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Performance Strategies is a bi-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.

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Volume 2 - 2008

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

Feature Articles:

      Baptist Health Enhances Safety Using Medication Management
        Automation
        by Eric McVey, MD, Vice President and Chief Medical Officer,
        Baptist Health Systems, Jackson, Miss.

      Medication Safety Gains — Moving Forward in Steps
        by Mary A. Dallas, MD, Medical Information Officer,
        Presbyterian Healthcare Services

      St. Joseph's Sees Safety Gains with Limited Resources
        by Charles Fennell, CIO, St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center,
        Syracuse, N.Y.

      ISMP: It's Easier than You Think – Prevent Medication Errors by
        Automating
        by Michael R. Cohen, RPh, MS, ScD, President, Institute for Safe
        Medication Practices

      It's Time: Making Patient Safety Automatic
        by Mary Beth Navarra-Sirio, RN, MBA, Patient Safety Officer,
        McKesson Provider Technologies


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

Feature Articles:

      AnMed Improves Patient Outcomes with CPOE
        by Leigh Miller, RN, MS, Director of Clinical Outcomes
        AnMed Health, Anderson, S.C.

      CPOE at Concord Improves Compliance and Outcomes
        by Joel C. Berman, MD, Chief Medical Information
        Officer, Concord Hospital, Concord, N.H.

      CPOE Accelerates Operational, Financial and Clinical Gains
        by Stuart Morgan, MD, Hospitalist and CPOE Medical Director,
        Providence Health & Services

      KLAS: How Do You Stack Up on CPOE?
        by Kent Gale, President, KLAS Enterprises

      Beating "the Odds" of ADEs
        by Andrei Gonzales, MD, Product Manager, Physician Solutions
        McKesson Provider Technologies


Issue 1: Empower Nurse Staff with Workforce Management Tools

Feature Articles:

      Sharp HealthCare Reduces Costs, Improves
        Care with Centralized Staffing
        by Anne Davis, Vice President, Workforce Support Services,
        Sharp HealthCare

      Marlborough: Partners Improve Productivity
        by Candra Szymanski, RN, MS, Chief Operating Officer,
        Marlborough Hospital

      Do You Drive a 4- or 6-Cylinder Engine?
        by Dr. Sandra Shelley, Sandra Shelley Associates

      Use Tools to Empower Staff and Reduce Costs
        by Karl Straub, Vice President, General Manager, Workforce
        Management Solutions, McKesson Provider Technologies


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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