Aspen University Informatics in Healthcare Paper Assignment Support your content with at least three (3) citations throughout your presentation. Make sure

Aspen University Informatics in Healthcare Paper Assignment

Support your content with at least three (3) citations throughout your presentation. Make sure to reference the citations using the APA writing style for the presentation. Include a slide for your references at the end. Follow best practices for PowerPoint presentations related to text size, color, images, effects, wordiness, and multimedia enhancements. Make sure to include pictures, graphs, or media throughout the PPT as this is part of the rubric and worth 30 points. Review the rubric criteria for this assignment.

How does Point Click Care enable the effective use of electronic health record
Discuss the use of Point Click Care Technology in Facilitating Data Sharing of Patient Health Information.
Identify the strength in using Point Click Care in documentation, sharing and assessing patient health information.

Assignment Expectations:

Length: 15-20 slides in length, not including title, objective, or reference slides. Speaker notes are required (this is a significant portion of your grade also) to explain the information presented in the slides. I expect all slides to have speaker notes and more than 1 line.

Structure: Include a title slide, objective slide, content slides, reference slide in APA format. Title/Objective/Reference slides do not count towards the minimum slide count for this assignment.

References: Use the appropriate APA style in-text citations and references for all resources utilized to answer the questions. Include at least three (3) scholarly sources to support your claims.

