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How Cleveland Clinic Tackles EHR Implementation

Cleveland Clinic is internationally recognized as a leader in research, education and health information. They’ve been using EHRs for over a decade. As Director of Implementation for the Clinic’s My Practice Community and My Practice Healthcare Solutions teams, Kel…

5 Strategies to Drive Successful Results in EHR Implementation

Successful and necessary transformation of US healthcare – from its unenviable “very-expensive, modest-quality” ranking – will rely on effective implementations of electronic health records (EHR). Many expect the advent of EHR to be a game-changer for our health sy…

04.16.13  Evan Smith

How Persistence, Engagement, and Innovative Design Wins Customers

Innovation is a talked-about topic today; many companies in our limping economy are seeking a new line of business, a new stream of revenue, the next "big thing" to help spur growth. What can feel daunting is finding that next "blue ocean" where a major new busines…

03.26.13  Evan Smith

Of Mice and Men: Those "Other" Cells

A fascinating new announcement from the brain scientists: We have – until very recently – IGNORED HALF OF THE BRAIN! I'm personally taken aback by this fact. Here's the story: You may know that the brain is made up of two main types of cells: neurons (which "transm…

01.28.13  Evan Smith

To Reinvent the Business, Can Your Leaders Have the Right Conversations? (Lessons from HP and Autonomy)

In November of 2012, HP announced a write down of more than $8B amounting to approximately 80% of the purchase price it paid for Autonomy, the "big data" software-search company acquired in 2011. Autonomy was supposed to help HP reinvent itself – from a last-genera…

09.12.11  Evan Smith

Develop Talent That Delivers Business Results

Evan Smith's latest article, "Develop Talent That Delivers Business Results", describes why talent development is precisely what many organizations need most during times of crisis -- with urgency to perform, difficult economic circumstances, and short time horizon…

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