Operations

Have you ever wondered how much time you really spend on routine Planning admin tasks? Sometimes, a little trick can save you a lot of time with administrative chores. Here are my 5 favorite tips that you can use to simplify administrative tasks, and ensure that your PBCS application performs without a hitch. #1 – […]

Many nonprofits (and certainly other organizations as well) would likely share the same sentiment as Partners In Health (PIH) – due to the mission at hand, resource allocation, more often than not, prioritizes the needs of people over systems. It’s not all that surprising that this can lead to disbanded communication systems. Systems that, over […]

  You probably know that having a clinical trial management system (CTMS) streamlines and simplifies the running of clinical trials, and that Oracle’s Siebel Clinical (Siebel CTMS) is the leading CTMS out there. But, as a Clinical Document Associate, what you might NOT know is exactly how it could be YOUR ticket to freedom. Interested? 

  Last month, I wrote about pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), such as Express Scripts, cutting exclusive deals with pharmas who are willing to slash prices significantly, saving insurers and patients lots of money, not to mention removing competition from the game. So, what happened? 

Use “Your” instead of “My” when labeling things that are considered belonging to a user!

  Earlier this week, The Wall Street Journal published an article on some issues that companies encounter when running their systems in the cloud. It points out that a considerable amount of money is wasted on resources such as unused power or even servers. That’s not a surprise. If you don’t know what you’re doing, mistakes […]

  Are you currently thinking about migrating your existing on-premises Hyperion Planning application to the Cloud? Are you having reservations about what this process may entail? Well put your reservations aside! Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service (PBCS) makes the migration easy as it essentially has the same code base as on-premises Hyperion Planning release […]

  It’s no secret that having a clinical trial management system (CTMS) streamlines and simplifies the running of clinical trials, and that Oracle’s Siebel Clinical (Siebel CTMS) is the most robust system in the space. But, as a Clinical Administrator, what you might not know is exactly how it would make YOUR work life easier. […]

  Soon after I published a post on the mention of precision medicine in President Barack Obama’s January 28, 2015 State of the Union address, The White House released additional information on their initiative. The President’s 2016 Budget is set to allocate $215 million to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Food and Drug Administration […]

  This is the third post in the 21 CFR Part 11 “mini-series” focused on Subpart B – Electronic Records. This time, we’re decoding Section 11.50 – Signature Manifestations. Do you have your rings ready? In the table below, the actual language from each regulation is on the left, and my personal interpretation of what […]

I recently needed to deploy a SharePoint-hosted App that would work in both SharePoint Online and On-Premises. My client had an Azure license, and we are hosting the App there. Now, how to get the On-Premises farm to work with my App? I started by reading this MSDN article on the subject. This article had […]

A post on the Microsoft Office blog today entitled “Evolution of SharePoint”  grabbed my attention.  In it, Office Product Management team General Manager Julia White discussed ways the SharePoint platform is changing to fit its niche in the cloud and on premises. As I read the article, I started thinking about how SharePoint BI has […]