One-on-One w/Fletcher Allen CIO Chuck Podesta, Part II

Chuck Podesta’s stance on Stage 1 Meaningful Use criteria probably won’t win him any toasts at the next CIO event. That’s because, despite the position of organizations like CHIME (and this journalist), Podesta thinks the criteria aren’t overly onerous. Though he acknowledges the incentive payout structure isn’t perfect, little else about the program disquiets the [...]

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PODCAST: One-on-One w/St. Peter’s CIO Frank DiSanzo

Frank DiSanzo, CIO, Saint Peter's University Hospital Health System

Switching out one core clinical inpatient system for another — a “big-to-big conversion” — is not for the faint of heart. That’s because doing so requires the buy-in of the entire C-suite, the Board and, perhaps most importantly, the clinicians. But despite the obstacles, New Jersey-based St. Peter’s University Hospital Health System is saying goodbye [...]

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East Orange Hospital Becomes GE Shop

New Jersey-based East Orange General Hospital has selected GE Healthcare IT’s Centricity Enterprise EMR, administrative, departmental and revenue cycle solutions to be delivered under an ASP model. The products will be implemented at the 211-bed facility and its outpatient departments using “GE’s Digital Day One” offering for rapid implementation. The solution includes pre-configured clinical templates.

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One-on-One w/eCW CEO Girish Kumar Navani (I)

Grish Kumar Navani, Co-Founder & CEO, eClinicalWorks

While there is no doubt health system CIOs are working 18-hour days just to keep their heads above water, major inpatient and outpatient EMR vendors have significant to-do lists as well. From HITECH guarantees to reading the tea leaves on certification to staffing up for the oncoming sales tsunami, vendors know one bad implementation can [...]

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Citrus Sweet on McKesson

East Orange Goes GE

Inverness, Fla.-based Citrus Memorial Health System has selected McKesson’s Paragon community HIS to be implemented on a remote-hosted basis. The hospital is also using McKesson for document management and medical imaging, along with CPOE. Additionally, Citrus plans to connect with physicians in its outpatient clinics using McKesson’s Practice Partner ambulatory EHR. With more than 150 [...]

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One-on-One w/Frederick Memorial CIO David Quirke (II)

While you might think a HIMSS Analytics Stage Six hospital sees the interim MU regulation as child’s play, think again. That’s because even though the hospital may be able to handle what’s being required, helping the local docs meet their criteria is looking to be a very tall order. The most troubling aspect of MU [...]

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KLAS: Amongst Vendors, Cerner a Cordial Host

Remote Hosting is an Attractive Option to Many Smaller Hospitals

When it comes to application hosting, healthcare providers are finding greater success working with vendors, but are able to host a wider selection of applications by partnering with services firms, according to a new KLAS report. The report — “Application Hosting: Offloading Risk and Cost?” — notes that services firms are able to host a [...]

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