StatCom contributor in new book published by the Center for
Health Transformation, Paper Kills 2.0, the powerful
sequel to the award-winning Paper Kills.
Atlanta, GA - February 24, 2010 - StatCom announces its contribution in
the publication of Paper Kills 2.0: How Health IT Can Help Save
Your Life and Your Money, the timely, powerful sequel to the
award-winning book, Paper Kills. Newt Gingrich, Tom
Daschle, and national industry leaders explore the leading
information technologies that can and will transform our health
system. StatCom, a leading innovator in helping hospitals achieve
peak performance, contributed a chapter on adaptive technology in
the new book which is being launched today.
Ben Sawyer, executive vice president, StatCom, and Jim
Rosenblum, MS, CPHIMS, EVP, products and CTO, co-authored the
chapter -- "Adaptive Information Technology: Driving Hospital
Quality and Efficiency through Process Improvement," which focuses
on how hospitals can use innovative and proven process initiatives
to transform their operations to achieve peak performance.
"We were honored to participate in the development of content
for Paper Kills 2.0," said Ben Sawyer, executive vice president,
StatCom. "It's time for process initiatives in healthcare to
achieve the same level of respect and impact it has afforded other
industries. However, like other industries it must be adapted and
customized to the unique and ever-changing environment of the
hospitals that can benefit from it."
Hospitals are too complicated for human effort alone to sustain
improvements. If they continue their current efforts to optimize
patient throughput without the foundation of an adaptive
technology, they will continue to encounter the same frustrations
that currently exist. Staff will burn out and change roles.
Improvement gains will continue to degrade over time. Preventable
errors will continue to occur. Patients will continue to stay in
hospitals too long, driving up the cost of their care.
StatCom's Hospital Operating
SystemTM solution, through process re-engineering
and enabling software, helps hospitals transform their operations
to deliver efficient patient throughput, reduced ALOS, and improved
physician, patient and staff satisfaction. Client results are
remarkable, delivering as much as $10.3 million and five times the
ROI in the first 12 months of a StatCom strategic partner
engagement.
"Technologies like those developed by StatCom will become a
major tool used by forward looking hospitals," said former House
Speaker Newt Gingrich, founder Center of Health Transformation.
"Paper Kills 2.0 is timely as is StatCom's vision for transforming
the delivery of healthcare."
With a specific look at the impact of the federal ARRA
investment, Paper Kills 2.0 is a thought-provoking book
that explores the most important drivers of health IT, from
innovation, primary care, and clinical research to e-prescribing,
electronic administration, and health information exchange. With
praise from luminaries such as Dr. Mehmet Oz, Mike Leavitt, Bill
Frist, and Jeff Immelt of GE, Paper Kills 2.0 is required reading
for industry leaders, providers, and policymakers who want to
understand what is happening today and what will likely happen
tomorrow to bring healthcare into the 21st century.
USA Today will print a special section on health IT on Friday,
February 26. They are including a shortened version of the Newt-Tom
Daschle foreword. The special section will be included in their
papers in New York, Chicago, Milwaukee, and Los Angeles, San Diego.
They will also have 30,000 copies available at HIMSS
(largest healthcare IT industry conference) beginning Monday, March
1.
For details on ordering Paper Kills 2.0, go to http://www.healthtransformation.net/cs/PaperKills2.
About the Center for Health Transformation
(CHT)
The Center for Health Transformation is a high-impact
collaboration of private and public sector leaders committed to
creating a 21st Century Intelligent Health System that saves lives
and saves money for all Americans. CHT is based on the following
premise: Small changes or reactionary fixes to separate pieces of
the current system have not and will not work. We need a
system-wide transformation. Unlike other alliances, CHT unites
stakeholders across the spectrum (providers, employers, vendors,
trade associations, disease groups, think tanks) and government
leaders at both the state and federal level to drive transformation
according to a shared vision and key principles.