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EPIC OpTime

EPIC OpTime is an operating room management system. As with all EPIC products, it can be integrated with other EPIC solutions and customized to the unique needs of the facility using it.

OpTime has built-in tools for many of the processes already in place at most operating facilities, including scheduling, record-keeping for anesthesia, patient preferences, patient pre-and post-operative assessment, procedure records and PACU documents.
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FCC & FDA Partnership to Promote Wireless Medical Devices

In mid-2010, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) announced a joint venture to promote the advancement of wireless medical devices in the healthcare industry. For IT professionals, this will mean an increasing focus on wireless technology in the coming years. So, what do IT professionals need to prepare for?

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Green IT: How to Maintain Data Center Efficiency

In our last post, we interviewed green technology expert Matt Stansberry. He gave us so much great advice on getting your company to go green, we decided to interview him again about data center efficiency. In his 2009 ebook, “The Green Data Center,” Matt outlines energy-efficient computing and green IT best practices. …Continue reading

An IT Professional’s Guide to Going Green

Going green is a hot topic right now. Not only is it the socially responsible (and hip) thing to do, it can actually save companies on the other important green. We asked writer Heather Barnett to sit down with green technology expert Matt Stansberry to find out what you can do to help your company save money while helping the environment. …Continue reading

7 Ways to Beat Baggage Fees

When you’re an IT consultant, you can spend a lot of money on travel accommodations as you fly from client to client. While many of these expenses are handled either by the client or by the recruiting agency (for example, Excite Health Partners), it’s best to keep your travel costs as low as possible to maximize your perceived value. …Continue reading

Company Overview: McKesson

McKesson is a medical distribution and technology solutions company with three simple goals: to help healthcare facilities make fewer mistakes, reduce costs and provide higher-quality care. The nation’s largest healthcare IT corporation, McKesson provides technology services through four businesses. …Continue reading

Company Overview: Allscripts

In August 2010, Allscripts Healthcare Solutions merged with Eclipsys Corporation to Form Allscripts, the largest connected community of clients in healthcare. Referred to as the “Netflix for healthcare” by CNBC’s Fast Money in March 2011, Allscripts has a unique patient-centric approach to HIT solutions. Their mantra? One network, one platform, one patient. …Continue reading

Epic Stork

EpicCare is used by physicians and medical facilities around the globe to organize medical workflow. However, with hundreds of thousands of specialized physicians in the United States alone, Epic’s typical offerings must be augmented with specialty software (called add-ons) to allow those practices to operate easily without interrupting their unique workflow. One such add-on is Epic Stork. …Continue reading

Streamline Healthcare Solutions: Company Overview

Streamline Healthcare Solutions provides software solutions for behavioral healthcare organizations. They have three main objectives: 1) to develop solutions that evolve with a behavioral healthcare organization’s needs, 2) to work as an extension of their customers’ internal IT departments, and 3) to provide quality software and services at reasonable prices.

Rather than providing a one-size-fits-all solution, however, Streamline works with each organization to create a customized package that allows them to control the business, rather than have the software run the company. Their unique business model …Continue reading

NextGen Healthcare Solutions: Company Overview

NextGen Healthcare Solutions is a full-service HIT company providing software products, business services and strategic consulting to physicians, hospitals, health centers and other medical facilities. According to NextGen President Scott Decker, “technology is allowing for extraordinary advances in care and in business.” His sentiments are summarized …Continue reading