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Social Media for Healthcare: What’s The Potential?

Melissa Agnes

The other day I had a conversation with someone who made a statement about the healthcare industry not needing to be on social media because no one cares about the nurses’ birthdays and little useless memes (I’m SOOO paraphrasing here!). What’s the point of social media for healthcare? appeared first on Agnes + Day.

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Flex time has increased, so has burnout

Brimstone Consulting

Leaders need to act now to establish flex time and remote work policies and guidelines. While flex time is giving people a fighting chance at managing increased demands on time and the blurred boundary between work and home, in the absence of a clear policy and explicit guidelines, flex time can lead to burnout – fast.

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Tailoring the ISO 20700 Checklist to Your Consulting Projects

Effective Managers

Whether you’re working in healthcare, finance, or technology, the checklist will prompt the appropriate discussions and the appropriate level of documentation to ensure your consulting services are as relevant and effective as possible. Adapting to Industry Specifications Different industries have unique challenges and requirements.

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Improving the Patient Experience: People, Process, Place Model

Tom Spencer

The most commonly used measure of patient satisfaction is the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems ( HCAHPS ). One example of a ‘process’ question, proposed by Eileen Malone at Mercury Healthcare Consulting, would be: “How often was the area around your room quiet at night?”. Conclusion.

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Engaging Employees in Health Care Data Security

Harvard Business

Over the past year, the healthcare industry found itself under constant attack. However, with only 53% of healthcare and public-sector security decision makers reporting a breach in the past year, it’s likely there are many more breaches going unreported. MEHAU KULYK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images.

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Getting Doctors to Make Better Decisions Will Take More than Money and Nudges

Harvard Business

Despite the proliferation of evidence-based guidelines to improve clinicians’ practice patterns, clinicians often don’t respond to them. So healthcare leaders have long wondered: what’s the best way to change clinicians’ behavior and improve their quality and efficiency of care? What the Research Says.

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Don’t bring your writing style with you

Jacq Hackett Consulting

There are proposals, issues papers, interview guides, strategies, background briefings, guidelines. There’s a lot of writing to be done as a consultant – it’s a core consulting skill. And a key deliverable of almost every project is a final report.

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