Posted on behalf of Jeff Ford, Senior Director of Client Services You spent the previous day traveling, stayed overnight in a hotel going over your notes, and now it is time for the big sales presentations. You have all the decision makers in one room with their focus entirely on you. You traveled all [...]
By Christine Duval, Marketing Director Along with gearing up for the holiday season, most staff members at pretty much every organization are likely also dealing with a serious time crunch to finish year-end projects, plan their budgets for 2021, and at the same time are also trying to figure out when they can actually [...]
Posted on behalf of Marianne Soucy, Director Client Solutions With many hospitals preparing for influxes of COVID patients, how to handle Patient moves and bed transfers has seen a sudden spike. LTC patients being moved to different units is one good example of this activity, moving patients to isolation units is another. While most [...]
Using Robotic Process Automation in Healthcare Posted on behalf of Christine Duval, Marketing Strategist What is Robotic Process Automation? Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is a tool or technology used to simplify business processes by mimicking and replicating repetitive, mundane tasks – just as a human could. All you need to do is create a [...]
How Summit Exchange Saves You Money on your Point-of-Care (POC) Device Implementation Posted on behalf of Jeff Ford, Director, Managed Services Point-of-care testing (POCT) is a growing initiative at most Healthcare institutions these days. POCT refers to medical tests that can be performed at bedside instead of requiring the specimens be sent off to [...]
Healthcare Acronyms for Dummies Posted on behalf of David Cohen, Regional Sales Manager I grew up in the suburbs of Boston and as a teenager and through my thirties I would trek into Cambridge to visit Harvard Square with my friends. For those of you who have not had the pleasure of visiting Harvard [...]
Preparing for a Downtime - Ahead of Time Posted on behalf of Eric Murphy, Support Analyst As a Support Analyst here at Summit Healthcare, I cannot stress enough the importance of making sure that you have proper backups configured for your system. For this reason, an emphasis on this topic is always made during [...]
Role of an Integration Engine in Large and Small Enterprises Posted on behalf of James Proctor, Director, Integration Services When reviewing the state of integration engines in the healthcare vertical it is easy to underestimate the value and criticality of the nature of such technology. We are often of two minds when looking at [...]
When Fake Test Records Are Still Too Real Posted on behalf of Bill French, QA Engineer In the Healthcare software world, the need for accurate and reliable test data is as strong as ever. Sometimes, the temptation may be strong to use real LIVE data to test with. But this kind of thing can be [...]
Go LIVE or Go-Live - It all depends on your perspective Posted on behalf of Christel Fowkes, Regional Sales Manager. A few years ago, I spent numerous days with my father walking the halls of a various healthcare organizations. My mother had many health complications, and during her extended stays I accompanied him as [...]
