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How Mayo Clinic Is Combating Information Overload in Critical Care Units

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How technology is changing the design and delivery of care. We created a multidisciplinary team of clinicians, researchers, and experts in clinical informatics to design and test information-technology tools that can help, rather than hinder, clinical care. It also saves three to five minutes on chart review per patient per day.

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How Physicians Can Keep Up with the Knowledge Explosion in Medicine

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But it is simply unrealistic for a doctor — or any human being — to stay abreast of that much information, much less be able to recall accurately the relevant information on demand. As the Institute of Medicine highlighted in a 2012 report , this gap in knowledge contributes to variation in care and suboptimal outcome.

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How the U.S. Army Personalized Its Mental Health Care

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So during initial rollout from May 2012 through February 2014, we examined 80,000 BHDP surveys in four military-treatment facilities. Practice managers can more efficiently and effectively use their providers to meet the needs of their patient base.

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A.T. Kearney Interview & Culture

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Kearney becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of EDS in September, nearly doubling in size and vastly expanding its industry expertise and information technology capabilities. 2012 – A.T. Thus, they work towards creating or upgrading current purchasing processes to enhance efficiency and maximize savings. 1995 – A.T.

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The One Type of Leader Who Can Turn Around a Failing School

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The 2012 OECD Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) study showed the UK invested the 8th largest amount out of 34 OECD countries, but only came 19th in mathematics, 14th in science and 16th in reading. Soldiers like efficiency and order. So why does the UK still lag behind its peers, despite investing more than them?

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How the EMR Is Increasing Innovation and Creativity in Health Care

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This same mistake-proofing process and technology embedded in the electronic medical record (EMR) can move us a great distance toward safer, higher quality, and more affordable health care. Information technology has come late to health care delivery. medical practices.

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The H-1B Visa Debate, Explained

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These must qualify as “specialty occupations,” which typically require a bachelor’s degree (or the equivalent) and are found in fields such as science, engineering, information technology, medicine, and business. There is other evidence of a strong demand for workers with tech skills.