healthsystemcio.com » HIE http://healthsystemcio.com healthsystemCIO.com is the sole online-only publication dedicated to exclusively and comprehensively serving the information needs of healthcare CIOs. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:07:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 2010-2011 healthcio@gmail.com (Anthony Guerra) healthcio@gmail.com (Anthony Guerra) healthcare IT 1440 http://healthsystemcio.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hscio-square-144x144.gif healthsystemcio.com http://healthsystemcio.com 144 144 http://healthsystemcio.com/?feed=podcast Helping CIOs Improve Healthcare healthsystemCIO.com Podcasts feature one-on-one interviews with the industry's most influential figures. From hospital CIOs to CEOs from the largest EMR vendors, you'll enjoy these lively exchanges with editor Anthony Guerra. healthcare IT, health care IT, CIO, Chief information officer, HITECH, Meaningful Use, health information technology, hospital IT Anthony Guerra Anthony Guerra healthcio@gmail.com no no Chuck Christian, CIO, Good Samaritan Hospital, Chapter 2 http://healthsystemcio.com/2012/01/30/chuck-christian-cio-good-samaritan-hospital-chapter-2/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2012/01/30/chuck-christian-cio-good-samaritan-hospital-chapter-2/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:33:48 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=10156 Moving into an ACO world From sickcare to healthcare Razor-thin margins and CAHs Making it easy to do the right thing The role of the CIO in HIE

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2012/01/30/chuck-christian-cio-good-samaritan-hospital-chapter-2/feed/ 0 0:12:12 Chuck Christian, the longtime CIO at Good Samaritan Hospital, believes that health information exchanges have been getting a bad rap. Christian has been involved in HIE work for more than a decade — long before Meaningful Use was even on the radar, [...] Chuck Christian, the longtime CIO at Good Samaritan Hospital, believes that health information exchanges have been getting a bad rap. Christian has been involved in HIE work for more than a decade — long before Meaningful Use was even on the radar, and he wants CIOs to realize that getting connected with data exchange can yield benefits that go beyond just qualifying for funds. In this interview, Christian talks about the state of HIE in Indiana, how his organization is leveraging HIEs to improve patient care, and the optimal role for CIOs when it comes to HIE initiatives. He also discusses negotiation points, the importance of knowing the costs involved, and why he thinks the industry is just beginning to scratch the surface on how information can be most effectively used. Chuck, Christian, good, samaritan, hospital, Podcast Anthony Guerra no no Joanne Burns, CIO, University of Missouri Health Care, Chapter 1 http://healthsystemcio.com/2012/01/25/joanne-burns-cio-university-of-missouri-health-care-chapter-1/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2012/01/25/joanne-burns-cio-university-of-missouri-health-care-chapter-1/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:52:25 +0000 Kate Gamble http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=10041 The power of one EMR Rolling out CPOE in phases Partnering with Cerner Fostering new ideas and innovations Using data to drive care delivery Leveraging technology to engage patients

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2012/01/25/joanne-burns-cio-university-of-missouri-health-care-chapter-1/feed/ 0 0:13:21 Three years ago, the University of Missouri Health Care and Cerner teamed up to develop the Tiger Institute for Health Innovation, an initiative designed to improve the delivery of care across the state through data exchange and patient engagement. [...] Three years ago, the University of Missouri Health Care and Cerner teamed up to develop the Tiger Institute for Health Innovation, an initiative designed to improve the delivery of care across the state through data exchange and patient engagement. In this interview, Joanne Burns, who plays a key role with both organizations, talks about how the partnership has benefited both parties, University of Missouri’s path to Meaningful Use, and the challenges of juggling multiple priorities. She also discusses how she works to make sure IT’s goals are closely aligned with those of the organization, and why she has set the bar high for all vendor relationships. joanne, burns, Podcast, university, of, missouri, health, care Kate Gamble no no Chuck Christian, CIO, Good Samaritan Hospital, Chapter 1 http://healthsystemcio.com/2012/01/23/chuck-christian-cio-good-samaritan-hospital-chapter-1/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2012/01/23/chuck-christian-cio-good-samaritan-hospital-chapter-1/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:58:25 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=10007 The state of HIE in Indiana The Meaningful Use effect Sharing images Use cases for NHIN Direct Working with insurers Balancing costs/benefits

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2012/01/23/chuck-christian-cio-good-samaritan-hospital-chapter-1/feed/ 0 0:15:58 Chuck Christian, the longtime CIO at Good Samaritan Hospital, believes that health information exchanges have been getting a bad rap. Christian has been involved in HIE work for more than a decade — long before Meaningful Use was even on the radar, [...] Chuck Christian, the longtime CIO at Good Samaritan Hospital, believes that health information exchanges have been getting a bad rap. Christian has been involved in HIE work for more than a decade — long before Meaningful Use was even on the radar, and he wants CIOs to realize that getting connected with data exchange can yield benefits that go beyond just qualifying for funds. In this interview, Christian talks about the state of HIE in Indiana, how his organization is leveraging HIEs to improve patient care, and the optimal role for CIOs when it comes to HIE initiatives. He also discusses negotiation points, the importance of knowing the costs involved, and why he thinks the industry is just beginning to scratch the surface on how information can be most effectively used. Chuck, Christian, good, samaritan, hospital, HIE, Podcast Anthony Guerra no no Todd Richardson, CIO, Deaconess Health System, Chapter 2 http://healthsystemcio.com/2012/01/05/todd-richardson-cio-deaconess-hie-chapter-2/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2012/01/05/todd-richardson-cio-deaconess-hie-chapter-2/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:22:54 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=9779 Vetting the EMR situation before acquisition The (sorry) state of health information exchange Educating the C-suite about (the lack of) plug and play The days of CIOs saying no first and asking questions later are over

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2012/01/05/todd-richardson-cio-deaconess-hie-chapter-2/feed/ 0 0:12:49 As a CIO, having all hospitals within a health system on the same EMR is the ideal scenario. But as Todd Richardson knows, it isn’t always a reality, particularly when physicians are minority owners. In this interview, Richardson, who serves as CIO [...] As a CIO, having all hospitals within a health system on the same EMR is the ideal scenario. But as Todd Richardson knows, it isn’t always a reality, particularly when physicians are minority owners. In this interview, Richardson, who serves as CIO of the six-hospital Deaconess Health System, gives his honest take of how having physician owners can impact IT decision making, and why organizations need to accommodate the growing need among patients to access their data. He also talks about the flaws with statewide HIEs, the challenges of managing the different needs of device users, the IT rounding program his team implemented, and the importance of viewing technology as an enabler. Deaconess, Health, System, Podcast, Todd, Richardson Anthony Guerra no no Kim Ligon, CIO, DCH Health System, Discusses Her CHIME Member-To-Member Survey On IT Steering Committees, Chapter 1 http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/12/22/kim-ligon-cio-dch-health-system-chime-chapter-1/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/12/22/kim-ligon-cio-dch-health-system-chime-chapter-1/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:02:31 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=9569 Running a Meditech Magic 5.64/LSS shop Hospital/physician practice integration, HIE Looking to the states to facilitate integration The final frontier — inpatient CPOE Going 6.0 someday?

