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Insight No.41 : Sep 2012Just what the Doctor Ordered: Portfolio Management in Healthcare

Healthcare at the Forefront: Using IT to Improve Patient Care

Paul Merrywell - Mountain States Health AllianceA revolution is currently underway over the use of IT in healthcare. As Paul Merrywell, CIO for Mountain States Health Alliance explains, the development of a real-time data store about the health of a local population will have radical implications for the treatment of chronic conditions, the way doctors record information, and the way healthcare providers tailor their services to the specific needs of the populations they serve. Read article ›

Why U.S. Healthcare Organizations Need Portfolio Optimization

Sean O'BrienEric FossU.S. healthcare organizations already feel the strain of serving the growing needs of the aging baby-boomer populations. Now the pressure's on not to be left behind with federal health reform. As Pcubed's Sean O'Brien and Eric Foss lay out, effective portfolio management provides the visibility, collaboration, and rigor necessary to respond to critical mandates in a timely manner while still moving healthcare operations forward. Read article ›

Finding Success with Shared Services in IT

Sanjeev KumarBy redesigning IT operations to take advantage of the benefits of shared services, companies hope to reduce costs, simplify operating models, and give users better service. But organizations often underestimate the impact of the transformation required in moving to a shared services IT structure. Pcubed's Sanjeev Kumar offers guidance for helping your company gain the advantages of shared services while avoiding the major pitfalls. Read article ›

The State of the CIO Today

Nick Kirkland - CIO-ConnectNick Kirkland, CEO of CIO-Connect, marvels at how willing chief information officers are to share their experiences - "warts and all" - with other CIOs. Frequently, a CIO in one company is just a "few months farther down the road" with a new  initiative. Kirkland examines the challenges CIOs face in dealing with a continued downturn and offers a strategy for appraising the latest crop of IT trends. Read article ›

Also read:
"Fast and Beautiful: How PPM is Helping Transform Jaguar Land Rover"
When Jaguar Land Rover was sold, CIO Jeremy Vincent not only had to tackle the extraction of the existing IT organization, but also needed to transform it with a stronger IT leadership, a reduction in spending, and a major focus on modernizing, standardizing, and economizing. Read article ›

Cultural Due Diligence in M&A

Ben de HaldevangIn an M&A deal, companies put a lot of energy into building an operating model that shows what the combined business will look like in a few years. But, as Pcubed's Ben de Haldevang reports, what they should spend just as much time on is cultural due diligence - creating a "behavioral operating model" to understand the cultural aspects of the merger or acquisition. Read article ›

Also read:
"Forget About Change Management!"
Why your organization would be making a mistake to assign a change director in charge of change management in the face of a failing project. Read article ›

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Jun 03Gartner PPM & IT Governance Summit 2013 (UK), Lancaster London, Hyde Park, London UK
Jun 12Multi-Projektmanagement 2013, Munich, Germany
Jun 14Webcast: "Drive Innovation & Portfolio Management through Social Business Solutions", On-line Webcast
Jun 20APMG-International Showcase UK, Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London UK
Jun 25Get a grip on cost and complexity, Millennium Bridge House, London UK
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