Over the last year and a half, many of you have followed our journey from Magic to 6.x with all its challenges and nuances. It has been a daunting experience and not without its frustrations. If hindsight is 20-20, then hopefully our experiences have helped you. In this article, I will attempt to summarize where […]
Phyllis Teater, Associate VP/CIO, Wexner Medical Center at The Ohio State University, Chapter 3
Art Glasgow, VP/CIO, Duke Medicine, Chapter 1
Chris Van Pelt, CIO, Indiana University Health, Chapter 1
KLAS: Epic Support Firms Abundant, But Not Equal
Epic users are thirsting for strategy, technical, and implementation assistance from consultants, but not all firms are prepared to provide the expertise. That’s according to the recently published KLAS report Navigating the Sea of Epic Consulting Firms. KLAS verified 46 firms doing Epic-related advisory, implementation, and staffing support work — with most receiving A- or […]
Daniel Barchi, CIO, Yale New Haven Health System & Yale School of Medicine, Chapter 1
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”
John Bosco, CIO, North Shore-LIJ Health System, Chapter 2
Educating docs about HITECH
“This is not a time to rest.”
Allscripts Sunrise for inpatient, Enterprise for employed docs
“We were not early adopters of EHRs.”
The ripple effect of the ICD-10 delay
Staying positive during tough times
Who has it tougher — small community hospitals or large organizations?
Karen Marhefka, Associate CIO, UMass Memorial Health Care, Chapter 1
Time To Rethink EMR Design And User Interface
There’s a great new article in the March 2012 issue of The American Journal for Managed Care, “IT-Enabled Systems Engineering Approach to Monitoring and Reducing ADEs.” You can find it here. The point I’m trying to make in this blog, by drawing attention to this article, is this: it’s time for EMR vendors to rethink […]
KLAS: Electronic Record Growth Slow Outside the U.S.
Although there are plenty of vendors exploring the international space, the market for electronic patient records outside of the United States is still in the early stages, according to a new KLAS report — International EPR Market 2012: Multinational Vendor Footprints. The report, which is the first by KLAS to examine the global EMR market, […]