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Creating and Delivering Compelling Learning at Apria Healthcare; Rapid Content Development and Speed of Change Drives Need for Eedo's Learning Content Management System.


NASHUA, N.H. -- Eedo Knowledgeware(TM), a provider of innovative software products for Real-Time Learning and Knowledge systems announced today that Apria Healthcare, a leading provider of integrated home healthcare products and services has purchased Eedo's market leading Learning Content Management System, ForceTen(TM), to deliver learning and training to their 10,000 employees who service more than 1.5 million patients across the United States of America UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. The name of this country. The United States, now thirty-one in number, are Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, .

Delivering full-service homecare solutions to over 1.5 million people all over the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area.  is challenging enough. But add to that the need to meet government and industry regulations and maintain the highest standards of skills and knowledge for over 10,000 healthcare professionals, and you have a significant challenge. To meet this challenge, Apria Healthcare embraced Eedo's ForceTen solution to develop and deliver high quality training quickly and efficiently.

"Healthcare product and service providers have some of the most difficult training challenges of all industries," said Josh Bersin, 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 Bersin & Associates, a research firm focused on enterprise learning and talent management. "Rapid changes in technology, continuous advances in medical science, and the need for strict regulatory compliance create a need for rapid development, dynamic delivery, and detailed tracking. Healthcare providers are looking for Looking for

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 new, integrated solutions to help speed development and manage large volumes of training content."

The training group at Apria Healthcare provides training for all employees, including some who may need certification courses. Training materials created must meet the needs of a vast audience including management, nurse clinicians, technicians, pharmacists This is a list of notable pharmacists.
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 Gaylene Galliford, Manager of Training, Design and Development, "When I came on board, I realized that there was a lot of duplication duplication /du·pli·ca·tion/ (doo-pli-ka´shun)
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 in our development efforts, with no central repository of materials. Much of this is due to the fact that we are constantly driven to deliver training materials that meet regulatory requirements Regulatory requirements are part of the process of drug discovery and drug development. Regulatory requirements describe what is necessary for a new drug to be approved for marketing in any particular country. , and keep up with the pace of our market. We needed better development tools that would streamline our workflow process, provide reusability The ability to use all or the greater part of the same programming code or system design in another application.

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 and speed the development cycle."

Rapid development and execution became Gaylene's first goal. "We need to rapidly create course materials and get them out to our front-line workers quickly and easily. Delivering web-based learning modules through Eedo's ForceTen system gives us the ability to modify content as the business demands."

Defining and assigning workflow for course development and delivery was another key area for the company. "To get the right material developed quickly, we needed to tap into the collaborative capabilities of the software. With a small team of five developers working on over 100 courses at any time, the ability to assign tasks, to review content collaboratively and to check status on course changes and development is crucial to keeping pace with business needs."

"We're seeing a definite trend in the industry for rapid development of learning content. On top of this trend is the need to deliver it in a dynamic context," said John Hudson People named John Hudson include:
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, CEO of Eedo Knowledgeware. "We're seeing many customers move toward this model of rapid development and then providing their learning content in a dynamic model so they get what they need, when they need it. It's definitely a change in business dynamics that communication savvy organizations are embracing."

About Eedo Knowledgeware

Eedo Knowledgeware is a leading provider of learning and knowledge systems to drive productivity and efficiency. Eedo offers a set of powerful, adaptable a·dapt·a·ble  
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 and easy-to-use tools for business people and learning experts, addressing practical knowledge management requirements including; learning content management, dynamic delivery, simulation, rapid authoring, assessment, knowledge sharing, performance support and indexing and search. Eedo's award winning products are utilized in a broad range of industries and enterprises such as The Boeing Company, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Internal Revenue Service and Lufthansa and MetLife. Eedo is privately held, with offices in the U.S.A., Canada, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
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