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POINT, CLICK, BUY!
Authors:
Hoban, Sandra
Source:
Nursing Homes: Long Term Care Management. Jul2001, Vol. 50 Issue 7, p12. 3p.
Document Type:
Article
Subject Terms:
*WEBSITES
*NURSING care facilities
Company/Entity:
NURSINGHOMEDEPOT.COM (Company)
MCKESSON Corp.
DIRECT Supply Inc.
NAICS/Industry Codes:
623310 Community care facilities for the elderly
623110 Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities)
519130 Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals
Abstract:
Provides information on several Web sites that offer services to nursing homes.
Nursinghomedepot.com; Supply Management Online offered by McKessonHBOC; Business-to-business
systems operated by Direct Supply Incorporated.
Full Text Word Count:
1028
ISSN:
1061-4753
Accession Number:
4876466
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feature article
Although e-procurement poses challenges, some vendors aim to expedite its use by nursing homes
It’s happened again! In the Friday evening shift change report, an aide comments that the supply closet
only has three pairs of latex gloves left. The vendor s phone order desk is closed, there s no one on hand
to rep? to an urgent fax, and the sales rep won t show up until Tuesday. With a weekend of baths and
dressing changes ahead, there is only one way to remedy the immediate shortage. Off you go to the
nearest drugstore to buy a few boxes of gloves to address the immediate need–at retail!
Total reliance on traditional purchasing can precipitate this and other administrative nightmares. For
some long-term care facilities, this mode of purchasing falls within their comfort zone regardless of the
occasional inconveniences. But with new computer technology, Internet capabilities and growing user
confidence, it just might be time for your organization to step into the world of cyberstocking via online
purchasing.
Online purchasing (e-procurement) sites offer potential advantages over traditional purchasing
methods. To illustrate, three e-purchasing organizations active in long-term care discuss some of its
benefits within the context of their particular programs, offering advice and encouragement to those
facilities considering the transition from traditional to online purchasing. All agree that the first step is to
log on and test the experience firsthand.
nursinghomedepot.com. To expedite a user’s first e-procurement experience, according to Christopher
A. Snarr, MCSE, senior sales support and customer service specialist, nursinghomedepot.com will set up
a “test” account. Would-be purchasers get a feel for the process by “ordering” whatever they want but
with nothing billed.
Why both trying? “Traditional purchasing generates a lot of paper which, in turn, opens the door for
error opportunity,” says Steven Barnett, vice-president of marketing. “Our goal is to make supply
purchasing a paper-free procedure that translates into cost savings by increasing speed and accuracy.
Because of the point-and-click convenience, the purchaser can place an order, review it, send it on its
way to fulfillment and quickly get back to resident care or administrative duties.”
For facilities that lack the required technology but wish to commit to the service,
nursinghomedepot.com will provide the hardware (computer, monitor and keyboard) needed for
Internet access. Barnett emphasizes that “nursinghomedepot.com is committed to working with
customers in an ongoing effort to improve the design and usability of the Web site to more fully meet
their business needs and requirements.”
As for the staffing required, Snarr says that the facility should decide whether across-the-board
purchasing authority is designated to one person or whether each department does its own. In either
case, he says, “It’s a simple task to reorder from the account history; this is something anyone can learn
to do.”
But again, why bother? Snarr agrees that online purchasing is not for everyone. “Online purchasing is
not for you if you like to deal with salespeople in your office or enjoy placing phone orders. But if you’re
very busy, keep erratic hours and want supply purchasing to be quick and simple so you can move on to
other things, then give it a try.”
McKessonHBOC. A disadvantage of traditional supply management, as compared to McKessonHBOC’s epurchasing solution, is suggested by Gary Keeler, president of the company’s Extended Care division.
“Once supplies are ordered in the traditional fashion–through a person, phone or fax–the purchaser is
almost duty-bound to call in later to check on the order’s status (e.g., what is back-ordered, how many
of the products are on hand, shipping status, etc.). With e-procurement, such order tracking is simplified
and needs to be done only if there is a problem.”
McKessonHBOC offers Supply Management Online (SMO), at www.mckhboc.com, and to minimize the
chance of keying or other inputting errors, it has the e. COMETS(TM) bar-code scanning program. Items
in the storeroom or central supply area are supplied with bar codes for Telxon or PDA (personal digital
assistant) scanning. After the desired items are scanned, the order is then sent directly to the facility’s
computer, where it can be reviewed for back orders or substitution suggestions, and then sent for
processing.
Direct Supply, Inc. Robert Hillis, president and CEO, and Jason Marshall, vice-president of e-Business,
elaborate on the cost-savings potential of e-procurement: “A lot of our customers were involved in
procurement/re-engineering studies conducted by a large accounting firm in 1993,” says Hillis. The
study focused on cost in terms of paperwork–accepting paper invoices, matching up invoices and
sending them to accounts payable. “The study showed that per-transaction costs associated with those
procedures were estimated to be between $50 and $125, while the average purchase was $350,”
reports Marshall. He notes that purchasing online can dramatically reduce that overhead.
To better customize its services, Direct Supply operates with three business-to-business systems: DSSI,
serving large long-term care corporations; DSSI Express, used by the smaller chains; and Direct Supply
Network (found at www.direct supply.net), mainly used by independents. A person in any of these
settings can become adept with the system after some basic training and a little experience, says
Marshall. This adaptability is key, Marshall suggests, because of the typically high turnover in longterm
care; as many as eight different people might be using the system to input orders from various
departments, instead of having all purchasing funneled through one person, he notes.
Hillis predicts that in five to seven years, every nursing home will be ordering the bulk of its supplies
over an online network. Certainly it won’t happen overnight. These e-procurement organizations agree
that traditional purchasing will continue to segue into e-procurement systems, much the same way that
the fax machine became a standard business tool. Twenty-five years ago, the fax machine was cuttingedge technology; today, most businesses wouldn’t think of attempting to operate without one.
As far as these companies are concerned, e-procurement has proven successful, given the proper
equipment and training. And, to them, this means it is only a matter of time–and not much time–before
it will become the preferred method of supply management.
PA
(American Psychological Assoc.)
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Hoban, S. (2001). Point, Click, Buy! Nursing Homes: Long Term Care Management, 50(7), 12. Retrieved
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Point, click, grow.
Authors:
COUNTER, ROSEMARY
Source:
Maclean’s. Mar2019, p58-59. 2p. 1 Color Photograph.
Document Type:
Article
Subject Terms:
*PRIVATE companies
*EMPLOYEE fringe benefits
*EXPANSION (Business)
Company/Entity:
POINTCLICKCARE (Company)
NAICS/Industry Codes:
525120 Health and Welfare Funds
525190 Other Insurance Funds
People:
WESSINGER, Dave
WESSINGER, Mike
Abstract:
