Healthcare blog archives
February 2011 (5)
March 2011 (1)
June 2011 (1)
December 2011 (1)
March 2012 (1)
April 2012 (2)
Is your organization contending with the “ERP Doom Loop?”
Michele Tharp, Senior Practice Manager : 13 April 2012 / 12:20 PM : 0 
The “Doom Loop” is a pattern of behavior consistent across all enterprise-wide software (not just Lawson) and utilized to describe the value of the software as it changes over time within the corporate environment.
If you answer ‘yes’ to any of these questions, it is possible your organization is contending with the ERP Doom Loop.
Tagged: Change Management ERP Healthcare Lawson Process Improvement
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Increasing Your Supply Chain Efficiency
Michele Tharp, Senior Practice Manager : 10 April 2012 / 9:32 AM : 0
Many organizations implemented a portion of Lawson's Mobile Supply Chain Management (MSCM) during their upgrade to version 9.0 or 9.0.1. Now that your existing environment is current, it is a great time to assess the functionality and technology implemented as part of MSCM. Often times, there are pieces of the product that were left off the initial plan due to timing, budget, or resource availability.
When fully implemented, MSCM can save your organization time and money by leveraging technology and process enhancements to improve visibility to and timeliness of product moves in your health care organization. While there are many components that must be implemented and synchronized for a successful MSCM implementation such as handheld devices, bar code printers, PostScript enab...
Tagged: ERP Healthcare Lawson Mobility Process Improvement Supply Chain
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Are Your Requisitions Out of Control?
Michele Tharp, Senior Practice Manager : 27 March 2012 / 11:00 AM : 0
Many organizations have lost control over the requisition process resulting in adverse effects on the ‘procure to pay’ cycle. Some examples of this ‘lack of control’ include maverick spending and no specific requisition number or status to track within a system because the process is paper based with a manually intensive approval process. In addition, the requester often does not have the correct item description, vendor number, pricing, or department and account number to charge. These issues cascade down the ‘procure to pay’ stream resulting in other users and departments spending a lot of time correcting errors. With Lawson's Requisition Center (RQC) -
Tagged: Healthcare Lawson Process Improvement Supply Chain
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Social Media in Healthcare – The Next Big Thing for Consumers
Jeff Smith, Director, Healthcare Vertical - Business Solutions : 01 December 2011 / 12:39 PM : 0
There are more than 800 million active users on Facebook today and over 50% login each and every day. Hundreds of hospitals across the country have deployed enterprise social platforms to improve collaboration between physicians and staff. Insurance companies have tried to reach consumers over the web for many years with very little success. Both are seeking new ways to engage consumers to influence their behaviors by investing in next generation social technologies (Mobile Applications, Video Chat, Social Gaming, Social TV, Social Couponing, Social Learning, Social CRM and Social Navigation) that can be fully integrated into the backend systems to leverage this new consumer data with their existing clinical and financial data. So, how do insurance companies and physicians become "f...
Tagged: analytics Healthcare Mobility Social Media
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Consumer Activation - Driving Powerful Connections in Healthcare
Jeff Smith, Director, Healthcare Vertical - Business Solutions : 08 June 2011 / 5:22 PM : 0
As people take on greater responsibility for health spend and care choices there is a need for convenient access to support, tools, and information. Buyers of health insurance need to understand their options in coverage, networks and financial exposure. Consumers of care need to engage and be engaged to actively manage their health choices for improved health.
Reform legislation will open the market for new products and competitors. Small group employers are expected to voucher employees to the open market for insurance solutions and Buying Exchanges will move this market exclusively to the internet.
Increased popularity of Consumer-Directed Health Plans (where account holders engage in financial and care decisions) and the explosive use of the internet a...
Tagged: Healthcare
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Enterprise Mobility in Healthcare: HIMSS 11 Experience
Jeff Smith, Director, Healthcare Vertical - Business Solutions : 04 March 2011 / 3:08 PM : 1
HIMSS 2011 in Orlando, FL was a great experience for me to see what the future of healthcare will bring and the technology that will drive delivery and support within hospitals, clinics, physician’s offices, labs and payers. The delivery of care will change significantly with mandates such as the use of EMR by 2014 for physicians, ACO, Meaningful Use, etc. The use of mobility, cloud computing and remote patient monitoring had a significant presence at HIMSS with the largest cellular network providers partnering with some of the largest clinical systems to develop solutions remotely.
CIBER’s Healthcare Vertical demonstrated the “ciDash” framework at HIMSS delivered on the iPad®/iPhone® and the proof-of-concept buil...
Tagged: Healthcare Mobility
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Human Capital Management
Michele Tharp, Senior Practice Manager : 21 February 2011 / 8:54 AM : 0
Are you challenged with attracting, managing, and developing your workforce?
If so, come to booth #1631 at HIMSS to talk with me or another one of my CIBER colleagues about how we have helped many Healthcare clients tackle this challenge.
Lawson’s suite of products coupled with CIBER’s implementation services can be used to strategically manage your workforce.
Lawson Talent Management delivers integrated tools designed to help you acquire, manage, and develop your workforce.
Lawson Human Resource Management helps HR contribute to organizational excellence with applications that support business operations such as Personnel, Benefits, Payroll, and Absence Management administration.
Lawson Workforce Manage...
Tagged: ERP Healthcare Lawson
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Sick? - “There’s an app for that”
Jeff Smith, Director, Healthcare Vertical - Business Solutions : 17 February 2011 / 2:09 PM : 1
2010 saw the explosion of smart phone use and iTunes® app store and the Android® Market delivered a myriad of “apps” for these phones - and it’s changing our lives. How many times have you said “I’ve got an app for that” or “There has to be an app for that”? Apple coined “There’s an app for that” in their marketing campaigns because it reflects reality - the phrase is used all day, every day as we look for help to fill a void or answer a question. There are more than 6,000 healthcare related apps in the market today. Some physicians are concerned healthcare consumers will rely just on these apps to manage their care and forgo the office visit. Is your phone as smart as or ...
Tagged: Healthcare Mobility
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Mobile Supply Chain Management
Michele Tharp, Senior Practice Manager : 17 February 2011 / 10:37 AM : 0
Are you challenged with keeping up with your inventory? Is inventory movement slow and undocumented? Does it take multiple attempts in retrieving and fulfilling inventory needs?
If these are some of your challenges, come to booth #1631 at HIMSS to talk with a CIBER mobility expert about mobile supply chain management solutions that can help increase efficiency and mitigate risks that the above challenges bring.
With Lawson’s Mobile Supply Chain Management, realize your vision for end-to-end process efficiency, cost savings, and service excellence. For your widely dispersed workforce, automate data collection where the work is done. Improve visibility and control throughout your professional services enterprise.
Looking forward to seeing you at HIMSS!
Tagged: ERP Healthcare Lawson Mobility Supply Chain
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Healthcare Information and Management Systems Show (HIMSS)
Michele Tharp, Senior Practice Manager : 17 February 2011 / 10:37 AM : 0
CIBER will be exhibiting at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Show (HIMSS) again this year in Orlando, Florida February 20-23, 2011.
CIBER healthcare experts will be on staff to discuss implementations and upgrades of Lawson Software, Human Capital Management and solutions around attracting, managing, and developing your workforce, mobility solutions, as well as developing an organizational change management strategy for your ERP initiatives.
Schedule a meeting at HIMSS with a CIBER representative to hear more about Lawson Software solutions, our healthcare-specific solutions, implementation services, and how they can improve your business. Please contact Derek Cheairs at dcheairs@ciber.com to schedule your...
Tagged: ERP Healthcare Lawson
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