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When Wikis and Blogs Won’t Do |
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With all the new-media talk surrounding these types of tools, one would tend to believe that if you’re not using them, you’re hopelessly out of touch. But how well do they work for the majority of collaborative projects within a hospital setting, where authorship, expertise and traceability are paramount?
Wikis are easy to create and use: you need only an Internet connection and a browser. To edit, just click ‘edit’ on a wiki page, and your browser will display the text in an editable format. When you’ve finished, just click ‘save’ and your updated page will immediately be published. Wikis are great collaboration tools for many web-based projects, such as updating websites.
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We’ll be at IHI, Orlando – Visit Our Booth for Your Chance to Win an iPod® |
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HealthGate is returning to the IHI Annual National Forum on Quality Improvements, which is being held this year at the Orlando World Center Marriott from December 9-12, and we’re inviting our readers to visit us at Booth # 913.
If you are wrestling with any of the following challenges, we have a solution that may work for you:
- You spend 13-16 hours/week in committee meetings.
- You prepare meeting-related documentation for another 6-8 hours/week.
- You review and approve documents and reports to the tune of 6-10 hours/week.
- You communicate with committee members electronically or verbally for 8-12 hours/week.
When you think about it, these numbers are not that abnormal. They were compiled from the research we conducted at the IHI forum last year. So we know that many of you are consumed with the balancing act between providing quality care and keeping up with the overwhelming number of meetings and documentation-related tasks that take place within your hospital.
There is a better way. Visit us at Booth #913, for a chance to win an 8GB iPod®, and learn how you can drastically slash these hours!
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