JHIM Web Exclusive
Winter 2009: Process Improvement
Welcome to the Web-exclusive content page of JHIM Online. Here you will find exclusive interviews from authors published in the current issue of JHIM. This forum allows the experts to expand on the thoughts and ideas set forth in their original columns or articles. You may read the original articles in the print edition of JHIM, or by using our new Digital Edition by logging on to the HIMSS Member Center.
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Read Previous Web Exclusives:
Fall 2008: IT and the Future of Nursing
The Missing Link to Success: Using a Business Process Management System to Automate and Manage Process Improvement
An interview with Ray Hess, MSA
In the Winter 2009 issue of JHIM, Ray Hess, MSA, Vice President for Information Management at The Chester County Hospital in West Chester, Penn, explores the Business Process Management engine utilized by Chester County Hospital to decrease hospital acquired MRSA infections. [You can read his article “The Missing Link to Success: Using a Business Process Management System to Automate and Manage Process Improvement” in the JHIM-Digital Edition by logging on to the Member Center—Ed.]
Real Option Analysis: Improving Project Selection in Healthcare Settings
An interview with David K Wyant, PhD
In the Winter 2009 issue of JHIM, David K Wyant, PhD, Assistant Professor at the Health Care Administration program, Department of Public Health, Western Kentucky University, explores the benefits and applications of real options analysis, a project selection best practice. [You can read this article “Real Option Analysis: Improving Project Selection in Healthcare Settings” in the JHIM-Digital Edition by logging on to the Member Center—Ed.]
