Mike Rozmus, CIO, Rockingham Memorial Hospital, Chapter 4

Mike Rozmus, VP & CIO, Rockingham Memorial Hospital

Staff management and leadership
The benefits/challenges of poaching from the clinical side of the house
Dealing with a historically heavy workload, battling burnout
“There’s only so much organizational change you can absorb at one time”
Stage 2 MU concerns
How government programs are crowding out innovation
Rozmus’ journey: From industrial engineering to hospital CIO

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Living Beyond Your Means Is Never the ‘Right Thing To Do’

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

I didn’t even notice that the bathroom was top-to-bottom ’70s salmon or that the kitchen appliances looked like props from The Brady Bunch. I was looking at the neighborhood, the street, the lot size and the general layout of the house. I was in love, but my wife was in a slight panic. “If we [...]

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Mike Rozmus, CIO, Rockingham Memorial Hospital, Chapter 3

Mike Rozmus, VP & CIO, Rockingham Memorial Hospital

Working with Nuance on speech recognition
One size doesn’t fit all
Leveraging committees and task force
Rockingham’s new life with Sentara Health

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Even The Self-Made Man Needs Some Help

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

Malcolm Gladwell’s “Outliers” laid bare, once and for all, the myth of the self-made man. To be sure, individual initiative is a critical ingredient of achievement but, without the addition of opportunity, usually made available by direct assistance, the bread will not rise. I realize that whatever success I’ve achieved can be traced to clearing [...]

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Mike Rozmus, CIO, Rockingham Memorial Hospital, Chapter 2

Mike Rozmus, VP & CIO, Rockingham Memorial Hospital

Using NextGen in the practices
Keeping an eye on LSS
Marrying the inpatient and physician practice worlds using NextGen HIE — “It gets us half way there”
Satisfying specialists with primary care-focused EMRs

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Wanda Sims, CIO, Baptist Health, Chapter 3

Wanda Sims, CIO, Baptist Health

HIE work (internal vs external)
“At the end of the day, it all comes down to viability — somebody has to pay”
In the process of “thinking about thinking about our financial system”
Sims on leadership — reflecting on lessons from a rich career
“I’ve seen all the games played, so I know how they’re played”
Avoiding death by meeting

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Karen Marhefka, Associate CIO, UMass Memorial Healthcare, Chapter 4

Karen Marhefka, Associate CIO, UMass Memorial Health Care

The HIT workforce shortage and staff management
Working with consultants, Encore Health Resources
Working for George Brenckle
HIT and Eddie Money
The changing role of the CIO

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Keeping Controversy To A Minimum

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

While a few live for their jobs, most work at them. As such, many are easily distracted from those daily tasks that give little satisfaction. One way this tendency exhibits itself is as a veritable craving for office controversy — any reason to start email or chatting with co-workers about the latest goings on in [...]

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Remembering John Wade

John Wade, Former VP/CIO, St.. Luke's Health System

John Wade, former CIO/VP at Saint Luke’s Health System in Kansas City, and former HIMSS Board Chair, passed away last week. His friends and colleagues have offered the following remembrances …

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