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by Meryl K. Evans, Editor, Connected Digest
At a weekly staff meeting, a CIO discusses the team’s progress in reaching its goals. As he begins to produce numbers, he passes out in mid-sentence. An employee quickly calls 911.
As soon as the executive arrives at the hospital, the administrative staff looks up his records in an IT infrastructure that holds more than 30,000 patient records from the last 30 years. But thanks to a centralized electronic system, this hospital enjoys a collaborative environment between hospital units, making it easy to quickly find the patient’s information.
911 for medical technology ... Beating bad meetings ... Cornering the boss
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I went
to a doctor's office and encountered a pleasant surprise. The staff handed me a
tablet PC instead of paperwork, and the examining room had a computer. When the
doctor logged in, the data I had just entered appeared. This small example shows
how technology is changing medicine. The
feature story digs into big ways technology impacts healthcare.
Thanks
to technology, we're drowning in meetings. Whether or not there's a good reason
to get together, we can get stuck in ineffective meetings — as one reader has.
Read advice from readers for dealing with bad meetings.
Company
party season is in high gear, as most companies schedule their annual holiday
parties in early December. Some companies limit the party to employees, and
others include families. What do you do if an unhappy family member confronts
the boss? That's what happened to
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Learn how mobile technology helps this major metropolitan hospital provide mobile access to its state-of-the-art clinical decision support system and other healthcare software applications.
Every Wednesday, seven other managers, VPs and I are required to attend an executive staff meeting at our company. Our president has been doing these for years to keep us informed and talk about current projects, new business, problems, sales trends, etc.
It sounds productive, but it isn’t. The meetings never start on time, people stroll in late, cells phones are answered, and there’s too much socializing. When the meeting finally starts, it’s haphazard at best. Some people monopolize the conversation and topics; important things are often never discussed.
Sometimes, I feel like standing up and saying, “C’mon, let's get down to business; we all have work to do.” But I don’t. I know the president thinks these meetings are worthwhile. If they were better organized, I think they could be very productive and not just two-hour “bull sessions” or ego builders.
How do your readers organize their meetings? I need help in getting ours on track.
I’m in a bind. At a social event for my department, my wife cornered my boss’s wife and told her that I am underpaid, overworked and not appreciated. I didn’t learn about this until the drive home.
The party was on a Friday night. Now it’s Monday, and I saw my boss look at me in a strange way — not good, I think.
Although there is some truth to what my wife said, I told her, “Never do that again!” But what do I say to my boss, if anything? What do your readers think?
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