Schooler Named CIO of the Year

Rick Schooler, CIO, Orlando Health

Rick Schooler, senior vice president and CIO at Orlando Health, has been named the 2011 John E. Gall Jr. CIO of the Year. Schooler is in his 12th year as CIO at Orlando Health and has been in the health IT industry for more than two decades. He is a Fellow of CHIME and was [...]

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When Flexibility Becomes A Double-Edged Sword

Anthony Guerra, Editor-in-Chief, hsCIO.com

I was starting to get frustrated. “Thank you for explaining it again but, based on what you’re telling me, I still don’t know which option is best,” I told the very nice Verizon Wireless representative, who had been detailing the different data plans for our new managing editor’s iPhone. “What I would like to do [...]

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If You Build It, Will They Come?

Kate Huvane Gamble, Managing Editor, hsCIO.com

A few weeks ago, I was referred to a specialist. Because this was my first visit with that physician, I had to provide some information. That part I anticipated. What I didn’t count on was having to fill out about a dozen pages of questions, some of which asked for information that I wasn’t prepared [...]

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healthsystemCIO.com Survey Shows Many CIOs Stymied By Broken Governance

Governance Giving Many CIOs Fits

With more projects than ever on their plates, just under 50 percent of healthcare CIOs are struggling against faulty governance processes to get them done, according to the January healthsystemCIO.com SnapSurvey. Specifically, 35 percent say their governance structure is “too convoluted to handle the volume and pace of new issues that must be evaluated and [...]

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DeFord Named CHIME Board Chair

Drex DeFord, VP/CIO, Seattle Children’s Hospital

Drex DeFord, CIO and senior vice president of Seattle Children’s Hospital, has been named 2012 Chair of CHIME’s Board of Trustees. DeFord, who serves on the healthsystemCIO.com Advisory Panel, is a CHIME fellow and Certified Healthcare CIO. He has been on CHIME’s board for three years, and has been a member of the organization for 13 [...]

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Joanne Burns, CIO, University of Missouri Health Care, Chapter 1

Joanne Burns, CIO, University of Missouri Health Care

The power of one EMR
Rolling out CPOE in phases
Partnering with Cerner
Fostering new ideas and innovations
Using data to drive care delivery
Leveraging technology to engage patients

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Building The Health IT Workforce Through Mentoring

Bonnie R. Siegel, Partner, Sanford Rose Associates

With the severe health IT workforce shortage, how can you help to develop and encourage new IT talent for our industry? One way to influence and share your experience is through business mentoring. This is strictly a volunteer effort, so you won’t be getting extra pay or awards. Your payback will be to know that [...]

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