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Performance Strategies is a monthly e-mail newsletter that uses each issue to focus on a single topic of challenge for senior executives at healthcare organizations. Articles provide best practices and strategies from your peers, from industry experts and from McKesson strategists.

Using the Archives: Click the main link in the archive list to see or print the entire issue, or click a feature article link to review or print one article. After one year, the issues will be available as an Acrobat file.

Volume 3 - 2009

Issue 4:
Using CPOE to Lead the Way in Safe, Effective Healthcare

Feature Articles:

      CEO Outlook: Leadership is Key to Integrating IT into the
        Organization's Vision
        By Mike Green
        A 2009 Modern Healthcare CEO IT Achievement Leader
        President and Chief Executive Officer, Concord Hospital

      Realizing the Full Potential of CPOE to Improve Care
        By Michael Zia, MD
        Chief Medical Officer and Vice President of Quality Management
        Decatur Memorial Hospital

      CPOE Delivers at Dupont with Safety and Efficiency Gains
        By Matt Sprunger, MD, FACOG
        Medical Director of Clinical Informatics
        Dupont Hospital

      WellStar Health System: Fighting Sepsis and Saving Lives
        with CPOE
        By Jonathan Morris, MD, FACEP, MBA
        Medical Informatics Officer
        WellStar Health System

      CPOE Still a Vital "Leap" for The Leapfrog Group
        By Leah Binder
        Chief Executive Officer
        The Leapfrog Group

      CPOE Reaches Tipping Point for Adoption and Use
        By Bill Christopher
        VP/Solution Line Manager, Horizon Clinicals®
        Physician and Pharmacy Solutions
        McKesson Provider Technologies


Issue 3:
Achieve Nurse Magnet Recognition for Nursing Excellence

Feature Articles:

      Centra Health: Tapping Technology to Help Meet
        Magnet Standards
        By Patti S. McCue, RN
        Senior Vice President, Patient Care Services and
        Chief Nursing Officer
        Centra Health

      Rush's Journey to Magnet Status Made Easier with IT
        By Jane Llewellyn, RN, PhD, NEA-BC
        Vice President, Chief Nursing Officer, Clinical Nursing Affairs
        Rush University Medical Center

      Inova Fairfax Experiences Ongoing Magnet Benefits
        By Pat Conway-Morana
        Assistant Vice President, Chief Nurse Executive
        Inova Fairfax Hospital

      Magnet Recognition: It's the Right Thing to Do
        By Karen Drenkard, Phd, RN, NEA-BC, CPHQ, Director
        Magnet Recognition Program
        American Nurses Credentialing Center

      Clinical Information Technology Supports Nursing Excellence
        By Billie Whitehurst, MS, RN
        Chief Nursing Officer
        McKesson Provider Technologies


Issue 2:
Improve Performance through
                Process and Culture Change

Issue 1:
Use Financial Clearance Tools
                to Help Survive the Economy


Volume 2 - 2008

Issue 6:
Get Ready for Your RAC Audit

Issue 5: Improve Care & Capacity with
                 At-a-Glance Enterprise Visibility

Issue 4: Reducing Bad Debt

Issue 3: Automate Medication Safety from the Dockside to
                 the Bedside

Issue 2: Using CPOE to Reduce Variability of Care and
             Improve Outcomes

Issue 1: Empower Nurse Staff with Workforce Management Tools


Volume I — 2007

Issue 2: Connecting Physicians to Improve Community Care

Issue 1: Using Analytics to Drive a Culture of Excellence







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