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Transforming Patient Care in the Emergency Department

Founded in 1915, Geisinger Health System is a physician-led healthcare system, dedicated to healthcare, education, research and service, spanning 41 counties in Pennsylvania and serving 2.6 million people. The challenge was to strengthen reputation as a leader in using healthcare IT to improve patient care and to extend access to...

Tags: RSA Security Inc., Patient, Geisinger Health System, Health Care, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Benefits, Human Resources

Case studies 2009-01-01

Geisinger Reduces Processing Time and Expenses With Document Management and Workflow Solutions

Given the increasing volume and critical nature of the healthcare documents associated with serving a population of more than two million residents, information managers at Geisinger Health System knew they needed to upgrade their document storage and retrieval system. Their goal was to build an enterprise-level system that would enable...

Tags: TIBCO Software Inc., Geisinger Health System, Geisinger, Vertical Industries, Business Process Automation, Benefits, Healthcare, Operational Planning, Document Management, Enterprise Software, Software, It Operations, Human Resources, Business Operations, Finance, Managerial Accounting

Case studies 2008-08-21

RSA Access Manager Web Access Management Software Helps Doctors and Patients Securely View Important Patient and Healthcare Data

Founded in 1915, Geisinger Health System provides more than two million people in 31 counties in Pennsylvania a complete continuum of quality healthcare. Geisinger Health System implemented RSA Access Manager to help control and manage user access to their two main web portals - one for external affiliated providers and...

Tags: Web, RSA Security Inc., Patient, Geisinger Health System, Web Access Management, Health Care

Case studies 2007-07-01

Additional Resources

Are health IT vendors trying to pull a fast one?

Not sure about your last question, i guess he would be the best person...to ask.I think that sage, GE, siemans and mckesson do have the experience necessary to make good decisions, but these are also the guys who make software for the healthcare field.Maybe their vested interest also includes self...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Quality, HIT Standards Committee, Kibbe, health care

Discussion threads 2009-08-10

Packaged Services in a Complex Environment

I’ve written numerous times about how packaged or productized services and can improve alignment between the interests of consultants and their clients. The New York Times reports that the packaged approach is now being tested by a hospital group in Pennsylvania. From the article:The group, Geisinger Health System, has overhauled...

Tags: Packaged Services

Blog posts 2007-05-18

Practicing medicine on robo-patients

These days, it seems that robots are very busy delivering drugs in hospitals or replacing nurses, doctors and even surgeons. But robots also can replace human patients. For example, at McMaster University in Canada, medical students are using robo-patients to practice their clinical skills before they reach human patients. Their...

Tags: patient, McMaster University, robot

Blog posts 2005-12-12