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/12/22/kim-ligon-cio-dch-health-system-chime-chapter-1/feed/ 0 0:11:51 The regulatory requirements that CIOs are grappling with are overwhelming enough—throw in a major leadership change, and it can feel like being caught in a whirlwind. It’s how Kim Ligon felt when DCH Health System had a new CFO take the helm just as[...] The regulatory requirements that CIOs are grappling with are overwhelming enough—throw in a major leadership change, and it can feel like being caught in a whirlwind. It’s how Kim Ligon felt when DCH Health System had a new CFO take the helm just as Meaningful Use was coming down the pike. But rather than panic, Ligon, who serves as CIO for the West Alabama-based system, reached out to her colleagues for help. What she found is that there is no better source than CIOs for issues like dealing with steering committees, prioritizing projects, and balancing the budget. In this interview, Ligon also talks about having to interface with physician offices that use different EMR systems, her role in developing a statewide HIE, when a project needs to be delayed, and why she believes nurses bear the biggest brunt of CPOE. CHIME, CHIME, Member-to-Member, Survey, DCH, Health, System, Kim, Ligon, LSS, Meditech, Meditech Anthony Guerra no no Cathy Crowley, CIO, Columbia Memorial Hospital, Chapter 2 http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/12/14/cathy-crowley-cio-columbia-memorial-hospital-chapter-2/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/12/14/cathy-crowley-cio-columbia-memorial-hospital-chapter-2/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:59:56 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=9458 Which software package wins urgent care? Acute or ambulatory? Health information exchange Reviewing and winning grants

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/12/14/cathy-crowley-cio-columbia-memorial-hospital-chapter-2/feed/ 0 0:18:46 For Cathy Crowley, the path that took her to the CIO position at Columbia Memorial Hospital wasn’t a typical one. It was the economic downturn that steered her away from consulting and into the temporary position that eventually became full-time, bu[...] For Cathy Crowley, the path that took her to the CIO position at Columbia Memorial Hospital wasn’t a typical one. It was the economic downturn that steered her away from consulting and into the temporary position that eventually became full-time, but it was her proficiency for implementations and multitasking that has kept her there. Crowley is leading the way as Columbia Memorial Hospital — a 192-bed acute care facility that includes a long-term care site and several practices — seeks to achieve interoperability despite having three different systems. In this interview, she discusses how her organization has been able to leverage government dollars, the challenges in working with community practices, and the importance of being able to navigate the hospital politics involved in vendor selection. Cathy, Crowley, Columbia, Memorial, Hospital, Podcast Anthony Guerra no no Robert Slepin, VP/CIO, John C. Lincoln Health Network, Chapter 1 http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/12/01/robert-slepin-vpcio-john-c-lincoln-health-network-chapter-1/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/12/01/robert-slepin-vpcio-john-c-lincoln-health-network-chapter-1/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:10:37 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=9366 Running Meditech/ChartLogic, Going Epic (go-live 2012) Cost/benefit of going with Epic Integrating the independents/HIE Managing resources, project prioritization

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/12/01/robert-slepin-vpcio-john-c-lincoln-health-network-chapter-1/feed/ 0 0:14:31 For Robert Slepin, health information technology has never been an end in its own right, but rather a tool that can be used to improve individual and population health. In this interview, Slepin discusses his organization’s goal of getting its hospi[...] For Robert Slepin, health information technology has never been an end in its own right, but rather a tool that can be used to improve individual and population health. In this interview, Slepin discusses his organization’s goal of getting its hospitals and physician network on Epic in 2012, best practices for disengaging with vendors, how disease management can help improve patient outcomes, and why ICD-10 should be postponed. He also talks about the importance of transparency within an organization, how to effectively delegate tasks, and why it’s okay to say, ‘I don’t know.’ HIE Anthony Guerra no no healthsystemCIO.com Survey Shows CIOs Frustrated With State Of HIE http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/11/23/healthsystemcio-com-survey-shows-cios-frustrated-with-state-of-hie/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/11/23/healthsystemcio-com-survey-shows-cios-frustrated-with-state-of-hie/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 13:57:55 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=9301 The vast majority (92 percent) of CIOs say local, state, regional and national HIE initiatives are duplicating efforts/work, according to the November healthsystemCIO.com SnapSurvey. As such, it’s not surprising more than 60 percent describe their state’s HIE situation as a “confused mess.” A large portion of the blame for such a state of affairs falls [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/11/23/healthsystemcio-com-survey-shows-cios-frustrated-with-state-of-hie/feed/ 0 CHIME, eHI Issue HIE Guide http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/11/16/chime-ehi-issue-hie-guide/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/11/16/chime-ehi-issue-hie-guide/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:28:29 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=9244 To help CIOs make complex decisions involving how to achieve HIE with other providers, CHIME and the eHealth Initiative have released, “The HIE Guide for CIOs.” The Web-based guide offers chapters on: • Assessing the local landscape for HIE • Considerations in forming an Enterprise Health Information Organization • Selecting an external Health Information Organization [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/11/16/chime-ehi-issue-hie-guide/feed/ 0 Barbara Riddell, VP/CIO, Atlantic General Hospital, Chapter 1 http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/11/09/barbara-riddell-vpcio-atlantic-general-hospital-chapter-1/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/11/09/barbara-riddell-vpcio-atlantic-general-hospital-chapter-1/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:14:17 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=9176 "How you manage a record for a population that's coming and going?" The importance of real, regional HIE Becoming an Allscripts (Eclipsys) inpatient shop Goldilocks governance —not too much, not too little Keeping RCM (Keane) in place

