3M experts poised to help customers convert to Platform 7 on compressed timeline
In the upcoming Platform 7 release, 3M products and services for Document Creation
and Document Management will take advantage of the Microsoft® SQL server and Smart
Client technology. This new platform uses the Microsoft SQL relational database
in combination with new features and advanced user interfaces.
3M experts offer ongoing support along every step of the conversion process, including:
- Technical assessment
- Operational assessment
- Database pre-populations
- Recommendation application
- Go-live and support
- SQL server build
- Product modifications
- Training and recommendations
- System testing
By working alongside an organization’s key users, 3M experts can perform system
conversion and testing on a compressed timeline, within two weeks, depending on
the availability of the organization’s staff. Success with early-adopter clients
has demonstrated the value of this productivity enhancing upgrade. Though the complete
Platform 7 release is due out in 2009, current customers can begin to take advantage
of many Platform 7 features and benefits today.
For more information on how the Platform 7 update can benefit your organization,
contact your 3M sales representative, or call us toll-free at 800-367-2447.
3M Document Creation and Document Management Products and Services with Platform 7 Updates
3M™ Benchmarking with Analytics
In first quarter of 2009, 3M Health Information Systems will release a new version
of 3M Benchmarking with Analytics. This proven program has
helped numerous hospitals
stay on top of key quality and financial measures.
The practice of benchmarking has traditionally been a powerful tool for hospital
executives. When prospective payment systems became the norm, benchmarking techniques
helped decision makers find opportunities to trim costs and stay financially viable.
When managed care paired back more revenue and emphasized length-of-stay reduction,
benchmarking revealed opportunities to save even more.
Now benchmarking has increased relevance due to the growing trends of transparency
and consumerism. Governments, websites and associations are benchmarking hospitals
and sizing up their care quality and expense management.
3M remains dedicated to helping hospitals benchmark their severity-adjusted length-of-stay
and mortality data with 3M Benchmarking with Analytics. This powerful tool can help
with quality improvement initiatives, peer review, and physician profiling.
The new, more powerful version of 3M Benchmarking with Analytics offers a number
of improvements, including:
- Reports that offer a clickable drill-down all the way to the hospital level
- Dashboard-centric reports
- An improved user interface
- Faster and easier custom report creation
- A new, faster database technology
- The option of incorporating PPRs (Potentially Preventable Readmissions) as an add-on
module
To learn more, contact your 3M sales representative, call us toll-free at 800-367-2447,
or visit us online at www.3Mhis.com.