| Win a custom ChannelCare
demo
on an
8" digital photo
frame!
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10 lucky winners!
Send
an e-mail to marketing@vericom.net and let us know
your favorite way to communicate, and we'll
enter you in our drawing.
Deadline to
enter: May
15
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Click here for more advice on
Navigating the Healthcare System from AHRQ Director
Carolyn Clancy, MD. AHRQ is part of the US Department of
Health and Human
Services.
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FAQ
How
can SoundCare
on-hold messaging
help promote patient safety
initiatives?
- Communicate goals with short,
simple messages
- Build trust with CEO
and staff SoundViews
- Establish credibility
by highlighting awards and
accreditations
- Change messages easily and cost-effectively, to keep patient information current
More
FAQs
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Time spent today will pay
off in better connections tomorrow
Want to better connect with your consumers,
physicians, and employees in the future? Take
steps today to communicate even a little bit more,
and the rewards long term will be greater.
In fact, we
want to show you how your communications investment
today will reap great dividends in the future with ChannelCare digital
signage. We invite you to participate in a
random drawing where 10 individuals
will receive an 8" digital photo frame with a custom
ChannelCare demo. Names will be
randomly selected among
those who send an email to marketing@vericom.net simply letting
us know your favorite method of communicating (whether it be by phone, texting, or talking
face-to-face, among others.)
It's a very cool
demo on a very slick frame. We know you'll enjoy it and
will want to pass it around for others to see. And, of
course, once you have shown it off, the frame is yours
to keep!!
The deadline for sending us your e-mail is Friday, May 15.
Regards,
Robert
Robert J.
Loeb
President
& CEO
Vericom
Coporation
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Communicating more
effectively with physicians
by Janet
Guptill
What are you doing to improve transparency in outcomes and costs in partnership with your physicians? What tools are you using to facilitate real-time data sharing to reduce delays, avoid errors, and improve accuracy in patient care decision making? Now is a good time to connect with your physicians and evaluate your progress with regards to transparency issues that are still a priority in healthcare.
We often hear about Healthcare Value Management, but what does this mean? How will we know when we have achieved it? Michael Porter in his book, "Redefining Health Care" talks about "value based competition," holding providers (hospitals, doctors) accountable for their outcomes as well as their costs. Regina Herzlinger in her book "Who Killed Health Care?" goes further to say that legislation should be passed that would require all providers and payors to publish audited price and outcome statements, make information easily accessible to the general public, and pay providers more for treating sicker patients, using risk adjustment methodology.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS.gov) has embraced these concepts with its "Value-Driven Health Care" agenda, pushing for greater transparency regarding health outcomes and costs across the entire population. Pressure is still there for hospitals and doctors to become more "transparent" by publishing their quality and price information, communicating and exchanging relevant health information community-wide, and promoting and rewarding improvement in quality and efficiency of care.
How are you progressing in "showing your hand" to the general public? Are you collaborating with physicians any better to ensure the best outcomes for the least cost? And, where are you to date with the following?
Integrating test results data across sites of care and making information available to your physicians real-time through web-based secure portals.
Providing access to electronic patient records across all care providers in a community so the necessary information is available when care decisions are made.
Building in checks and balances for order entry systems to help prevent medication errors and other adverse patient events.
Our healthcare system is filled with best-intention people who are highly skilled and incredibly conscientious. Be sure and provide them with the tools they need so they have the best information available when it comes time to care for their patients.
Janett Guptill
The Vericom
Institute for Learning (VIL) is all about Building
Indispensable Relationships. At Vericom, we continually
seek to learn about your challenges in healthcare and
how we can help you improve your communications and
relationships with your patients and consumers,
employees, and
physicians.
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SoundCare®: personalized service that connects The
Christ Hospital to its community
Cardiovascular care, spine
treatment, women's health, and cancer are the heart and
soul of services at The Christ Hospital. This 555-bed
not-for-profit hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio informs its
captive audiences about these critical services and more
in a meaningful and personal way. SoundCare on-hold
messaging connects The Christ Hospital to its community
with personalized messages targeting patients already
using one service with information about its other
services, programs, and events.
Read the full
case study
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| Five Action Steps to Help You Lead
in Times of Economic Crisis
The economic crisis is
presenting leaders with unforeseen challenges.
Many of those leaders are not prepared to respond
effectively. They have either never been trained
to do so, or they have no real-life experience on
which to draw to help them navigate their way
through this crisis. Unfortunately, this is
exactly the time when these leaders need to lead.
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