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/11/09/barbara-riddell-vpcio-atlantic-general-hospital-chapter-1/feed/ 0 0:19:30 Most CIOs have experienced a major change at one point in their careers. But they’re rarely as drastic as the transition Barbara Riddell made when she went from Tenet Health, a corporation that includes 49 acute care hospitals in 11 states, to Atlan[...] Most CIOs have experienced a major change at one point in their careers. But they’re rarely as drastic as the transition Barbara Riddell made when she went from Tenet Health, a corporation that includes 49 acute care hospitals in 11 states, to Atlantic General Hospital, a relatively small system with a patient output that fluctuates by season. And as Riddell has learned, a smaller organization does not necessarily mean less complexity. In this interview, she talks about having the right team in place to prepare for data exchange, how vendor agreements are like a marriage, and the added pressure that smaller organizations face in getting it right the first time. Allscripts, Atlantic, Ceneral, Hospital, Barbara, Riddell, Eclipsys, Keane, Podcast Anthony Guerra no no When Dissipation Hits Healthcare http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/10/31/when-dissipation-hits-healthcare/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/10/31/when-dissipation-hits-healthcare/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:11:23 +0000 Adam Gale http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=9079 I have to admit that hanging out with 500 of the best and brightest CIOs in the industry at the CHIME conference this week makes me feel like a kid in a candy store. Everywhere I turned there were great ideas about how the most challenging issues get solved, and speakers that turned everything I [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/10/31/when-dissipation-hits-healthcare/feed/ 0 Christopher Scanzera, CIO, AtlantiCare, Chapter 1 http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/10/27/christopher-scanzera-cio-atlanticare-chapter-1/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/10/27/christopher-scanzera-cio-atlanticare-chapter-1/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:36:23 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=9028 Cerner inpatient, McKesson Star patient financials eClinicalWorks in the physician practices WellLogic for HIE, physician portal, patient portal Moving from best of breed to best of cluster Attesting to Stage 1, thoughts on MU

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/10/27/christopher-scanzera-cio-atlanticare-chapter-1/feed/ 0 0:12:24 Christopher Scanzera hasn’t been a CIO for very long — in fact, the former consultant has only been on the hospital side for a year. But that's been enough time to develop a solid understanding of the key priorities for hospital-side IT leaders[...] Christopher Scanzera hasn’t been a CIO for very long — in fact, the former consultant has only been on the hospital side for a year. But that's been enough time to develop a solid understanding of the key priorities for hospital-side IT leaders. As CIO of AtlantiCare, a two-hospital system located in southeastern New Jersey, Scanzera is focused a number of key issues, from ensuring that his organization has the technology required to support accountable care, to establishing internal and external health information exchanges. In this interview, he talks about the challenges involved with having multiple vendors, what he expects will happen with personal health records, the advantages of have a consulting background, and why he prefers the term "integrated delivery" to "ACO". AtlantiCare, Cerner, Christopher, Scanzera, eClinicalWorks, McKesson, Podcast, WellLogic Anthony Guerra no no HIE Takes A Village http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/09/29/hie-takes-a-village/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/09/29/hie-takes-a-village/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:35:25 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=8848 Based on the mission of healthsystemCIO.com — to provide great content for hospital and health system chief information officers throughout the country — I naturally have a national view of the healthcare industry. But the view from your hospital is quite different, and quite local. Your ecosystem encompasses a particular metropolitan area or geographic region. [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/09/29/hie-takes-a-village/feed/ 0 David Bradshaw, Chief Information/Planning/Marketing Officer, Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, Chapter 2 http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/09/20/david-bradshaw-chief-informationplanningmarketing-officer-memorial-hermann-healthcare-system-chapter-2/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/09/20/david-bradshaw-chief-informationplanningmarketing-officer-memorial-hermann-healthcare-system-chapter-2/#comments Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:23:36 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=8728 The Memorial Herman Information Exchange DICOM Grid for image sharing The importance of disseminating IT success stories — "If you're not selling, you're dead" Project prioritization is everything Mastering the Apple — iPhones, iPads, etc. "It's a tsunami moving through our industry"

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/09/20/david-bradshaw-chief-informationplanningmarketing-officer-memorial-hermann-healthcare-system-chapter-2/feed/ 0 0:17:56 They say everything is bigger in Texas. But Memorial Hermann Healthcare—a system that certainly qualifies as ‘big’ with 11 hospitals and a large network of affiliated physicians and specialty programs—is trying to make healthcare better. One way the[...] They say everything is bigger in Texas. But Memorial Hermann Healthcare—a system that certainly qualifies as ‘big’ with 11 hospitals and a large network of affiliated physicians and specialty programs—is trying to make healthcare better. One way the organization looks to change the game is by offering different organizational models for physicians and letting them choose the option that best meets their needs. In this interview, David Bradshaw talks about the challenges he faces in establishing connectivity between the hospitals and the various groups of physicians who work with Memorial Hermann, managing an application environment that includes multiple vendors, working with fiercely independent physicians, wearing different management hats, and competing with big oil for IT talent. Apple, David, Bradshaw, iPad, iPhone, Memorial, Hermann, Healthcare, System, Podcast Anthony Guerra no no Ganguly Garners CHIME Award http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/09/15/ganguly-garners-chime-award/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/09/15/ganguly-garners-chime-award/#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 12:09:25 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=8692 Indranil “Neal” Ganguly, VP/CIO at CentraState Healthcare System in Freehold, NJ, has been selected to receive CHIME’s State Advocacy Award. Ganguly is being recognized for his involvement in CHIME StateNet and “his commitment to the growth and success of state-wide initiatives to further the advancement of health information exchange and health IT adoption,” according to [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/09/15/ganguly-garners-chime-award/feed/ 0 David Bradshaw, Chief Information/Planning/Marketing Officer, Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, Chapter 1 http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/09/12/david-bradshaw-chief-informationplanningmarketing-officer-memorial-hermann-healthcare-system-chapter-1/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/09/12/david-bradshaw-chief-informationplanningmarketing-officer-memorial-hermann-healthcare-system-chapter-1/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:18:14 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=8619 The application environment: Cerner Millennium, GE Centricity, (Allscripts, eClinicalWorks) The Memorial Herman Information Exchange Enterprise vs best of breed — Can you ever really get away from integration? Working with independent-minded docs in Texas

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/09/12/david-bradshaw-chief-informationplanningmarketing-officer-memorial-hermann-healthcare-system-chapter-1/feed/ 0 0:15:22 They say everything is bigger in Texas. But Memorial Hermann Healthcare—a system that certainly qualifies as ‘big’ with 11 hospitals and a large network of affiliated physicians and specialty programs—is trying to make healthcare better. One way the[...] They say everything is bigger in Texas. But Memorial Hermann Healthcare—a system that certainly qualifies as ‘big’ with 11 hospitals and a large network of affiliated physicians and specialty programs—is trying to make healthcare better. One way the organization looks to change the game is by offering different organizational models for physicians and letting them choose the option that best meets their needs. In this interview, David Bradshaw talks about the challenges he faces in establishing connectivity between the hospitals and the various groups of physicians who work with Memorial Hermann, managing an application environment that includes multiple vendors, working with fiercely independent physicians, wearing different management hats, and competing with big oil for IT talent. Allscripts, Cerner, Cerner, Millennium, David, Bradshaw, eClinicalWorks, GE, Centricity, GE, Healthcare, Memorial Anthony Guerra no no Patrick Neece, CIO, Jefferson Regional Medical Center, Chapter 2 http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/09/06/patrick-neece-cio-jefferson-regional-medical-center-chapter-2/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/09/06/patrick-neece-cio-jefferson-regional-medical-center-chapter-2/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 11:35:27 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=8515 Effects of the Eclipsys acquisition What it means to truly "partner" with a vendor iSirona for device connectivity Integrating with physician offices for HIE Tackling quality measures

