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Although the majority of CIOs support an extension of Meaningful Use stage 2 and believe the federal incentive program is headed in the right direction, serious concerns remain, according to the May healthsystemCIO.com Snap Survey. Nearly 70 percent of CIOs said they believe while Meaningful Use has played a key role in advancing the healthcare [...]
EHR rollouts & revenue loss
Managing clinician expectations
A culture of inclusion —“In the interest of transparency…”
Being proactive about educating patients
Jersey Health Connect
RelayHealth’s cloud-based solution
CIOs “leaving our differences at the door”
Balancing staff workloads
Computer-assisted coding
Lessons learned from the military — “You have to depend on your people.”
From PACS administrator to CIO
Why Hugh Chatham is home
Have you ever been to the tomb of the Unknown Soldier? Ever watch those soldiers patrol the flame, uniforms impeccably creased and pressed, shoes shined like mirrors, brass cleaned and reflecting? When they first get the job, they are excited, like anyone who starts a new job. They walk and send a message to the onlookers; they [...]
As organizations face mounting pressures to meet meaningful use requirements, providers are pulling back on extensive IT outsourcing services and turning to partial outsourcing agreements to meet growing demands, according to new data from KLAS. The report — IT Outsourcing 2013: Who Can Help with Rising IT Pressures — identified application management and help desk [...]
“Didn’t expect to see that,” I wrote in an email to John Halamka, MD, CIO at Beth Israel Deaconess in Boston. This off-hand 2010 communication referenced NIST taking a hand in the formation of Meaningful Use or EMR certification or something like that, something that was, I quickly learned, not only quite expected, but mandated [...]
About Cox Branson (formerly Skaggs Regional MC)
Merging with CoxHealth — “We’re very similar in our cultures.”
Plans to migrate to Cerner and Soarian
Cerner ITWorks
Integration vs interoperability
From best-of-breed to “one chart throughout the system”
A few weeks ago while doing some grocery shopping, I picked up some hamburger rolls — at least, that’s what I thought they were. Upon closer examination, I realized that they were, in fact, slider rolls. I went back to get ‘real’ hamburger rolls, and I was shocked at what I saw. It seems that [...]
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