Bobbie Byrne, MD, CIO, Edward Hospital & Health Services, Chapter 2

Bobbie Byrne, MD, CIO, Edward Hospital & Health Services

“I have to prove my worth at every interaction”
Replacing every department system in the next year
Not letting projects sit on the back burner
Data warehousing strategy — “build, deploy; build, deploy”
Waiting to attest until they’re live on Epic — “It’s the right thing to do for the organization”
Seeing MU as a bonus, not a driving factor

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George Reynolds, MD, CIO, Children’s Hospital & Medical Center, Chapter 3

George Reynolds CMIO & CIO, Children's Hospital & Medical Center

Being a CIO with clinical experience
Understanding workflow — perception vs. reality
IT rounding — “you have to get out there”
“Networking is critical to everything we do”
“Have a good team and get out of their way”
How IT is similar to the ICU environment

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Bobbie Byrne, MD, CIO, Edward Hospital & Health Services, Chapter 1

Bobbie Byrne, MD, CIO, Edward Hospital & Health Services

About Edward Hospital & Health Services
Migrating to Epic across the system
“Epic wasn’t an automatic choice”
Need for a single source of truth
IT being thrust into the spotlight
“I’m not a technical person”
Placing a higher value on clinical experience for CIOs

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Letting Go Of The Green Screens

Kate Huvane Gamble, Managing Editor, hsCIO.com

“This is ridiculous. Why are they making us do this? Our system works just fine.” During the early years of my career, I worked as a reporter for a few different newspapers in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. On two separate occasions, I was on staff when the company migrated from an old, time-tested computer system [...]

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Daniel Barchi, CIO, Yale New Haven Health System & Yale School of Medicine, Chapter 1

Daniel Barchi, CIO, Yale New Haven Health System & Yale School of Medicine

About Yale New Haven Health System
Managing a dual CIO role
Leveraging Epic to align the health system & school of medicine
Going from 350 Epic users every day to 3500 users
Starting in the physician practices – smaller, more controlled environments
Importance of having a strong project manager
“EMRs are really just tools that standardize the way we practice”

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George Reynolds, MD, CIO, Children’s Hospital & Medical Center, Chapter 2

George Reynolds CMIO & CIO, Children's Hospital & Medical Center

Implementing clinical decision support
Qualifying for MU under Medicaid rules
Waiting to attest with Epic
“We were going to do this anyway… it hasn’t really changed our philosophy”
Moving ahead with ICD-10
“Have a game plan and stick to it”
Managing dual CIO & CMIO roles

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KLAS: Low Cost, Ease of Use Have More Providers Going To The Cloud

SaaS EMR Model Gaining Traction Among Providers

Limited hardware costs, ease of use, and increasing confidence in cloud storage are making Software as a Service (Saas) solutions more appealing to providers, according to a new KLAS report — SaaS EMR 2012: Is It For You. “The SaaS EMR deployment model is becoming more popular for providers who want minimal up-front cost and [...]

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CHIME Voices Support For ICD-10 Delay

George Hickman, EVP/CIO, Albany Medical Center

In comments submitted yesterday to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, CHIME called the decision to postpone ICD-10 by one year an appropriate “middle ground” for all stakeholders and urged the agency to remain committed to ICD-10. In the letter, CHIME stated that “a longer delay would seriously disrupt ongoing efforts to convert to ICD-10” and would [...]

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Someone Has To Pay

Kate Huvane Gamble, Managing Editor, hsCIO.com

It’s pretty rare for the National Football League to dominate the sports headlines in May, especially with basketball and hockey playoffs going on. But last week, two football-related stories broke just hours apart that sent shockwaves through the sports world. First, it was announced that Jonathan Vilma, a veteran linebacker with the New Orleans Saints, [...]

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