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/09/06/patrick-neece-cio-jefferson-regional-medical-center-chapter-2/feed/ 0 0:14:00 As one of only 240 hospitals to have achieved HIMSS Analytics Stage 6 status, 471-bed Jefferson Regional Medical Center is in good company. For Patrick Neece, CIO of the Pine Bluff, Ark.-based facility, one of the keys to success has been working cl[...] As one of only 240 hospitals to have achieved HIMSS Analytics Stage 6 status, 471-bed Jefferson Regional Medical Center is in good company. For Patrick Neece, CIO of the Pine Bluff, Ark.-based facility, one of the keys to success has been working closely with physicians to deploy systems that accommodate their workflows — instead of putting in systems and then asking the users to change the way they practice. In this interview, Neece talks about Jefferson Regional’s progress in implementing advanced clinicals, why it was beneficial to get physicians on CPOE before HITECH forced their hands, and what it means to truly partner with a vendor. Allscripts, Eclipsys, iSirona, Jefferson, Regional, Medical, Center, Patrick, Neece, Podcast Anthony Guerra no no What A CIO Can Do When The Enterprise Vision Cracks http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/09/01/what-a-cio-can-do-when-the-enterprise-vision-cracks/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/09/01/what-a-cio-can-do-when-the-enterprise-vision-cracks/#comments Thu, 01 Sep 2011 12:57:48 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=8488 As soon as my foot met the kitchen tile, I knew exactly what was going on. After flicking on the light and casting my eyes skyward, I saw the drip, drip, drip coming from the ceiling that every homeowner dreads. It was sometime in the lightless hours between Saturday night and Sunday morning, during the [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/09/01/what-a-cio-can-do-when-the-enterprise-vision-cracks/feed/ 0 Rich Wheatly, CIO, Cape Regional Medical Center, Chapter 1 http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/08/24/rich-wheatly-cio-cape-regional-medical-center-chapter-1/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/08/24/rich-wheatly-cio-cape-regional-medical-center-chapter-1/#comments Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:20:50 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=8373 Actively acquiring physician practices A new Siemens Soarian customer Looking at NextGen on the practice side "Siemens is evaluating their ambulatory strategy" No Stark, but facilitating HIE connectivity for the independents

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/08/24/rich-wheatly-cio-cape-regional-medical-center-chapter-1/feed/ 0 0:16:02 A 242-bed acute care facility based in the beach town of Cape May, N.J., Cape Regional Medical Center serves a patient population that hovers under 100,000 during the off-season before swelling to more than one million during the summer. But for CIO[...] A 242-bed acute care facility based in the beach town of Cape May, N.J., Cape Regional Medical Center serves a patient population that hovers under 100,000 during the off-season before swelling to more than one million during the summer. But for CIO Rich Wheatly, the operational challenges associated with a fluctuating patient base pale in comparison to the complexity of New Jersey’s HIE environment, which is about as “clear as mud.” Throw in Cape Regional’s plans to bring on physician practices, the challenges of juggling different systems, and the Meaningful Use timelines, and it’s safe to say that Wheatly’s job is no vacation. In this interview, he discusses his plans to integrate physician practices with the inpatient Siemens Soarian system, the use of Allscripts in the ED, his thoughts on the merits and weaknesses of Meaningful Use, and how he docked in Cape May. HIE Anthony Guerra no no George Evans VP/CIO, St. Joseph’s/Candler Health System, Discusses His CHIME Survey on Building An Informatics Staff, Chapter 2 http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/08/17/george-evans-vpcio-st-joseph%e2%80%99scandler-health-system-discusses-his-chime-survey-on-building-an-informatics-staff-chapter-2/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/08/17/george-evans-vpcio-st-joseph%e2%80%99scandler-health-system-discusses-his-chime-survey-on-building-an-informatics-staff-chapter-2/#comments Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:24:55 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=8278 *Core competencies for clinical informatics staff — nursing is king *"Anybody who understands how patients get taken care of can be a good informaticist" *Finding the (salary) range *About St. Joseph’s/Candler Health System *Running a Meditech Magic 5.64 shop

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/08/17/george-evans-vpcio-st-joseph%e2%80%99scandler-health-system-discusses-his-chime-survey-on-building-an-informatics-staff-chapter-2/feed/ 0 0:22:43 It’s a problem many CIOs know all too well. As the pressures mount to meet Meaningful Use requirements, they’re finding resources are already stretched thin, and the supply of individuals with both clinical and technical expertise dangerously low. G[...] It’s a problem many CIOs know all too well. As the pressures mount to meet Meaningful Use requirements, they’re finding resources are already stretched thin, and the supply of individuals with both clinical and technical expertise dangerously low. George Evans wanted to know how his colleagues were facing the challenge of too many high-priority tasks, too little IT talent, so he put out a survey that garnered some interesting results. In this interview, Evans reveals what he learned about how organizations are building out their clinical informatics staffs, the qualities that are most valued in staffers, and why internal poaching isn’t always a bad thing. He also discusses the application environment at St. Joseph’s/Candler, and where his organization stands in its quest for Meaningful Use. HIE Anthony Guerra no no Heath Bell, CIO, KishHealth System, Chapter 2 http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/08/15/heath-bell-cio-kishhealth-system-chapter-2/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/08/15/heath-bell-cio-kishhealth-system-chapter-2/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2011 14:17:00 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=8239 *Developing an HIE strategy, Medicity at the core *Dealing with the specialists (the oncology exception) *Measuring up to Meaningful Use (going for S1 in 2012) *"I think some of the timelines for the smaller facilities are going to be a challenge … ultimately, it should shift a little bit" *Meditech comes through

