collaboration

Successfully implementing a collaboration platform is essential for realizing business value. The implementation should be split into two distinct phases: initial platform deployment and ongoing solution design. IT managers are familiar with the former, but must also be actively involved in the latter to ensure the long-term success of the collaboration environment.

Helping nurses improve patient outcomes, patient care productivity and hospital profitability - these are three ways that collaborative communications can revolutionalize patient care.

Enabling communications capabilities within clinical software applications creates unprecedented efficiencies, improves quality of care and makes the most of digital health information. This capability enhances collaboration, preserves human resources and helps save money, while improving the quality of care.

Like the advent of the personal computer 20 years ago, the Consumerization of IT is an approaching trend that IT managers cannot hope to ignore.

People will bring their own devices to work. They will be Apple and Android, smartphone and tablet, and they will all need to connect securely to the corporate network.

People will work from home, or the neighborhood coffee shop, or their cottage, and they will need anytime, anywhere access to files, email, and data.

Tweets, Posts, and +1's are part of our everyday lives these days. All companies are involved in some sort of social media inititative, most in multiple and ever-growing campaigns!

The proliferation of social media services has made actively managing social initiatives a challenging task. This whitepaper can help you understand the features and business benefits of using a Social Media Management Platform to effectively manage social media initiatives. Please download by clicking on the link below.

Healthcare organizations typically take one of two approaches to establishing a social network presence:

1. Build or take part in a social network specific to the healthcare field
2. Start a group within a mainstream social network

The two methods are each suited for different sets of needs. Organizations should choose the one that is most in line with the goals they are trying to accomplish. Use these documents to take the next step in developing your hospital's Health 2.0 social strategy.

Many enterprises deploy devices but struggle with how to manage the devices as their numbers increase. This tool is intended to recommend a mangement strategy based upon answers to critical questions about your environment, capabilities and business needs. Answer the questions and a strategy will be provided on the results tab. For complex scenarios, where more than one type of user or set of requirements may come into play, use the tool for each situation to determine strategy.

IT leaders looking to determine if an enterprise collaboration solution need to define specific use cases or they risk spending money on a tool that users ignore. Leverage Info-Tech’s opportunity assessment tool to uncover potential collaboration use cases. Based on your answers to a series of questions about your environment, the tool will recommend an appropriate deployment approach for the organization.

The tactics provided in this tool are a starting point for organizations seeking to assess the scale of a collaboration solution.