1. Patient Accounts and Patient Portals. Get your patients more involved with their appointments, physicians, medical history, and bills. But do it securely.

The following article appears in the September Issue of Dickson Insights. 

Discussing food borne illness and the resulting sicknesses is never the most fun thing to do, but that doesn't mean it’s still not important! Below we've outlined a few clues (with references to Sherlock Holmes) that may indicate the food you are producing, distributing, or eating has been...

Healthcare IT, or HIT, is more than just the IT team that sets up a hospital’s computers. They are essential to the fabric of just about every healthcare system in the world. That stated, IT Team, no need to get worked up, this post isn’t exactly for you (though valuable information is present)....

While we won’t make the direct connection that the most successful pharmaceutical companies can attribute their success directly from strictly adhering to regulations, in our experience, the big guns in the industry know auditors, regulations, and compliance like the back of their hand. But what do...

This article completes our series of "Warehouse Audit Survival Guides" published in Dickson Insights. If you missed our guides on the Pharmaceutical and Food industries, you can find them by clicking here and here.

Whether you’re fresh out of college or trade school, or have been on the job for 30 years, gaining a new skill and learning about new technologies, processes, and theories in the manufacturing world will only benefit your career. Below we've provided some ways to further your career.

A few weeks ago, a Dickson customer called in to ask a question about the alarm functionality of DicksonOne (page 2 has more info on alarms!). After his question was answered, and as he was just about on his merry way, he mentioned something that made us smile: DicksonOne had helped him win a grant.

Vaccine regulations, specifically for Vaccine for Children (VFC) providers, are updated more frequently than most industry regulations that Dickson comes into contact with. The Center for Disease Control (CDC), State Vaccination Programs, Local Health Departments, and VFC program all have a stake...

Last month we wrote to all the foodies on how to survive a warehouse audit. We called it our ”Food Warehouse Audit Survival Guide.” This month, we’d like to take on another industry that owns and operates warehouses: pharmaceuticals. In keeping with our oh so original title, we present the...