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/08/15/heath-bell-cio-kishhealth-system-chapter-2/feed/ 0 0:14:44 There is a growing sentiment that when the Meaningful Use criteria were established, small organizations—which are often short on resources—were not the top priority. Even forward-thinking organizations like KishHealth, an Illinois-based health syst[...] There is a growing sentiment that when the Meaningful Use criteria were established, small organizations—which are often short on resources—were not the top priority. Even forward-thinking organizations like KishHealth, an Illinois-based health system that has been running an EMR for more than a decade, are spinning their wheels to meet the requirements. But CIO Heath Bell hasn’t let that hamper his plans. In fact, he has big dreams for his (relatively) small organization that include consolidating from three EMR systems to one, facilitating data sharing both within and outside the health system, entering the realm of owned physician practices, and of course, meeting those Meaningful Use requirements. HIE Anthony Guerra no no Jackie Lucas, VP/CIO, Baptist Healthcare System, Chapter 2 http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/07/27/jackie-lucas-vpcio-baptist-healthcare-system-chapter-2/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/07/27/jackie-lucas-vpcio-baptist-healthcare-system-chapter-2/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2011 14:15:24 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=8049 *Thoughts on Meaningful Use *"I wish CMS had taken a more holistic approach" *The cart has come before the horse *MU dictates strategy — "But what happened? We had a plan" *Allscripts Enterprise EHR and PM in the owned practices

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/07/27/jackie-lucas-vpcio-baptist-healthcare-system-chapter-2/feed/ 0 0:23:32 Like many CIOs, Jackie Lucas believes Meaningful Use is the right thing to do because it’s moving the industry forward. But she also believes the planning and execution of such a major initiative left something to be desired. Lucas would have liked [...] Like many CIOs, Jackie Lucas believes Meaningful Use is the right thing to do because it’s moving the industry forward. But she also believes the planning and execution of such a major initiative left something to be desired. Lucas would have liked to see a more holistic, layered approach to health IT that addressed workflow concerns — something more like the deliberate strategy that she has tried to implement at Baptist Healthcare. In this interview, Lucas talks about the challenges community hospitals face in adopting CPOE and meeting quality measures, the experiences she has had in maintaining multiple vendor partnerships, and what healthcare CIOs can learn from other industries. HIE, Integration/Interfacing Anthony Guerra no no KLAS Report Highlights Public HIE Challenges http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/07/08/klas-report-highlights-public-hie-challenges/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/07/08/klas-report-highlights-public-hie-challenges/#comments Fri, 08 Jul 2011 12:27:35 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=7918 Likely due to issues around governance and funding, growth in private HIEs has far outstripped that in public exchanges, according to a new KLAS report, Health Information Exchanges: Rapid Growth in an Evolving Market. Since 2010, the number of live public HIEs rose from 37 to 67, while the number of live private HIEs mushroomed [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/07/08/klas-report-highlights-public-hie-challenges/feed/ 0 Steven Riney, VP/CIO, Methodist Medical Center of Illinois, Chapter 2 http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/06/28/steven-riney-vpcio-methodist-medical-center-of-illinois-chapter-2/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/06/28/steven-riney-vpcio-methodist-medical-center-of-illinois-chapter-2/#comments Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:42:12 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=7815 *About Methodist Medical Center *The application mix (McKesson Horizon inpatient & ambulatory care) *Going from 7.6 to 10.3.1 *"As we look to 10.3, there is much improved integration" *Specialist pushback: "Cardiology is probably the key area"

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/06/28/steven-riney-vpcio-methodist-medical-center-of-illinois-chapter-2/feed/ 0 0:15:22 One of the biggest pain points for CIOs—at large health systems, community hospitals, and everywhere in between—has been positioning themselves as Accountable Care Organizations. The ultimate goal of aligning the patient, provider, and insurance car[...] One of the biggest pain points for CIOs—at large health systems, community hospitals, and everywhere in between—has been positioning themselves as Accountable Care Organizations. The ultimate goal of aligning the patient, provider, and insurance carrier to provide quality care at a low cost is not an easy one, especially when factoring in Meaningful Use, ICD-10, and other top priorities. To help provide some guidance, a number of leaders—including Steven Riney, CIO of Methodist Medical Center of Illinois—collaborated with Premier to develop a multi-phased ACO roadmap. In this interview, Riney talks about what it takes to make the ACO transformation, how Meaningful Use has challenged vendors as well as healthcare organizations, and how Methodist worked with their vendor to tailor a system that accommodates the needs of different specialties. HIE Anthony Guerra no no David Miller, Vice Chancellor/CIO, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Chapter 3 http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/06/13/david-miller-vice-chancellorcio-university-of-arkansas-for-medical-sciences-chapter-3/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/06/13/david-miller-vice-chancellorcio-university-of-arkansas-for-medical-sciences-chapter-3/#comments Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:26:26 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=7684 *Working toward MU while (possibly) changing application horses mid-stream *Reflecting on the ACO NPRM *MU, ACO & ICD-10 "are all means towards the same end — population management" *The state of state HIEs *ICD-10 — "If you've got homegrown apps, it's just going to be a nightmare"

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/06/13/david-miller-vice-chancellorcio-university-of-arkansas-for-medical-sciences-chapter-3/feed/ 0 0:17:42 When it comes to research, academic medical centers are second to none. But when it comes to interoperability, there is often room for improvement, and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is no exception. As incoming CIO Dave Miller trie[...] When it comes to research, academic medical centers are second to none. But when it comes to interoperability, there is often room for improvement, and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is no exception. As incoming CIO Dave Miller tries to position the organization for Meaningful Use, he is faced with a host of challenges, including EMR systems that don’t speak to each other, systems that enable clinicians only to view records, and — like many academic systems — funding that exists in silos. In this interview, Miller discusses how he plans to use his experience, both in the clinical and vendor worlds, to transition the organization from a best-of-breed shop to an enterprise system, what it will take to become an accountable care organization, and the importance of being able to put on the salesperson's hat. ACOs, HIE, ICD-10 Anthony Guerra no no Ken Gilles, CIO, West Region, and Associate Corporate CIO, Essentia Health, Chapter 3 http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/05/25/ken-gilles-cio-west-region-and-associate-corporate-cio-essentia-health-chapter-3/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/05/25/ken-gilles-cio-west-region-and-associate-corporate-cio-essentia-health-chapter-3/#comments Wed, 25 May 2011 13:19:24 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=7523 *ICD-10 *The importance of proper governance *CHIME StateNet *Work/life balance — "I'll just say this … it's out of whack right now"

