One of the greatest inventions of the last 100 years is the telephone. As telephony and its infrastructure grew, so did revolutionary new features and functionality. Take for example, Caller ID, bringing the ability to see who is calling. This…
It’s championship football season and whether you’re cheering for the Patriots or the Eagles, the game often comes down to the quarterback, who is coolest under pressure and can marshal the right resources when the game is on the line. …
We see it every day in the industry press—the prognosticators are issuing their predictions for the future of healthcare and EHRs. Healthcare reform continues to be near the top of the list—and as we saw last year—predicting the political landscape…
It’s that time of year again. What are your EHR resolutions—To increase adoption? To consolidate to one platform? To optimize your current system? No matter what your goals and resolutions are, your ability to achieve them is largely dependent on…
I’ve been getting a lot of questions from my contacts at all levels of healthcare organizations concerning the best way to protect clinical infrastructure environments without impacting patient care. It comes down to three things - a username, password and…
In a recent meeting with one of our clients, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software and applications were compared to a spider web. This analogy is a few weeks late for Halloween, but my kids are still eating their way through…
At the CHIME17 Fall CIO Forum this month, HCTec was awarded the CHIME Collaboration Award for our work with Saint Luke's Health System. Saint Luke's has saved $9.2 million to date, with an additional $10 million projected, by utilizing HCTec's Managed Services…
To download our case study, click here. Saint Luke’s Health System (SLHS) provides a range of inpatient, outpatient, and home care services. Saint Luke’s IT department faced a common challenge—how to simultaneously support and optimize its new electronic health record…
Has your support team become the "Helpless" Desk? Let’s continue with the theme we discussed last month around IT Help and Service Desk support. No matter how hard your IT Help Desk team members try to service your internal clients…
BRENTWOOD, Tenn., Nov. 2, 2017 -- HCTec, a leading provider of healthcare workforce solutions, was awarded today the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) Collaboration Award at the organization's CHIME17 Fall CIO Forum. The award celebrates an innovative workforce solution…