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  • 1.  Collaboration Software - recommendations for analyst

    Posted 02-22-2022 18:33
    Hello - It looks like email communication on projects has finally reached a head, and the practice wants to explore collaboration platforms.   I did a bit of you tube-ing this weekend and it appears Slack and Microsoft Teams are two options.     I lean towards MS Teams since we already pay for this as part of Office 365, and an article or two gave it a slight edge over Slack.   

    Two questions:
    1) Are you using collaboration tools for your practice projects spanning radiologist committees, and have any wisdom to share?

    2) Do you have a consultant who helped do template set up and training for MS Teams. Not for the virtual meetings or chat, but the integration of project planning tools, and wiki and file storage etc.  

    Thanks for sharing.

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    Beth Williams MHA, FACMPE, FRBMA
    Executive Director
    Vantage Radiology and Diagnostic Services
    Federal Way WA
    (253) 661-1700 ext. 1105
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  • 2.  RE: Collaboration Software - recommendations for analyst

    Posted 02-23-2022 00:30
    I have just begun to explore options in this space for the same purpose. I started by trying to create a LinkedIn company page coupled with a private activities group, but that failed for a couple of different reasons. First, many people are averse to social media of any kind, LinkedIn included. Second, that platform didn't appear to notify group members in real time with a notification when posts were made.

    At my previous employer, we used MS Teams frequently for group engagement, and that was fairly successful among client management type personnel. I have not used the same tool with physicians before. Since we do not have Office across our entire platform, I am not pursuing that option at this time.

    I have begun using Slack, and preliminary tests show much more promising results. It is simple enough in that it's just one app that doesn't require a social media presence. Notifications are done in real time. This isn't fully rolled out yet with our group, but I expect this might be our preferred route.

    I suppose it's notable that I haven't yet tried to use Google Chat, which might be another option. Since we already have G Suite, that is another feature within that platform. I'm toying with the idea of testing this as well just because it's relatively simple and it already exists within the Google ecosystem.

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    Anthony Dispenziere
    CEO
    Reno Radiological Associates
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  • 3.  RE: Collaboration Software - recommendations for analyst

    Posted 02-23-2022 09:16

    We have recently begun to look at Teamwork.com upon recommendation from a colleague.  It is reasonably priced and seems to include all of the functions we need for project management.  My friend reviewed about 20 programs including Slack and Microsoft Teams before selecting Teamwork.

     

    Cindy Pittmon

    Acclaim Radiology Management

     

     




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  • 4.  RE: Collaboration Software - recommendations for analyst

    Posted 02-23-2022 10:10

    Hi Beth

     

    We use Teams for conference calls, but in terms of collaboration within our Committees and sharing files in the cloud, we use Microsoft Sharepoint and OneDrive.  Sharepoint basically serves as our Intranet.  I'm pretty sure Sharepoint and OneDrive are bundled with our O365.

     

    I'm sure we're not using all of the features, and it seems that Teams has a lot of capabilities beyond conference calls, but we haven't had a need for them.

     

    We mainly chose them due to cost, and they could both be easier to use from an administrative perspective, but they are pretty easy for the typical user.  There seems to be a lot of overlap in functionality between Teams, Sharepoint and OneDrive, but it isn't always apparent or work the way you might hope, but it works well enough once you get the hang of it.

     

    Hope this helps.

     

    Dave 

     

     

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  • 5.  RE: Collaboration Software - recommendations for analyst

    Posted 03-04-2022 19:42
    Hello, we recently started using smartsheets. The cost was reasonable and the security gives us coverage we need. Too early to tell how it will help but you may want to consider that tool as well.

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    Rebecca Farrington
    Chief Revenue Officer
    Healthcare Administrative Partners
    (610) 892-8889
    rfarrington@hapusa.com
    www.hapusa.com
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  • 6.  RE: Collaboration Software - recommendations for analyst

    Posted 03-07-2022 07:59

    We use SmartSheets and they work very well for us. You are able to set automations such as rules to move items from one sheet to another based off triggers, alerts/reminders, update requests, and more. They have dashboards that incorporate widgets to consolidate and display live data.

     

    Christy Hembree, CPC
    Director of RCM: Coding & Compliance | Summit Radiology Services

     

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