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Patient satisfaction with healthcare: Do different funding models lead to different results?

Poll of over 4,000 consumers from 4 International regions reveals patient perceptions of public vs private healthcare Find out how consumers view healthcare efficiency, quality and challenges in systems using private vs. public funding. These polling results demonstrate the varied healthcare-related perspectives across the United States, United Kingdom, Spain and France. Read below to learn more about the various sentiments towards national healthcare services.
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Complete patient perception polling results View results	Press release: Patient satisfaction with healthcare systems: Do different funding models lead to different results? Read more

Figure 1: Ratings of quality of healthcare over the past 10 years View results	Figure 2: Ratings of hospital efficiency over the past 10 years View results
Figure 3: Ratings whether technology can improve the delivery of healthcare services View results	Figure 4: Ratings for confidence in healthcare service to protect private health information in electronic format View results

Staffing and EHRs Top List of Concerns for U.S. Health Systems

Poll of physicians, nurses and hospital administrators reveal major concerns today Learn how hospitals and health centers, including Mount Sinai Hospital, George Washington University, Inova Health System and other prestigious medical centers are facing escalating challenges of staff recruitment and retention, regulatory pressures, and funding, and hear their predictions of when a universal EHR will be reality. These results of a recent Picis poll provide insight into the most critical factors affecting today’s healthcare climate.
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Complete polling results View results	Staff polling results View results

Electronic health record polling results View results	Press release: Top List of Major Concerns for U.S. Hospitals and Health Centers Read more
Poll: Top concerns hospitals face in next 12 months Read more
Electronic Health Records- views and predictions
Kevin Baumlin, M.D. Mount Sinai Hospital Watch Video	Geoffrey Brown Inova Health System Watch Video

Janet Burke Lahey Clinic Medical Center Watch Video	Justin Chang, M.D. Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital Watch Video

Mark Crockett, M.D., F.A.C.E.P. Morris Hospital Watch Video	Todd C. Cozzens Picis CEO Watch Video

Dan Goulson, M.D. University of Kentucky Hospital Watch Video	Lorna Prutzman, R.N. University of Colorado Hospital Watch Video

Neal Sikka, M.D. George Washington University Watch Video

Staff recruiting and retention challenges
Mark Crockett, M.D., F.A.C.E.P. Morris Hospital Watch Video	Todd C. Cozzens Picis CEO Watch Video

Lorna Prutzman, R.N. University of Colorado Hospital Watch Video
Industry reports
U.S. Health Resources and Administration projected a shortfall of 55,100 physicians by 2020 in a 2006 survey. Physician Supply and Demand: Projections to 2020 Read More A 2008 survey by physician recruiting firm LocumTenens.com indicates that nearly 20 percent of physicians would leave the field with the potential implementation of universal health coverage. Physician Survey Reveals that Universal Health Will Intensify the U.S. Doctor Shortage Read More

Forward-Thinking CIOs Debate Hot Issues Facing Hospitals in 2008

Hear what some of the leading CIOs in the industry had to say about today’s most pressing challenges facing healthcare organizations and their plans for leveraging technology.
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The Health Care Blog Features Todd C. Cozzens, Picis CEO

Matthew Holt of The Health Care Blog, one of the most respected independent voices in the healthcare industry, interviewed Todd C. Cozzens recently about the state of the healthcare industry, predictions on whether public money should buy IT for health care, and Picis as a business.
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Staying a Step Ahead of Disaster

“It is the insidious nature of threats that can sneak up on you, such as influenza or small pox, that place a strain on hospital resources,” said Mark D. Crockett, M.D., F.A.C.E.P., an emergency physician at Morris Hospital in Morris, Ill. “It is in these types of situations where a biosurveillance monitoring system is particularly valuable.”
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Poll of over 4,000 consumers from 4 International regions reveals patient perceptions of public vs private healthcare

Polling results

Poll of physicians, nurses and hospital administrators reveal major concerns today

Polling results