Find Your Credentialing Software Solution: Ensure a future-proof investment
Product Description:
AUDIOCONFERENCE ON TAPE, CD OR AUDIO ARCHIVE
Sponsored by Credentialing Resource Center
presented on July 20, 2007
Turn your current and future credentialing software needs into operating reality!
Are you in need of software to automate your credentialing process?
Are you saddled with credentialing software that doesn’t meet your needs?
Not sure where to start?
Credentialing Software Tools: Ensuring That Your Purchase is a Future-Proof Investment will help you find the credentialing software that meets your facility’s needs. This 90-minute audioconference shows you how to:
- identify and articulate future software support needs and translate those needs into operating reality
- distinguish between software products in terms of functionality
- determine the questions to ask software vendors about their products
- work with your IT department to express what software functions you need, as well as discover
how your new software must fit into your current IT environment - propose a change to leadership and obtain the necessary resources
- prepare a request for proposal (RFP)
Develop paperless credentialing processes and maximize productivity.
Credentialing software can enable you to automate application management, primary source verification and the credentialing process, manage and track privileges and other essential physician data, and create a paperless credentials file. However, with all of the options available, you may not know where to begin. This 90-minute program will put you on the right track.
Dissatisfied with your current software?
You may have a credentialing system in place, but have found that your current software product does not suit your current or future needs. You might struggle to use a program purchased or created by your IT department, which lacks an understanding of the functions the credentialing office truly needs. This audioconference helps you identify and articulate your needs, and communicate them to IT, so that you can select the right software product for your facility.
Having trouble convincing leadership that new software is needed?
This program will help you understand how to present your request and obtain the resources you need.
At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to:
- Identify the important role of management vision in operations planning
- Demonstrate an improved ability to identify and articulate future software support needs
- Define an increased expertise in managing product and vendor partnerships
- Identify must-haves in software product capabilities and weed out vendors
- Identify your facility’s systems environment and security policy
- Explain how to launch a special project directed at selection and installation of new software
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- Vision your future state
- How to develop your outcome scenario
- How to identify areas where you want to automate your services and methods of operation
- Examples of what types of automation are currently attainable for those who provide credentialing and privileging services
- How to propose change to leadership and obtain a resource commitment
- Identify the technology array that supports your desired outcome
- Working with your IT department to express your requirements
- Understanding how the organization's current systems environment and policies might impact your options
- Security considerations
- What questions to ask vendors about their software and how to compare products
- How to prepare a Request for Proposal (RFP)
- The role of the Project Work Plan
- A question and answer session follows the presentation
NEW PURCHASE OPTION: AUDIO ARCHIVE
In addition to the regular participation options for HCPro audioconferences, audio tape or audio CD, we are pleased to offer a new option, an audio archive. Audio archive allows you to download the program and play it back at your convenience through your computer or MP3 player.
Vicki L. Searcy, CPMSM, is a practice director for Credentialing and Privileging at The Greeley Company. She brings over 25 years of experience to her work with hospitals, healthcare systems, health plans, medical groups, and credential verification organizations across the country. She has particular expertise in healthcare credentialing and privileging, including use of technology to achieve a paperless environment and operational efficiency.
Wendy R. Crimp, BSN, MBA, CPHQ, is a consultant for The Greeley Company. She brings more than 20 years of experience in the healthcare industry to her work with both management and medical staff leaders, specializing in quality and process improvement. Her extensive operational experience provides an excellent framework for understanding organizational requirements needed to achieve successful management outcomes.
WHO SHOULD LISTEN?
Medical staff professionals and directors, credentials committee members, VPMAs, medical directors, MEC members, CFOs, CEOs, CMOs, managers, directors of ED, quality management personnel, physician executives
BONUS MATERIALS INCLUDED IN YOUR MATERIAL PACKET!
In addition to the expertise and advice presented during this audioconference, you'll also receive a slide presentation of the program materials. These materials are provided with PDF links.
Purchase a tape or CD of the program and listen when you can. It's also a perfect training tool for new staff or as a refresher for veteran staff.
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