Living Beyond Your Means Is Never the ‘Right Thing To Do’

Anthony Guerra, Editor-in-Chief, hsCIO.com

I didn’t even notice that the bathroom was top-to-bottom ’70s salmon or that the kitchen appliances looked like props from The Brady Bunch. I was looking at the neighborhood, the street, the lot size and the general layout of the house. I was in love, but my wife was in a slight panic. “If we [...]

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Meeting MU On A Tight Budget

Vince Ciotti, Principal, HIS Professionals

Meeting Meaningful Use (MU) on a tight budget? It’s a challenge, but here are some suggestions: 1. Negotiate Vendor Rates. If you haven’t signed with you’re HIS vendor yet, be sure to negotiate the hourly rate they’re charging for their implementers. Most vendors charge a flat fee for implementation, but give you no idea how [...]

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Rick Schooler, CIO, Orlando Health, Chapter 1

Rick Schooler, CIO, Orlando Health

Being named CIO of the Year
CHIME focus groups
Orlando Health’s 10-year plan
Developing a value-based purchasing model
Physician alignment challenges
Allscripts in the inpatient & outpatient settings

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Laishy Williams-Carlson, VP/CIO, Bon Secours Health System, Chapter 1

Laishy Williams-Carlson, VP/CIO, Bon Secours Health System

Deploying Epic throughout the health system
Balancing optimization versus implementation
“I think one of the best decisions our organization ever made was going with Epic”
Baking in benefits realization

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David Miller, Vice Chancellor/CIO, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Chapter 1

David Miller, Vice Chancellor/CIO, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

*Moving from University of Chicago Medical Center to UAMS
*Taking on a larger role, relocating
*About UAMS
*Best of breed (Eclipsys, GE, McKesson) with an eye towards an enterprise future
*”A best-of-breed shop is in trouble … do I sweep the decks and start over?”

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Phil Fasano, EVP/CIO, Kaiser Permanente, Transcript/Podcast Chapter 3

*ICD-10 preparation
*Budgeting and project prioritization
*The Center for Total Health
*Dealing with the HIT workforce shortage
*Avoiding CIO burnout

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Steve Hess, VP/CIO, University of Colorado Hospital, Transcript/Podcast, Chapter 3

Like most CIOs in healthcare, Steve Hess has no shortage of things to do. First off, he’s knee-deep in a multi-year Epic implementation that will see him bid farewell to many incumbent vendors now, and more in the future. Secondly, he’s morphing the business side of the house from a best-of-breed environment to one concentrated [...]

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Campaigning For Your EMR Implementation

I thought it was the rest of the C-suite and board you had to convince when trying to get approval for large, capital-intensive projects. I thought you could construct a short list of those who had to be brought on board, then go lobby them for support. While it’s true board members and top executives [...]

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Ed Collins, VP & CIO, Martin Memorial Health Systems, Podcast Chapter 2

While many CIOs have found the rush to meet Meaningful Use unpleasant, Ed Collins has found it invigorating. In fact, Collins says he doesn’t think the strides Martin Memorial has made would be possible without the Stage 1 attestation deadline in hand. Today, Collins is knee-deep in an Epic rollout, a journey the organization embarked [...]

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