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/05/25/ken-gilles-cio-west-region-and-associate-corporate-cio-essentia-health-chapter-3/feed/ 0 0:10:45 Last summer, the 17-hospital Essentia Health system began a transition in which the operations of several organizations - including SMDC Health System, Brainerd Lakes Health, Innovis Health - were combined under one roof. For Innovis CIO Ken Gilles,[...] Last summer, the 17-hospital Essentia Health system began a transition in which the operations of several organizations - including SMDC Health System, Brainerd Lakes Health, Innovis Health - were combined under one roof. For Innovis CIO Ken Gilles, it meant relinquishing some of the decision-making to Dennis Dassenko, Essentia’s CIO, which was just fine by him. Gilles believes that the new position will enable him to expand his current role while taking on some corporate-level responsibilities, particularly as Essentia rolls out the Epic EMR system-wide. In this interview, Gilles talks about how he is managing the transition, the importance of physician buy-in, the challenges of a geographically disparate health system, and how government initiatives are impacting his organization’s IT strategy. Governance, HIE, ICD-10 Anthony Guerra no no IOM Cites Patient ID As Challenge http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/05/24/iom-cites-patient-id-as-challenge/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/05/24/iom-cites-patient-id-as-challenge/#comments Tue, 24 May 2011 11:40:55 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=7498 A new report from the Institute of Medicine identifies the most important principles that should guide the establishment of a digital infrastructure “that will support a learning health system at the national level.” Areas identified for further analysis included the potential health and economic returns associated with IT, consensus on standards and quality measures, and [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/05/24/iom-cites-patient-id-as-challenge/feed/ 0 Jim Burton, SVP/CIO, East Jefferson General Hospital, Transcript/Podcast, Chapter 2 http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/05/11/jim-burton-svpcio-east-jefferson-general-hospital-transcriptpodcast-chapter-2/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/05/11/jim-burton-svpcio-east-jefferson-general-hospital-transcriptpodcast-chapter-2/#comments Wed, 11 May 2011 16:15:02 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=7329 *East Jefferson's ambulatory strategy, featuring Stark *Cerner's Healthe Hub *Measuring up to Meaningful Use *Fostering CPOE — "Nine months ago, it would have been an impossibility" *Wireless power, tablets, going Beta with Apple devices

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/05/11/jim-burton-svpcio-east-jefferson-general-hospital-transcriptpodcast-chapter-2/feed/ 0 0:14:53 Like many organizations located near New Orleans, East Jefferson General Hospital faced an enormous test five years ago when Hurricane Katrina ripped through the area. Thanks to a dedicated staff, the 450-bed hospital was able to remain open through[...] Like many organizations located near New Orleans, East Jefferson General Hospital faced an enormous test five years ago when Hurricane Katrina ripped through the area. Thanks to a dedicated staff, the 450-bed hospital was able to remain open throughout the ordeal, so it made sense that Jim Burton’s first priority as CIO was to ensure that in the event of another disaster, patient records would always be available. Now, Burton is taking it a step further and working to create an environment in which data isn’t just available; it’s robust and useful for clinicians. CPOE, HIE, Wireless Anthony Guerra no no Reading The HIE Tea Leaves http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/05/05/reading-the-hie-tea-leaves/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/05/05/reading-the-hie-tea-leaves/#comments Thu, 05 May 2011 14:04:31 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=8327 While most advice on executive conduct focuses on leadership, equally important is the ability to skillfully follow. Internally, you lead the IT department and increasingly – with the growing integration of technology into every aspect of clinical and administrative processes – the organization. Externally, you must follow and comply with federal, state and local laws, [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/05/05/reading-the-hie-tea-leaves/feed/ 0 The Petitio Principii of ACOs http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/05/04/the-petitio-principii-of-aco%e2%80%99s/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/05/04/the-petitio-principii-of-aco%e2%80%99s/#comments Wed, 04 May 2011 15:18:31 +0000 dmmorreale http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=7232 The serious lack of infrastructure to support an expansive and meaningful ACO strategy is missing from the healthcare technology toolkit. Some may view this as a non critical issue but with so many organizations engaged in some form of ACO activity, we have to ask, “Have we begged the question?” It seems to me we [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/05/04/the-petitio-principii-of-aco%e2%80%99s/feed/ 1 State CIOs Release Information Exchange Guide http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/05/02/state-cios-release-information-exchange-guide/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/05/02/state-cios-release-information-exchange-guide/#comments Mon, 02 May 2011 12:19:09 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=7196 The National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) has released, “A Call to Action: Information Exchange Strategies for Effective State Government.” The document describes the National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) — a broad range of products and capabilities for planning and implementing enterprise-wide information exchanges. “Government effectiveness and citizen-centric government services require effective cross [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/05/02/state-cios-release-information-exchange-guide/feed/ 0 Phil Fasano, EVP/CIO, Kaiser Permanente, Transcript/Podcast Chapter 1 http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/04/21/phil-fasano-evpcio-kaiser-permanente-transcriptpodcast-chapter-1/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/04/21/phil-fasano-evpcio-kaiser-permanente-transcriptpodcast-chapter-1/#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2011 12:42:28 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=7043 *Kaiser, Mayo, Geisinger, Intermountain & Group Health form the Care Connectivity Consortium *What is the Holy Grail of health information exchange? *The state of standards *Cracking the sustainability code on cross-organizational HIE

