Robert Slepin, VP/CIO, John C. Lincoln Health Network, Chapter 2

The art of vendor disengagement
Disease management/business intelligence
“What’s the risk of this patient getting what kind of disease?”
The importance of analytics
Homecare/mobile technologies

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The Need for Genomic Diagnostic Tests in the EHR

In some cases, the utility of patient genotyping prior to therapeutics is of unquestioned value.  In non-Hodgkin’s and Mantle Cell lymphoma, DNA sequencing of the tumor provides personalized cancer vaccines that demonstrate statistically significant Phase III clinical trial results with disease-free survival benefit in treatment of these types of follicular lymphoma [1]. The Oncotype DX® [...]

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Microsoft’s Amalga Has Potential, But Work Remains

With the recent selection of CSC, Microsoft, and HealthUnity by the MetroChicago Health Information Exchange, I’m once again intrigued with the role that Microsoft might play in the HIT market. I suspect the MetroChicago project is more interested in HealthVault, but Amalga is the most interesting product in Microsoft’s struggling healthcare vertical. Amalga is a [...]

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PODCAST: One-on-One w/ El Camino Hospital CIO Greg Walton, Chapter 2

Implementing a few clinical systems isn’t going to get you applause at El Camino Hospital. That’s because the organization has “been there, done that,” implementing the first CPOE system some 40 years ago. Considering that tough crowd, the CIO role isn’t for newcomers, and Greg Walton is no newcomer. With 40 years in the business [...]

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Medhost Launches Executive Dashboard

KLAS Finds ED Key For CPOE

Medhost has launched OpCenter — executive decision-support solutions that provide real time information on incoming admissions, patient acuity and hospital bed saturation levels.    According to Medhost, much of the backlog in the ED is not related to ED patient flow, but is caused by systemic issues that delay moving patients from the ED to [...]

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