Paltech Solutions starts to develop an Information System for Attain Inc.

Paltech Solutions has started a project for Attain, a Florida based healthcare provider, to develop an Information System to track patients progress.

Attain is currently faced with challenges of the repetitive work required for tracking, monitoring, graphing, and reporting the progress of each patient.

Paltech Solutions is currently working with Attain to develop a complete system with the following features:

Functionality to record, track, and graph patients’ progress<\li>
Correct database structure, easy-to-use, and error-Proof<\li>
Ability to generate and print OCR compatible forms<\li>
Ability for multiple users to use at same time<\li>
Easily updatable and expandable for future requirements<\li>
Integrate effectively with company business flow<\li>

Since Attain is a non-profit healthcare provider, Paltech Solutions is very proud to be working on this project since it is in alignment with Paltech Solutions’ vision.

Attain, Inc. has been supporting people with developmental disabilities for over 20 years in the Central Florida community. Attain, Inc. is a Florida based not-for-profit corporation.

Importance of Measurement and Quantification in Business

Did you know that you could never know your business until you have quantified it? That is right; you could be looking at your business as closely as possible but until you have quantified your business, you are not objective and cannot make good decisions. Without good decisions, success is impossible.

Quantification is the process of collecting specific data relating to your business and setting indicators to track different aspects of your business. Once data is collected, it then must be converted to useful information and reports that are invaluable to your business.

These reports must be analyzed at appropriate intervals and must be utilized in decision-making.

Sometimes it is very difficult to measure intangibles in business. Some examples of real-life intangibles that companies have difficulty measuring are:

Value of information
Risk of failure of an IT project
Quality of products and services
Satisfaction level of clients
Public image

The examples above are usually related to an important decision a company needs to make; yet many companies, because of the perceived assumption that intangibles cannot be measure, do not make any attempts to measure and quantify intangibles which leads to uninformed decisions.

The fact is some businesses have succeeded in analyzing and measuring the above examples using methods that …