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/04/21/phil-fasano-evpcio-kaiser-permanente-transcriptpodcast-chapter-1/feed/ 0 0:14:29 Earlier this month, five organizations launched the Care Connectivity Consortium to facilitate the secure exchange of electronic data in real-time at facilities across the country. The vision, according to Kaiser Permanente EVP and CIO Phil Fasano, [...] Earlier this month, five organizations launched the Care Connectivity Consortium to facilitate the secure exchange of electronic data in real-time at facilities across the country. The vision, according to Kaiser Permanente EVP and CIO Phil Fasano, is for providers to have all of a patient’s information at his or her fingertips during the encounter. But before that vision can be realized, there are a few key questions that need to be answered, primarily in terms of reimbursement and standardization. In this interview, Fasano talks about how the nation’s largest non-for-profit health plan and care provider plans to deal with the reimbursement issue, how it is preparing for Meaningful Use, how it handles budgeting and project prioritization, and why data sharing is so important. HIE, Standards Anthony Guerra no no Dave Kempson, VP/CIO, Maricopa Integrated Health System, Transcript/Podcast, Chapter 2 http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/04/20/dave-kempson-vpcio-maricopa-integrated-health-system-transcriptpodcast-chapter-2/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/04/20/dave-kempson-vpcio-maricopa-integrated-health-system-transcriptpodcast-chapter-2/#comments Wed, 20 Apr 2011 11:36:29 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=7025 Dave Kempson took over as CIO at Maricopa Integrated Health System in Phoenix, Ariz., at a very interesting time — not only was Maricopa transitioning away from being a county-owned facility, but the IS department was in need of a major overhaul. Kempson and his team were tasked with creating a truly integrated system, and [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/04/20/dave-kempson-vpcio-maricopa-integrated-health-system-transcriptpodcast-chapter-2/feed/ 0 0:17:41 Dave Kempson took over as CIO at Maricopa Integrated Health System in Phoenix, Ariz., at a very interesting time — not only was Maricopa transitioning away from being a county-owned facility, but the IS department was in need of a major overhaul. Ke[...] Dave Kempson took over as CIO at Maricopa Integrated Health System in Phoenix, Ariz., at a very interesting time — not only was Maricopa transitioning away from being a county-owned facility, but the IS department was in need of a major overhaul. Kempson and his team were tasked with creating a truly integrated system, and because Maricopa had experienced IT failures in the past, the pressure was on to deliver the goods. What Kempson learned is the vendor many peg as the most expensive might be the best bet in the long term, that Rome was not built in a day — or even in one phase — and that for government organizations, the vendor selection process can be more complicated. ACOs, HIE Anthony Guerra no no Tim Moore, SVP/CIO, Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, Transcript/Podcast Chapter 3 http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/03/31/tim-moore-svpcio-hoag-memorial-hospital-presbyterian-transcriptpodcast-chapter-3/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/03/31/tim-moore-svpcio-hoag-memorial-hospital-presbyterian-transcriptpodcast-chapter-3/#comments Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:41:48 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=6841 It was going to take a lot to draw Tim Moore back into the workforce. That’s because Moore had been there, done that. He’d found success in all his career endeavors, made some money and bought some houses (a few in sunny Mexico). But one day Moore got an offer even he couldn’t refuse. That [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/03/31/tim-moore-svpcio-hoag-memorial-hospital-presbyterian-transcriptpodcast-chapter-3/feed/ 0 0:21:07 It was going to take a lot to draw Tim Moore back into the workforce. That’s because Moore had been there, done that. He'd found success in all his career endeavors, made some money and bought some houses (a few in sunny Mexico). But one day Mo[...] It was going to take a lot to draw Tim Moore back into the workforce. That’s because Moore had been there, done that. He'd found success in all his career endeavors, made some money and bought some houses (a few in sunny Mexico). But one day Moore got an offer even he couldn't refuse. That offer came from Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, and Moore couldn't refuse it because, in it, he saw a unique opportunity to improve the healthcare of an entire community, an opportunity that "very, very, very few other places" could offer. To learn more about Moore's work, along with the laws he's developed along the way, healthsystemCIO.com editor Anthony Guerra caught up with the California-based CIO. CPOE, HIE Anthony Guerra no no Two HIEs Are One Too Many http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/03/24/two-hies-are-one-too-many/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/03/24/two-hies-are-one-too-many/#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:52:19 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=6775 According to Wikipedia, Health information exchange (HIE) is defined as the mobilization of healthcare information electronically across organizations within a region, community or hospital system. HIE provides the capability to electronically move clinical information among disparate health care information systems while maintaining the meaning of the information being exchanged. That seems really straight forward, at least to [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/03/24/two-hies-are-one-too-many/feed/ 2 Tim Moore, SVP/CIO, Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, Transcript/Podcast Chapter 2 http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/03/21/tim-moore-svpcio-hoag-memorial-hospital-presbyterian-transcriptpodcast-chapter-2/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/03/21/tim-moore-svpcio-hoag-memorial-hospital-presbyterian-transcriptpodcast-chapter-2/#comments Mon, 21 Mar 2011 13:46:56 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=6680 It was going to take a lot to draw Tim Moore back into the workforce. That’s because Moore had been there, done that. He’d found success in all his career endeavors, made some money and bought some houses (a few in sunny Mexico). But one day Moore got an offer even he couldn’t refuse. That [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/03/21/tim-moore-svpcio-hoag-memorial-hospital-presbyterian-transcriptpodcast-chapter-2/feed/ 0 0:20:19 It was going to take a lot to draw Tim Moore back into the workforce. That’s because Moore had been there, done that. He'd found success in all his career endeavors, made some money and bought some houses (a few in sunny Mexico). But one day Mo[...] It was going to take a lot to draw Tim Moore back into the workforce. That’s because Moore had been there, done that. He'd found success in all his career endeavors, made some money and bought some houses (a few in sunny Mexico). But one day Moore got an offer even he couldn't refuse. That offer came from Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, and Moore couldn't refuse it because, in it, he saw a unique opportunity to improve the healthcare of an entire community, an opportunity that "very, very, very few other places" could offer. To learn more about Moore's work, along with the laws he's developed along the way, healthsystemCIO.com editor Anthony Guerra caught up with the California-based CIO. HIE, Privacy/Security Anthony Guerra no no Tim Moore, SVP/CIO, Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, Transcript/Podcast Chapter 1 http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/03/15/tim-moore-svpcio-hoag-memorial-hospital-presbyterian-transcriptpodcast-chapter-1/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/03/15/tim-moore-svpcio-hoag-memorial-hospital-presbyterian-transcriptpodcast-chapter-1/#comments Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:44:25 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=6623 It was going to take a lot to draw Tim Moore back into the workforce. That’s because Moore had been there, done that. He’d found success in all his career endeavors, made some money and bought some houses (a few in sunny Mexico). But one day Moore got an offer even he couldn’t refuse. That [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/03/15/tim-moore-svpcio-hoag-memorial-hospital-presbyterian-transcriptpodcast-chapter-1/feed/ 0 0:20:50 It was going to take a lot to draw Tim Moore back into the workforce. That’s because Moore had been there, done that. He'd found success in all his career endeavors, made some money and bought some houses (a few in sunny Mexico). But one day Mo[...] It was going to take a lot to draw Tim Moore back into the workforce. That’s because Moore had been there, done that. He'd found success in all his