Knowing What You Want to Get Out of a Meeting

Kate Huvane Gamble, Managing Editor, hsCIO.com

I’ll never forget it. It was one of my first meetings at my first HIMSS conference, and it was with not one, but five people at a well-known company. As if that wasn’t intimidating enough, the discussion started with one of them asking me, “What would you like to talk about?” I remember thinking, “You [...]

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KLAS: First Look at MDIS Shows Promise

MDIS can improve quality and efficiency.

Implementing medical device integration systems (MDIS) can help increase quality and efficiency, according to a new KLAS report, which found that although the three established vendors in the MDIS market all scored high marks, users say that the products vary in strength. For the report — Medical Device Integration 2012: Proven Connections — which is [...]

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Mary Anne Leach, CIO, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Chapter 1

Mary Anne Leach, CIO, Children's Hospital Colorado

About Children’s
Connecting with independent physicians
Pushing clinical decision support across the continuum
Building a sustainable, affordable HIE model
“It’s all about the value proposition”
Partnering with Epic

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Looks Like ICD-10′s Coming … But Should It?

Kate Huvane Gamble, Managing Editor, hsCIO.com

We all have things we’d rather postpone, whether it’s a dentist appointment, filing income taxes, or cleaning out the garage. With tasks like these, sometimes you just have to bite the bullet and get it done. On the other hand, some tasks are put off because of a lack of resources, or because you simply [...]

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Joanne Burns, CIO, University of Missouri Health Care, Chapter 3

Joanne Burns, CIO, University of Missouri Health Care

Getting big bang implementations out of the way
The push for device integration
Going green across the organization
Stage 6 recognition is another step in the journey—not an end
Not being “on an island”

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A Tale of Two Leaders

Kate Huvane Gamble, Managing Editor, hsCIO.com

With the Super Bowl hype dominating every facet of media — from local news to Twitter — a lot of talk has focused on Tom Coughlin, a coach who was thought to be on the verge of losing his job six weeks ago, and is now leading the Giants to their second Super Bowl in [...]

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Joanne Burns, CIO, University of Missouri Health Care, Chapter 2

Joanne Burns, CIO, University of Missouri Health Care

Creating an IT innovation group
Cutting out the middle layers to build trust
U of M’s atypical vendor relationship with Cerner
Juggling multiple projects
Avoiding being swallowed up by Meaningful Use
Aligning IT’s goals with those of the organization

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