Cooley Dickinson Hospital Uses HealthShare Technology to Analyze Performance and Increase Efficiency; Hospital Implements HealthShare One to Enable Cost and Quality Improvements.BOSTON -- HealthShare Technology today announced that Cooley Coo·ley , Denton Arthur Born 1920. American surgeon and educator who in 1969 performed the first artificial heart transplant on a human. Dickinson Hospital, a non-profit community hospital serving patients in Northampton and surrounding sur·round tr.v. sur·round·ed, sur·round·ing, sur·rounds 1. To extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle. 2. To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication. n. locations throughout western Hampshire Hampshire, county (1991 pop. 1,511,900), 1,503 sq mi (3,893 sq km), S central England. Winchester is the county town. The terrain is undulating and is crossed by two chalk downs, rising in places to more than 800 ft (244 m). and southern Franklin counties Franklin County is the name of 24 counties in the United States. All except Franklin County, Idaho are likely named for Benjamin Franklin, a Founding Father of the United States. in Massachusetts, has implemented HealthShare's decision-support tool, HealthShare One(TM). HealthShare One provides hospitals with rapid access to critical performance information for analyzing the cost and quality of care compared to peers and competitors, allowing users to gauge and improve their own performance. Cooley Dickinson will use the tool to conduct comparative analyses, create objective benchmarks for excellent care, and identify opportunities for quality improvement. "We turned to HealthShare Technology to better understand our position as it relates to cost and quality," said Norman S Norman, city (1990 pop. 80,071), seat of Cleveland co., central Okla.; inc. 1891. It is the center of a livestock region. Oil wells, food processing, and printing and publishing contribute to the economy, and there is diverse manufacturing (machinery, communication . Stachelek, Jr., MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration , President/Executive Director of the Cooley Dickinson Physician Hospital Organization. "From a financial perspective, HealthShare's cost analysis tools give us the information to identify specific areas for cost and quality improvement. In addition, because HealthShare uses the same data that health plans are using, I expect this data to assist us with future managed care contract discussions." "Cooley Dickinson understands how creating competitive benchmarks and cost analysis work to uncover opportunities for quality improvement and growth," said Rick Siegrist, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of HealthShare Technology. "In the current climate where healthcare costs continue to rise, the most successful hospitals are those that evaluate themselves continuously to proactively enhance the cost and quality of the care they deliver." About HealthShare Technology HealthShare is a leader in delivering robust decision support tools that help hospitals, health plans, employers and consumers make more informed and confident health care decisions. HealthShare offers a consistent approach to analyzing and comparing healthcare performance data to improve the quality of care while lowering costs. Learn more at www.selectqualitycare.com. |
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