan McClafferty</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Contract Negotiation</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Many skilled and experienced negotiators are still out-negotiated and leave important value on the table. What factors affect the outcome of a negotiation? Is it the negotiator’s experience, skill, preparation, knowledge, body language, reputation, or decision-making? While these are all clearly factors in a negotiation, the most significant factor in determining the outcome of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Project Manager - Charismatic or Controlling?</title>
		<link>http://www.ithealthcareblog.com/archives/12</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2007 17:57:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan McClafferty</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Project Management</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What kind of people make good project managers? It seems to me the role of project manager is one of the most conflicted and it is no wonder it is hard to find a &#8220;good&#8221; project manager.
 
Should your project manager be a task master who controls tasks and has a detail-oriented orientation or should the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is Patient-centric Care?</title>
		<link>http://www.ithealthcareblog.com/archives/11</link>
		<comments>http://www.ithealthcareblog.com/archives/11#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2007 16:40:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan McClafferty</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Patient-centricity</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What does patient-centric care even mean? To the patient? To the facility? To the care team?
 
You might wonder why a healthcare system needs to be reminded to center its efforts on the patient. It seems clear from a patient perspective. In fact, healthcare seems to be the industry with the most compelling reasons to embrace [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LEAN Basics</title>
		<link>http://www.ithealthcareblog.com/archives/8</link>
		<comments>http://www.ithealthcareblog.com/archives/8#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2007 17:47:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan McClafferty</dc:creator>
		
		<category>LEAN Healthcare</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What is Lean?
 
The concept called “lean management” or “lean thinking” is most commonly associated with Japanese manufacturing, particularly the Toyota Production System (TPS). Much of the TPS way of thinking focuses on improving productivity, eliminating waste, improving the quality of their products, and lowering manufacturing costs. Now these techniques are available to hospitals in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wireless for Healthcare 1 of 3</title>
		<link>http://www.ithealthcareblog.com/archives/7</link>
		<comments>http://www.ithealthcareblog.com/archives/7#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2007 16:57:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan McClafferty</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Wireless</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Coming up with a plan to deploy wireless technologies across the healthcare continuum can be challenging but there are methods. Read the first in a three part series on Wireless for Healthcare...]]></description>
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		<title>IT is a service organization</title>
		<link>http://www.ithealthcareblog.com/archives/4</link>
		<comments>http://www.ithealthcareblog.com/archives/4#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2007 23:37:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan McClafferty</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Transforming IT</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For whatever reason, IT still hides away from the pressures of customer service. As if technology and business expertise is all you need in today&#8217;s information technology roles! I am still amazed at how many IT departments haven&#8217;t made the jump to a customer service focus. Gone are the days when the DBA, network engineers and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Enterprise Software Selections</title>
		<link>http://www.ithealthcareblog.com/archives/3</link>
		<comments>http://www.ithealthcareblog.com/archives/3#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2007 15:54:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan McClafferty</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Enterprise Layers</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Many healthcare organizations still don’t consider the “enterprise” when they choose new software. Many CIOs are completely dependent on the offerings of their vendors instead of making vendors comply with their standards and integrate with their enterprise layers. My favorite is an enterprise reporting tool that can only be used with the same vendor’s suite [...]]]></description>
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