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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PODCAST: One-on-One w/Trinitas Regional Medical Center VP of IT & CIO Judy Comitto, Chapter 2

Many hospitals started their path toward electronic medical records when HITECH and Meaningful Use became law in February 2009, but Trinitas Regional Medical Center isn’t one of them. Under the leadership of Judy Comitto since it was formed through M&A in 2000, the health system has been continually at work building out its IT environment [...]

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