A year of implementation in review
Flexibility and customization — a double-edged sword
“An EHR install is an extremely painful situation”
Why consulting help could be key
The financial strain of meeting Meaningful Use
Contemplating Stage 2
Tom Ciccarelli, CIO, East Orange General Hospital, Chapter 1
02/01/2012 By Leave a Comment
When Flexibility Becomes A Double-Edged Sword
01/26/2012 By 1 Comment
I was starting to get frustrated. “Thank you for explaining it again but, based on what you’re telling me, I still don’t know which option is best,” I told the very nice Verizon Wireless representative, who had been detailing the different data plans for our new managing editor’s iPhone. “What I would like to do [...]
KLAS: Third Parties Edging Software Makers In Remote Hosting Race
12/21/2011 By Leave a Comment
In 2009, KLAS reported nearly all software-hosting vendors were performing better than third-party hosting firms. Since then, service firms ACS and Dell have had significantly improved satisfaction scores, according to the company’s recent report: Application Hosting: Dynamic Changes Bring Providers Better Options. They now rival the traditionally highly performing software vendors Cerner, GE, McKesson, and Siemens. ACS [...]
Stephen Stewart, CIO, Henry County Health Center, Chapter 2
11/21/2011 By Leave a Comment
KLAS: Community Hospital Market Ripe For The Taking
11/17/2011 By Leave a Comment
While adoption of clinical information systems is on the rise at community hospitals, there is still much unconquered territory, according to a new report by KLAS — Community Hospital CMS 2011: Rapid Adoption. According to KLAS estimates, approximately 300-500 U.S. hospitals have yet to commit to a CIS vendor as of the start of 2011. [...]
Community Hospitals Think Other EMR Grass May Be Greener
04/07/2011 By Leave a Comment
One fifth of all community hospitals currently using EMRs plan to switch products within the next couple of years, despite fast-approaching Meaningful Use deadlines, according to a new report by KLAS, Community Hospital EMRs Maturing for Meaningful Use. “McKesson and Meditech C/S clients are most confident that their vendors will get them to Stage 1 of MU by 2013,” commented Paul Pitcher, KLAS research director and author of the report.
John Gaede, CIO, El Centro Regional Medical Center, Podcast Chapter 1
01/25/2011 By Leave a Comment
Fast and easy are two words only the uninitiated would use to describe a core clinical HIT system selection, and John Gaede is certainly not one of them. That’s because Gaede recently went through the rigors of crafting a vision, finding partners and hitting the market. And hit the market he did, scouring not [...]
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