1 ADVANCE for Executive Insight
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contents continued EXECUTIVE INSIGHT ı volume 3 ı no. 7-8<br />
Features<br />
48 Hospitals Utilize<br />
Just-In-Time”<br />
“<br />
Approach to Improve<br />
Supply Chain<br />
Two organizations utilized the JIT approach<br />
— not carrying extra inventory<br />
beyond what is needed to function over<br />
a specified period of time — and reduced<br />
costs while improving patient care.<br />
By Marc Hafer & Paula Lillard<br />
48<br />
Departments<br />
8 Editorial:<br />
Among Rocky Fiscal Outlooks,<br />
Solutions <strong>for</strong> Growth<br />
12 Healthcare IT:<br />
Choosing a Hosted Email Solution<br />
1 ExEcutivE insight: When July disaster 2012 | strikes www.advanceweb.com/e xecutivei nsight<br />
Online Content<br />
www.advanceweb.com/executiveinsight<br />
Features<br />
Mobile Apps<br />
<strong>for</strong> IT Savvy<br />
Healthcare<br />
Looking to stay connected while on the move?<br />
Now you have mobile healthcare apps that can<br />
help you stay on top of healthcare IT.<br />
Columns<br />
3 Healthcare’s Growing<br />
Demand <strong>for</strong> Flexible<br />
Mobile Apps<br />
5 Mobile Imaging<br />
7 mHealth Landscape<br />
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n ASQ’s Eye on Quality<br />
n CHIME’s Healthcare IT<br />
n MGMA’s Directions in<br />
Group Practice Management<br />
n Dollars & Sense, sponsored<br />
by Soyring Consulting<br />
n <strong>Executive</strong> Perspectives <strong>for</strong> the<br />
Continuum of Care, sponsored<br />
by Status Solutions<br />
n Next Level of Leadership<br />
sponsored by Caliper<br />
A New<br />
of Healt<br />
Apps<br />
Here are devices and<br />
the cusp of becoming<br />
➤ Webcast: Strategies <strong>for</strong> healthcare sector. By M<br />
Improving Patient Safety<br />
University of Cali<strong>for</strong>nia San Francisco<br />
Medical Center implements<br />
since 2006, we’ve bee<br />
health online. of course<br />
key changes to make patient<br />
but the ehealth frenzy o<br />
safety a top priority. CMO Josh<br />
left webmd standing. F<br />
Adler, MD, explains.<br />
manage their health. mo<br />
it. that’s all changed. w<br />
➤ E-Edition: Mobile Apps <strong>for</strong><br />
the cloud, ubiquitous sm<br />
IT Savvy Healthcare<br />
all coming together to be<br />
Mobile apps are fast becoming<br />
<strong>for</strong>ms” <strong>for</strong> “apps” and th<br />
a must-have in the healthcare<br />
them. that health data is<br />
profession, changing how<br />
shared between them in<br />
healthcare providers operate. Our<br />
compilation of mobile app articles<br />
what this all means is<br />
will keep you up-to-date on ber new of devices and app<br />
technologies and changing used trends. by all types of play<br />
tor. and that use is sta<br />
three areas that are on<br />
➤ ACO Acumen: Accountable<br />
everyday big deal in he<br />
Care Organization Progress<br />
See why ACOs are no longer the<br />
“unicorns” in healthcare. Personal Data Tracki<br />
back in 2007, a new k<br />
was born in cali<strong>for</strong>nia<br />
➤ Elevating Supply Chain<br />
Value Analysis<br />
Make it an essential part of Matthew your Holt is the co-cha<br />
the health care blog, and h<br />
financial strategy.<br />
searcher, general <strong>for</strong>ecaster<br />
is a reporter <strong>for</strong> health 2.0 n<br />
health care blog.<br />
n Political Pulse<br />
sign up to become an insider<br />
n Finance & Investment<br />
n ACO Acumen,<br />
sponsored by AT&T<br />
n The Efficient Emergency<br />
Department, sponsored<br />
by Wellsoft Corp.<br />
Blogs<br />
n Politics of Healthcare<br />
n Boardroom Buzz<br />
Check back daily <strong>for</strong> news updates, blog discussions and product in<strong>for</strong>mation.<br />
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