About Holy Name
History of WebHIS: from green screens to web interface
Benefits of developing in-house
“IT as a strategy, not a resource”
Priority pyramid
Looking at vendor partners — “This is an interesting time.”
Aprima in ambulatory
Tressa Springmann, VP & CIO, LifeBridge Health, Chapter 1
About LifeBridge
Cerner in hospitals & practices, best-of-breed in ambulatory
Maryland’s fixed payment system
“Forced population health without attrition”
Shared best practices through CRISP
Strategy in rolling out Cerner to practices — “There’s a lot of credence to sitting on the sidelines for a few years.”
Dave Garrett, SVP & CIO, Novant Health, Chapter 1
KLAS: Big Expectations From Small Practices Shaking Up EHR Market
When it comes to EHRs, small practices have big expectations, and they aren’t afraid to cut ties if their needs aren’t being met. In a new report examining the ambulatory EHR market, KLAS found that practices with one to 10 physicians have the same needs in terms of functionality and vendor support as their larger […]
KLAS: Ambulatory EMRs And The Great Usability Divide
When it comes to functionality, the ambulatory EMR market is far from being a level playing field, according to a new KLAS report, which identified a 30-point difference in usability between the highest and lowest-rated vendors. The study — Ambulatory EMR Usability 2013: More Nurture than Nature — focused on the performance of EMR products […]
Joel Vengco, VP & CIO, Baystate Health, Chapter 3
Baystate’s core clinical environment (Cerner)
“We’re a hybrid of best-of-cluster, best-of-breed, and an enterprise monolithic system.”
Strong inpatient, ambulatory challenges
The costs of a rip and replace
The end-users innovation role — knowledge, insight & mobility
Taking a page from the travel industry
Don’t Judge A Physician’s Office By Its Décor
“Please disrobe and put this on,” she said, removing the eggplant-colored hospital gown from a plastic bag. “Why?” I asked, irritated at the prospect of making an unanticipated transformation into Barney. “Because you’re getting a complete physical today,” she said. “No, I’m not,” I retorted. “You need to put this on so we can give […]
Tom Bres, VP/CIO, Sparrow Health System, Chapter 1
Epic King In KLAS End of Year Report
Epic swept eight Best in KLAS award categories and was crowned the number-one Overall Software Vendor, number-one Overall Software Suite Vendor, and number-one Overall Physician Practice Vendor in the 2012 Best in KLAS Awards: Software & Services report. Other highlights from this year include: athenahealth receives second most Best in KLAS wins Impact Advisors wins number-one […]