The article profiles the nursing home and long-term care technology firm PointClickCare. Topics include
the privately-held nature of the firm, the conditions and benefits offered to employees of the company,
and the views of company co-founders Dave Wessinger and Mike Wessinger about the growth of the
company.
Full Text Word Count:
967
ISSN:
0024-9262
Accession Number:
134443132
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Nursing homes and long-term care facilities were not known as hotbeds of tech innovation. How a
Canadian firm changed an entire industry’s mindset.
CANADA’S BEST MANAGED COMPANIES
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BY ROSEMARY COUNTER • As technology soared at the turn of the millennium, the long-term care
industry stayed stubbornly in the past. “People would actually print out documents, amend them and
add notes with a pencil by hand, and stick them in a file folder somewhere,” says Dave Wessinger, who
alongside his older brother Mike worked in the tiny portion of the nursing home and long-term care
sector focused on technology. There, they saw an inefficient system rife with human errors. “We knew
the market was very underserved,” says Mike, now co-founder and CEO of PointClickCare.
Technology was a hard sell in many industries, but long-term care was particularly slow to modernize.
“Facilities were underfunded, technically unsophisticated—they didn’t have a single IT person on staff,”
says Mike. But the problem ran far deeper than a lack of technical skills; the hurdle was ideological and
psychological. This was an age before iPhones and social media, when information was something
private to be owned and never shared. Overcoming that mindset was one hurdle. Simply describing
their software-as-a-service model was another. “We didn’t realize it then, but we were talking about
cloud computing,” says Mike. The term wouldn’t enter the public lexicon for eight more years.
Despite ample pushback, the Wessingers’ team of just half a dozen employees spent six months building
their first viable version of what would become PointClickCare: a comprehensive network that allows
caregivers to monitor patients’ history, medical assessments, foods, medications and schedules online.
“I think of it almost like a hotel’s concierge,” says Deloitte’s Michael Runia, who worked with the firm as
part of the Best Managed Companies program. “They know the pillow you want and the time you want
your breakfast and everything they can to take care of you.” Unlike the Ritz-Carlton, however, the
service has to be both accessible and affordable to those who need it.
Nursing homes are billed by PointClickCare per patient, with the average cost amounting to about 25
cents per day. It’s tremendous value, especially considering some patients’ medical costs amount to
hundreds of dollars per day. Even so, many facilities couldn’t afford the investment. “The truth is this
industry just doesn’t have the funding to pay for the technology they need—any other industry would
pay double or triple for the solutions we offer,” says Mike. They can’t charge top dollar, he admits, but
Point- ClickCare was able to get big with another approach: “The only way for us to be viable was to
bring volume into play.”
For the Mississauga-based company, that meant looking far beyond Ontario and even Canada. In 2002,
still in its infancy, PointClickCare took a big risk in expanding into the U.S. “Out of necessity, we had to
go south of the border,” says Dave. The American long-term care market, thanks equally to larger
population numbers and the country’s private health care system, is approximately 20 times the size of
Canada’s. Moreover, for those who can afford them, American facilities were far more medically
advanced and therefore more receptive to innovative, tech-based solutions.
To expand PointClickCare—a slow, deliberate, one-deal-at-a-time, uphill process—the brothers spent
the first few years specifically seeking out and selling to what they called “visionaries and early
adopters.” Then they waited patiently for everyone else, recalls Dave. “There was a moment there when
everyone paused to wait and see: Does it work? Is it successful? Can I implement it too?”
A few high-profile deals brought PointClickCare into the mainstream. In 2005, the system was
incorporated into two of the five largest nursing home chains in the U.S., with facilities in 35 states
between them. And as the years passed, the culture had shifted. “After 2007, it was almost like a switch
was flipped,” says Dave. “Suddenly, ifyou didn’t have a cloud solution, you couldn’t even sell the
software.” Years ahead of the competition, PointClickCare was set to sit back and reap benefits; they’re
currently the market leader and used by 75 per cent of providers across nearly 17,000 facilities in North
America.
The company achieved this success while remaining privately held. “There’s been some press around
whether or not [PointClickCare] should be a public offering,” says Runia, “though so far they’ve been
successful in retaining private equity investors instead.” PointClickCare, then and now, isn’t about the
money. “It’s really not about equity,” says Dave. “It’s about doing the right thing.”
This attitude is reflected not only in the company’s approach to clients, but to its staff as well.
PointClickCare’s 1,500 employees largely work remotely and enjoy many other unexpected perks. “Long
before this, Dave and I worked a lot of crappy jobs. When we were in the position to do so, we set about
to create an environment we’d want to work in.” The long-term care industry, admittedly, can be a
gloomy and heavy gig. “We know this is a 24/7, 365-days, often thankless business,” says Dave. “We
don’t want to put our team in a dark office somewhere; we want to support the hell out of them and
make sure they have a smile on their faces.”
Smile-worthy perks include unlimited vacation time, flexible paid time off and even a free beer-vending
machine. “I’ve seen kids stacking up free beers all week to take to the cottage on the weekend,” laughs
Mike, “but who cares?” PointClickCare aims to treat employees with the same kindness and care they
provide the customers—a plan working wonders on both fronts.
For more on Canada’s Best Managed Companies, visit CanadianBusiness.com/BestManaged
PointClickCare was providing cloud services before ‘cloud’ was in common tech parlance
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Assignment
Support your content with at least three (3) citations throughout your presentation. Make sure to
reference the citations using the APA writing style for the presentation. Include a slide for your
references at the end. Follow best practices for PowerPoint presentations related to text size, color,
images, effects, wordiness, and multimedia enhancements. Make sure to include pictures, graphs, or
media throughout the PPT as this is part of the rubric and worth 30 points. Review the rubric criteria for
this assignment.
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How does Point Click Care enable the effective use of electronic health record
Discuss the use of Point Click Care Technology in Facilitating Data Sharing of Patient Health
Information.
Identify the strength in using Point Click Care in documentation, sharing and assessing patient
health information.
Assignment Expectations:
Length: 15-20 slides in length, not including title, objective, or reference slides. Speaker notes are
required (this is a significant portion of your grade also) to explain the information presented in the
slides. I expect all slides to have speaker notes and more than 1 line.
Structure: Include a title slide, objective slide, content slides, reference slide in APA format.
Title/Objective/Reference slides do not count towards the minimum slide count for this assignment.
References: Use the appropriate APA style in-text citations and references for all resources utilized to
answer the questions. Include at least three (3) scholarly sources to support your claims.
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