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THIS MONTH'S NUGGETS |
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Golden Takes Midmarket BI Demo On The Road
On September 18, business and technical professionals from across Connecticut
joined Golden at the Hartford Marriott to learn more about Business Intelligence options for mid-size organizations.
Attendees from a variety of
industries including healthcare, insurance, retail, and technology
gathered to view a demo of Business Objects' new midmarket bundle, Crystal Decisions.
Crystal Decisions is designed and priced to provide mid-size organizations
with robust ad hoc reporting and analysis,
powerful data integration, business dashboards and performance planning in
the tools you use every day - like Microsoft Office.
Did you miss this event but are still interested in
Crystal Decisions? Contact
Erik Golden today to set up a product demo for your
organization!
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Calling All Hospital Leaders:
Golden's Hospital IT Systems Study
Hospitals on average spend approximately 3% of their operating budget
on IT, and a recent article in Hospitals
& Health Networks noted that the 100 most wired hospitals on
average have lower risk-adjusted mortality rates than other hospitals.
This finding suggests that IT is a crucial tool in the delivery of
"effective" patient care.
Golden's
healthcare experts have launched a survey campaign to understand
how quickly hospitals are adopting both new
clinical IT systems (such as EMR and CPOE) and management information
systems (such as data warehouses &
marts, and ad hoc query reporting and performance dash boarding). This
survey examines current IT systems & vendors; IT organizational
culture; data analysis, reporting & monitoring; data needs, and IT
management issues.
Do you have extensive knowledge of your hospital's IT
systems? We invite you to be a part of this ground-breaking study and
complete this 10-15 minute survey. In return, you'll receive the eventual campaign
results as a whitepaper. This report will allow you to benchmark
your hospital against other hospitals in terms of its investment in and the
sophistication of its IT systems — and gain insight into
your organization's strategic market positioning. In addition, Golden will
send you a $5 Dunkin Donuts gift card to thank you for your
participation.
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A Crystal Reports Tip: Easier Percent Calculations
If your reports include a lot of percent calculations, do you find it overly
cumbersome to calculate the percent by dividing and then multiplying by 100?
Here's a tip to speed things along:
Streamline the calculation by using a percent sign (%) instead of a
division sign (/) when dividing the two fields. This change will eliminate
the need to multiply by 100.
Example:
{Financials.Account Receivable}%{Financials.Accounts Payable}
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So start exploring — 
Meet Jim Ryan, the newest member of the Golden team! As Golden's new
Webmaster and Designer, Jim will be adding new resources and
interactive tools to help you get the most value from the new website.
