Historical Development
ICON is a contract research company with its focus on accelerating drug development so that drugs can save lives and improves the quality of life. The company was established in 1990 and was founded by Dr. John Climax and Dr. Ronan Lambe. Originally there were only five employees, but now there are more than 10,000 employees. ICON was started in Dublin, Ireland its current headquarters, but has 79 officers in 37 countries. In 1992, the company opened its first abroad office in Winchester, United Kingdom.
Founded in 1997, DOCS grew to become the premier staffing provider to the clinical development industry. The company was acquired by ICON in 2007 and was merged with ICON’s existing resourcing division, ICON Contracting Solutions. The merged company is now known as DOCS, and functions as the FSP division of ICON. In February 2013 ICON acquired the Clinical Trial Services Division of Cross Country Healthcare, Inc., resulting in the integration of ClinForce and Assent within DOCS and expanding DOCS resourcing and FSP capabilities in the Clinical, Biometrics & M...
Cornerstone is a practice management software that provides a paperless method to input, acquire and save patient medical records electronically. Through Cornerstone's paperless software you are able to schedule and manage appointments, monitor patient care, administer medications and treatments, as well as keep note of procedures and results including lab results and diagnostic imaging. In addition, the software also creates an itemized bill as medications and procedures are prescribed. Cornerstone also offers inventory control and measures a practice's workflow, thereby allowing the practice to measure and compare their performance with previous years.
Cerner appears to align more with MU requirements with user-friendly software. However, the cost of Cerner Millennium Powerchart is significantly more. Nonetheless, Cerner is proving to be superior in community hospitals. SMC wants to develop multiple services to the nearby community. After implementation, SMC plans to expand the healthcare campus with a substantial grant from a local community member. The multiphase
The way in which healthcare organizations need to implement a new strategy into their A/R departments comes from the realization that time of registration is the best time to ask the patient for payment (Souza& McCarty, 2007). Front end staff in the healthcare industry has not been responsible for collecting payment from the patient before services are rendered; that responsibility has been that of the A/R staff. There have been other healthcare organizations that have found solutions to problems within their A/R departments. Sutter Health was successful in identifying problems in their A/R department, finding solutions for those problems in their A/R department and implementing their solution program into their company. Sutter Health has set themselves up for continued success in their A/R department.
Payers are consolidating, providers are merging, and both are vertically integrating, creating a new breed of hybrid clinical and risk-bearing customers for Medtronic. Their struggle to effectively manage outcomes and costs exposes a need that Medtronic can address.
IASIS Healthcare is a leading healthcare provider of acute care hospitals throughout the southwest. The company offers 16 acute care hospitals, one behavioral hospital, 132 physician medical offices, outpatient surgical clinics and imaging centers (Murphy). In 2015, IASIS united with the Phoenix Suns basketball team to bring a start of the art multi medical clinic to the Phoenix, Arizona (Phoenix Suns). Their goal of the partnership is to become the health service provider of choice and to increase access to those health services to communities in need. IASIS has also invested millions in the information and clinical technology system. The company’s system wide electronic health record would allow providers online access to clinical information, reducing medication errors by scanning, computerized charting for nurses and a medical imaging
From 2006 through 2012, Smith worked for Mayo’s Cancer Clinical Research Office without complaint. Smith began as a Data Clerk in 2006, became a Risk Protocol Specialist in 2008, and then a Document Control Specialist. Throughout her employment she received satisfactory performance reviews.
Professional integration and the type selected for many healthcare organizations will determine their success when they begin implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Cuellara & Gertlerb (2006) list the five most common arrangements in use: Independent Physicians Associations (IPAs), Open Physician–Hospital Organizations (OPHOs), Closed Physician–Hospital Organizations (CPHOs), Management Service Organizations (MSOs), and Fully Integrated Organizations (FIOs). Each of these five types of professional integration has proven successful however there have been many failures, which ultimately led to a degraded access and quality of health care in those communities.
Administrative Mandates, including the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, ICD-10 and HIPAA 5010, are all part of administrative simplification and the need for systems optimiza...
With consolidation among hospital systems over the last few years there has been a trend toward ways to streamline processes. By having “shared services” such as laundry services, human resources and radiology and diagnostic services it’s possible to lower costs and have common processes. The advent of health care reform and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) with its Information Technology (IT) incentives has led to greater interest in risk management and IT solutions. While there was a decrease in 2012 on outsourcing IT services the finalization by the Supreme Court of the ACA and President Obama’s re-election cemented the need for an IT solution (Kutscher, 2012)
VistA has a proven track record of revitalizing an immensely vast variety of clinical settings and medical care distribution systems. Facilities range from little clinics that provide solely outpatient care to generously large medical centers with paramount inpatient populations and their associated specialties, such as surgical care or dermatology. These systems consume on clinically relevant record keeping that is improving patient care by improving clinical and administrative decision-making. Versions of this system are in active use in the U.S. Department of Defense Military Health System, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Indian Health Service, and internationally as well, e.g., Mexico - Institute Mexican del Saguaro Gregarious, and National Cancer Institute of Cairo University in Egypt. (http://worldvista.org/AboutVistA)
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Technologically speaking every country seeks to be at the top of the list for advancement. The electronic medical record (EMR) is also an upcoming technology that allows physicians to) practice more powerful quality improve programs with paper-based records (Miller, & Sim, 2009). Adopting EMR’s is not a low cost venture, or an easy task. According to Miller, and Sim, (2009), “Quality improvement depends heavily on a phys...
For instance, the Mayo Clinic is taking full advantage of modern technology and has jumped the bandwagon of the online marketing strategy. A Facebook page has been created that posts status updates, clinic locations, hours and reviews for all of the clinics. Just another way Mayo Clinic is reaching out too its patients. For this reason, Microsoft and Mayo Clinic have established partnerships which includes free online records of individual health records to their clients. These health records provide health recommendations which are customized on the basis of patients medical conditions and symptoms. Patients are able to manage and collect records on personal health online, on their time. Such partnerships have ensured a wider reach to patients, enhancing effectiveness. As I stated previously, at the Mayo Clinic the patient always comes first. Mayo offers patients and their families concrete and convincing evidence of its strengths and values to help with their health and decision making throughout their road to
Technology is defined as wasteful when considered unsafe and ineffective. This cost containment strategy will help save money without diminishing the quality of care. One of the most recent changes in health care within the last five years is the Affordable Care Act (ACA), or Obama Care. The main goal of the ACA is to make healthcare affordable for all citizens by changing many of the rules set my insurance companies (Snell, 2013). A major issue that contributes to the rising cost of healthcare is the lack of communication among healthcare providers leading to unnecessary repetition of expensive treatments. The ACA has planned to solve this buy establishing the Accountable Care Organization (ACO’s). This will be a group of healthcare providers working together to ensure effective treatment, while limiting the amount of unnecessary tools and test. The goal is to send patients to providers in the same network, with the hope of saving money. Another way the ACA plans to lower cost is by bundling payment systems. The system will provide patients a single payment that will cover all expenses, public and private. This will be extremely beneficial for patients who have chronic illnesses such as, hypertension and diabetes (Snell,