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- Implement a performance measurement system to comply with JCAHO
- Healthcare organizations throughout the United States require licenses or certifications from state and federal agencies. These certifications are typically the result of unannounced site visits by an inspector whose objective is to ensure that the organization is complying with minimal standards as outlined in applicable regulatory guidelines. The results of...
- Tags: JCAHO, health care, Scott Withrow, accreditation, health care company, performance
- Technical articles 2003-10-31
- CRM + customer intelligence = customer relationship strategy
- A successful customer relationship strategy maximizes corporate goals by managing customer service and leveraging customer data. Find out why both pieces of the puzzle are crucial.Ask a hundred people in your organization to define customer relationship management CRM, and you’ll get a hundred different responses. Such is the state of...
- Tags: Customer relationship management (CRM), Advertising & Promotion, Enterprise software, Tools & Techniques, Scott Withrow, customer relationship strategy, customer intelligence system, CRM, strategy
- Technical articles 2002-04-15
- Discussion: Is a Work Breakdown Structure worth your time?
- A Work Breakdown Structure WBS provides a hierarchical listing of project tasks and subtasks. Can a WBS keep crucial details from slipping through the cracks, or is it just one more project management tool to deal with? Read on and give us your opinion.If you’re struggling to keep track of...
- Tags: Project management, Scott Withrow, work breakdown structure
- Technical articles 2002-04-05
- Data warehousing and mining basics
- Enterprise data is the lifeblood of a corporation, but it's useless if it's left to languish in data silos. Data warehousing and mining provide the tools to bring data out of the silos and put it to use.Traditionally, enterprise data has been kept in information silos that are physically separate...
- Tags: Business intelligence, Databases, Storage, Scott Withrow, data warehouse, OLAP, data mining, analysis
- Technical articles 2002-04-03
- Don't get burned by a bogus BI implementation
- A well-executed business intelligence BI application can liberate data trapped in data silos. Check out this advice on how to avoid a BI rollout debacle.Business intelligence applications BI automate processes that gather, analyze, transmit, and report mission-critical information locked in an enterprise's many data stores. The primary objective of BI...
- Tags: Pricing, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Enterprise software, Scott Withrow, business intelligence, tool
- Technical articles 2002-03-07
- Prepare to comply with HIPAA privacy standards on individually identifiable information
- On April 14, 2003, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act HIPAA standards for the privacy of individually identifiable health information IIHI took effect. Healthcare organizations—including providers, insurers, and healthcare clearinghouses—must be fully aware of the effect of this pending regulation.You can read the official definitions of health information and...
- Tags: compliance, HIPAA, HIPAA Privacy, individually identifiable health information, Scott Withrow
- Technical articles 2003-07-07
- Government announces adoption of standards for health information exchange
- This article originally appeared in the IT Healthcare e-newsletter.On March 21, 2003, the departments of Health and Human Services HHS, Defense DOD, and Veterans Affairs VA announced the adoption of standards for the exchange of clinical health information. As one of the federal government's e-government proposals, the Consolidated Health Informatics...
- Tags: Consolidated Health Informatics, government, health, Scott Withrow, standards
- Technical articles 2003-06-23
- HHS publishes final rule for HIPAA Security Standards
- The Department of Health and Human Services HHS recently gained the spotlight again with two significant Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act HIPAA announcements. First, after four years and more than 2,300 public comments, the final rule for HIPAA Security Standards was published in the Feb. 20, 2003, Federal Register....
- Tags: health, health care, HIPAA, Scott Withrow, security, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Technical articles 2003-06-09
- Detect signs of impending problems and keep your projects on track
- The only way to keep your project running smoothly is to catch problems early. Easier said than done. Find out what you can do to stay tapped in to the true state of your project and learn about some indicators of potential problems.The key to keeping a project running smoothly...
- Tags: Team management, Scott Withrow, team
- Technical articles 2001-11-29
- Proposed XML standards simplify links between document resources
- Working with XML, it might be necessary for you to link multiple documents. Find out how proposed W3C standards XLink and XBase can add that functionality to your XML work.While many of the W3C's efforts are still in the discussion phase, some initiatives, such as HTML 4.0’s successor, XHTML, have...
