Call Us: 1-888-MY-PMED-1PolicyMedical is excited to announce our newest client, Advocate Health Care. Advocate is one of the top 10 health systems in the United States, providing care at over 250 sites, including 10 acute care hospitals and two integrated children’s hospitals. They are one of the largest employers in the Chicago area, with more than 30,000…
Sourcing and finding the appropriate person to oversee and become the resident expert of your policy and procedure management system is a key best practice. A common question that is often asked is if this role requires a full time person. The answer to that question is no. A properly deployed policy and procedure management…
The other day I was at a client site discussing the implementation of our policy management software solution. This client is at the beginning stages of deployment of our policy management system. However that’s not what I wanted to write about today. During that meeting it dawned on me what one of the main pains…
Do you have trouble keeping your policies up to date after changes within your organization? Personnel changes, moves, and mergers can create headaches for those responsible for managing policy content. Using the find and replace tool in Microsoft Word to replace information such as names, titles, and contact information can be tedious and time-consuming. However,…
A typical hospital or healthcare facility has a number of documents that guide day-to-day operations. Each document is informed by a specific standard, regulation, guideline, or agreement. This can add up to thousands of documents for a hospital to manage. A robust policy management system is imperative to keep things organized. Other types of documents…
By: Saud Juman, CEO PolicyMedical Approximately 13 years ago when I founded PolicyMedical, all healthcare policy management software had to be installed within the hospital or long term care facility’s environment. This usually meant one of our implementation specialists hopping on a flight to travel to the hospital. Once there they would spend about 4-7…
Many healthcare organizations struggle with efficient methods for numbering policies. Here, we provide a simple method that can be used in both small and large healthcare organizations. 1. If your healthcare organization has multiple sites, consider beginning with a three letter abbreviation to designate the specific site. For example, policies from General Hospital-Northwest Clinic would…
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law by President Barack Obama in March 2010. The highly debated new law makes significant changes to the delivery of health care in the United States.
Governance, risk management, and compliance (GRC) refer to an organization’s capability to reliably achieve objectives while addressing uncertainty and acting with integrity (Rasmussen, GRC 3.0 – A History of GRC, 2013). An efficient system of GRC is critical for all organizations.
