Why I Like John Halamka

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

“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 [...]

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What You Find When You Look Behind The Curtain

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

“I wonder what Mr. Perfect is going to talk about,” I said to myself while getting mic’d up to go on stage. I was at Texas Health Resources getting ready to speak in their TED-esque Revive Conference. Speakers were allotted 12 minutes, and we were scheduled in groups of about 5 presenters each. My cohort [...]

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Joel Vengco, VP & CIO, Baystate Health, Chapter 4

Joel Vengco, VP/CIO, Baystate Health

Vendor/customer relations — “It’s a two-way street.”
Being a Cerner outpost in Epic country
Awarepoint for RTLS
Leveraging a diverse background
The new CIO

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When A Manager Shouldn’t Leave It All On The Field

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

“I’m going to do some stuff outside,” I said to my wife after we put the kids down for naps on Sunday afternoon. To be sure, I was dog tired, having gotten up early at the behest of our oldest son who, unfortunately, wakes with the sun. After giving Tyler (age 4) and Parker (age [...]

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Joel Vengco, VP & CIO, Baystate Health, Chapter 3

Joel Vengco, VP/CIO, Baystate Health

Baystate’s core clinical environment (Cerner)
“We’re a hybrid of best-of-cluster, best-of-breed, and an enterprise monolithic system.”
Strong inpatient, ambulatory challenges
The costs of a rip and replace
The end-users innovation role — knowledge, insight & mobility
Taking a page from the travel industry

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Fear, Opportunity, And The Action Moment

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

On May 3, I’ll be speaking at a TED-type event at Texas Health Resources (where our friend Ed Marx serves as VP/CIO). Just like TED, the talks are short, each 12 minutes and intended to be impactful. This week, I wrote out my remarks and, since I’m apparently incapable of more than one creative act [...]

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Joel Vengco, VP & CIO, Baystate Health, Chapter 2

Joel Vengco, VP/CIO, Baystate Health

Transparency + governance = trust
Pioneer Valley Information Exchange Summit – “The idea was to begin the conversations”
The patient poaching issue
Population management and patient consent
Gearing up for analytics

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Troubling Signs You Can’t Ignore

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

“That’s weird,” I thought, looking at the coffee machine warming up. “I hope it’s not broken.” An early riser, I get to the office about 6:30 every day. Almost invariably, I’m the one who turns on the coffee machine and gets to wait the seemingly interminable 30 seconds for it to warm up. “You here [...]

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