- Tags: Scott Withrow, XLink, xBase, XML, uniform resource identifier
- Technical articles 2001-11-22
- The future of Web forms: From HTML to XHTML to XForms
- Forms on the Web are not new, but handling them can get complicated if your application is going to be used on devices other than a PC. Find out how XForms may hold the solution to this problem.In the early '90s, the concept of data capture forms was added to...
- Tags: Channel management, Web Forms, Scott Withrow, W3C XForms, Web, XHTML, form element, HTML
- Technical articles 2001-11-16
- Is it time for XHTML?
- Consistency in the way Web browsers interpret your Web pages may be on its way. Find out about XHTML and see how it may simplify your life.More often than not, Web technology advancement is a result of competition among product vendors who release new capabilities as extensions or upgrades to...
- Tags: HTML Working Group, W3C, XHTML 1.0, Scott Withrow, XHTML, HTML, Web browser
- Technical articles 2001-11-08
- Use WAI's guidelines to make your site accessible
- To improve usability of Web sites for people with disabilities, one group has created guidelines for developers. See how these guidelines can help you develop a more usable product.Many developers don't realize that there is federal legislation that addresses accessibility standards for disabled individuals in the procurement and use of...
- Tags: Channel management, Scott Withrow, Web, Web Accessibility Initiative, W3C, Web Content
- Technical articles 2001-11-01
- Accessibility guidelines for application software development
- You know that your applications have to be usable, but can your apps be used by everyone? New government regulations mandate IT accessibility criteria concerning people with disabilities. Here's how these new rules could affect IT developers.If you create application or system software for the U.S. government, you must adhere...
- Tags: Strategy, Scott Withrow, information technology, FITAI, disability, Subpart, Section 508, agency, federal agency, Web
- Technical articles 2001-10-25
- Are you as committed to the job as you should be?
- Even if it seems like your employer is dumping on you, you have to maintain a good work ethic and attitude if you want to succeed. Here are some tips on how you can improve your outlook and keep yourself on course.A recurring theme in many meetings these days is...
- Tags: Strategy, Recruitment & Selection, Scott Withrow, information technology, industry, job
- Technical articles 2001-10-11
- Extreme Programming: Do these 12 practices make perfect?
- Extreme Programming is a new methodology designed to help small development teams deliver value despite constantly changing requirements. Take a peek at what makes up this approach to software development and see if it might be right for your team.I am a skeptic; I don’t deny it. Some even accuse...
- Tags: Scott Withrow, Microsoft Windows XP, Extreme Programming, team
- Technical articles 2001-10-03
- Tips for generating meaningful test data
- Your QA testing is only as good as the data you feed it. These tips will help you assemble a complete and balanced set of test data so you can ensure that your applications meet all requirements.Building proper testing environments to perform quality assurance for new applications requires considerable time,...
- Tags: Scott Withrow, test data, database
- Technical articles 2001-09-28
- Built to last: Calling it quits
- In spite of everyone's best efforts, some team members inevitably move on. Make the departure as beneficial as possible for everyone concerned by following these suggestions for the supervisor and for those who are leaving.Sure, it’s nice to build a team that functions well together and is highly effective. But...
- Tags: Team management, Scott Withrow, team
- Technical articles 2001-08-27
- Built to last: Effective performance evaluations for your developers
- How do you make sure your development team is working at its full potential? A useful tool is the performance evaluation, which lets you review the job that's been done and plan for the future.Success depends on the strength of the team you've built. How do you make sure your...
- Tags: Performance management, Team management, Scott Withrow, performance, performance evaluation, team
- Technical articles 2001-08-20
- Built to last: Keep your development team intact
- Very few things are as disruptive to team performance as the departure of a team member. Here are some tips for keeping members motivated and cutting the odds that they will want to polish up their resume anytime soon.When your team loses a member, the effect on productivity is usually...
- Tags: Team management, Workforce management, HEALTHCARE, Benefits, Scott Withrow, team, talent, information technology
- Technical articles 2001-08-13
