COVER STORY: Managing Revenue
Financial, operational assessment key to improving RCM
By establishing a committed partnership of third-party resources and internal staff, provider organizations can be proactive rather than reactionary.
By Nancy Ruff
Tips for keeping RCM in check
Practices that are successful technology adopters consistently outperform their peers.
By Dawn Duchek
Next-gen provider payment processing
Those paper-based lockbox solutions are a thing of the past.
By Jim Lacy
MOBILE COMPUTING EQUIPMENT
More functions, better healthcare
Tablet PCs help increase efficiency, accuracy and reduce the risk of healthcare-associated infections.
Getting the lead out
Hamilton Medical Center is shifting from conventional sealed lead acid batteries to advanced lithium-iron nano-phosphate, which supports more technology at the point of care.
PACS/RIS ROUNDUP
Overcoming today’s PACS/RIS challenges
Health Management Technology asked select experts how to overcome the most significant challenges today in picture archiving communications systems/radiology information systems.
DATA STORAGE
Conquering the complexity of storage
Converged medical infrastructure can increase storage capacity by improving the IT environment as whole.
By Doug Cusick
DATA STORAGE
Is cloud storage right for your organization?
Many healthcare organizations are looking to third-party vendors for help.
By Rob Carter
DATA STORAGE
Best practices in healthcare disaster recovery planning
The push to adopt EHRs is creating new data management challenges for healthcare IT executives.
By Nav Ranajee
SCHEDULING/STAFFING
Goodbye paper, hello results
Scheduling solution balances employee and business needs.
NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE
Network upgrade saves thousands
Navos, a non-profit mental health organization based in Seattle, went from T1 to Ethernet and reduced back-up time by 80 percent.
By Jeff Coleman
VIEWPOINT
Reimagining healthcare
By Phil Colpas
THOUGHT LEADERS
How to choose the right tablet
By Mike Stinson