career endeavors, made some money and bought some houses (a few in sunny Mexico). But one day Moore got an offer even he couldn't refuse. That offer came from Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, and Moore couldn't refuse it because, in it, he saw a unique opportunity to improve the healthcare of an entire community, an opportunity that "very, very, very few other places" could offer. To learn more about Moore's work, along with the laws he's developed along the way, healthsystemCIO.com editor Anthony Guerra caught up with the California-based CIO. HIE Anthony Guerra no no CHIME Releases REC & HIE Operating Principles http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/02/22/chime-releases-rec-hie-operating-principles/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/02/22/chime-releases-rec-hie-operating-principles/#comments Tue, 22 Feb 2011 12:04:26 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=6375 CHIME StateNet is releasing foundational operating guidelines for RECs and HIEs. Both sets of principles have been presented to ONC, “which has been receptive to the recommendations,” according to CHIME. Some of CHIME StateNet’s recommendations for HIEs include: Adoption of best practice models with common themes across states – patient identification, provider directories, consent management, [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/02/22/chime-releases-rec-hie-operating-principles/feed/ 0 The Dash to ACOs Is Headed For a Brick Wall http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/02/04/the-dash-to-aco%e2%80%99s-is-going-to-hit-the-proverbial-brick-wall/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/02/04/the-dash-to-aco%e2%80%99s-is-going-to-hit-the-proverbial-brick-wall/#comments Fri, 04 Feb 2011 17:53:40 +0000 dmmorreale http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=6169 Federal health care reform has generated immense interest in Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). In theory, improved quality and reduced cost will be gleaned by bundled payment of a health system and the physician. To attain this, however, and to improve quality and reduce cost, there will have to be good communication and a strong relationship, [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/02/04/the-dash-to-aco%e2%80%99s-is-going-to-hit-the-proverbial-brick-wall/feed/ 0 Learning to Navigate the HIT World http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/01/31/learning-to-navigate-the-hit-world/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/01/31/learning-to-navigate-the-hit-world/#comments Tue, 01 Feb 2011 04:17:27 +0000 Bonnie Siegel http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=6057 The world of healthcare IT is ever evolving and changing.  It is hard to explain the many acronyms and terminology to people who are not in healthcare IT.  With rapid changes and new government programs, we may all fall behind in our knowledge.  To the rescue comes the HIMSS11 – Healthcare IT Conference and Exhibition [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/01/31/learning-to-navigate-the-hit-world/feed/ 0 Chad Brisendine, VP & CIO, St Luke’s Hospital & Health Network, Discusses His CHIME Survey Results, Podcast Chapter 3 http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/01/26/chad-brisendine-vp-cio-st-lukes-hospital-health-network-discusses-his-chime-survey-results-podcast-chapter-3/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/01/26/chad-brisendine-vp-cio-st-lukes-hospital-health-network-discusses-his-chime-survey-results-podcast-chapter-3/#comments Wed, 26 Jan 2011 18:16:42 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=6008 Every line of work, every executive position, has its most difficult and impressive feats. Among CIOs, perhaps none is more daunting than the EMR implementation do-over. But that’s just want Chad Brisendine and St. Luke’s will be attempting when they give their ambulatory EMR rollout for employed docs another go. The first time around, those [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/01/26/chad-brisendine-vp-cio-st-lukes-hospital-health-network-discusses-his-chime-survey-results-podcast-chapter-3/feed/ 0 0:13:50 Every line of work, every executive position, has its most difficult and impressive feats. Among CIOs, perhaps none is more daunting than the EMR implementation do-over. But that's just want Chad Brisendine and St. Luke's will be attempting when the[...] Every line of work, every executive position, has its most difficult and impressive feats. Among CIOs, perhaps none is more daunting than the EMR implementation do-over. But that's just want Chad Brisendine and St. Luke's will be attempting when they give their ambulatory EMR rollout for employed docs another go. The first time around, those docs were less than enamored with the functionality and, after some study, the organization deemed it couldn't suffer the attendant loss of productivity (as in cash flow). But the next time around, lessons learned will make the outcome quite different, he says. To learn more about St Luke's new ambulatory EMR strategy — and to discuss the CHIME Member to Member survey that will help Brisendine inform his Meaningful Use-related vendor contracting — healthsystemCIO.com editor Anthony Guerra recently chatted with the Bethlehem, Pa.-based CIO. (Scroll down for the survey data) Construction/Renovation, HIE Anthony Guerra no no Denis Baker, VP & CIO, Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Podcast Chapter 2 http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/01/26/denis-baker-vp-cio-sarasota-memorial-hospital-podcast-chapter-2/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/01/26/denis-baker-vp-cio-sarasota-memorial-hospital-podcast-chapter-2/#comments Wed, 26 Jan 2011 17:10:03 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=6002   After 16 years in the healthcare IT department at Sarasota Memorial Hospital, if Denis Baker hasn’t seen it all, he sure has seen most of it. But the pace of change in healthcare is forcing even Baker to read some teas leaves, especially around Accountable Care Organizations. Specifically Baker, and all CIOs in the [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/01/26/denis-baker-vp-cio-sarasota-memorial-hospital-podcast-chapter-2/feed/ 0 0:18:57 After 16 years in the healthcare IT department at Sarasota Memorial Hospital, if Denis Baker hasn’t seen it all, he sure has seen most of it. But the pace of change in healthcare is forcing even Baker to read some teas leaves, especially around Acco[...] After 16 years in the healthcare IT department at Sarasota Memorial Hospital, if Denis Baker hasn’t seen it all, he sure has seen most of it. But the pace of change in healthcare is forcing even Baker to read some teas leaves, especially around Accountable Care Organizations. Specifically Baker, and all CIOs in the industry, must first figure out what ACOs will look like, then envision the IT required to support them. After that, it's time to formulate a strategic roadmap that will allow organizations to "skate to where the puck is going." To learn more about his plans around ACOs, meeting Meaningful Use, and partnering with vendors to help achieve it all, healthsystemCIO.com editor Anthony Guerra recently chatted with the Florida-based executive. HIE Anthony Guerra no no CHIMErs Talk Turkey at ONC Hearing http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/01/12/chimers-talk-turkey-at-onc-hearing/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/01/12/chimers-talk-turkey-at-onc-hearing/#comments Wed, 12 Jan 2011 13:20:01 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=5865 Five CHIME members testified before an ONC committee on the challenges organizations face when trying to meet the Meaningful Use requirements. Joanne Sunquist, CIO at 440-bed Hennepin County Medical Center, a safety net teaching hospital in Minneapolis, said: “Creating the reports for eligible hospital MU objectives and quality measures has become an onerous, difficult and time-consuming process. This is in spite of the fact that we are working closely with our certified vendor who has provided certified reports."

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/01/12/chimers-talk-turkey-at-onc-hearing/feed/ 0 Doug Abel, CIO, Anne Arundel Health System, Podcast Chapter 2 http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/01/11/doug-abel-cio-anne-arundel-health-system-podcast-chapter-2/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/01/11/doug-abel-cio-anne-arundel-health-system-podcast-chapter-2/#comments Tue, 11 Jan 2011 14:18:55 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=5855 It’s been written by some that the key to EMR success lies not with the vendor, but the provider. Switch out the vendor, they say, and the result will likely be the same. Doug Abel, CIO, Anne Arundel Health System, is not of that opinion. According to Abel — who has had significant experience with [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/01/11/doug-abel-cio-anne-arundel-health-system-podcast-chapter-2/feed/ 0 0:13:35 It's been written by some that the key to EMR success lies not with the vendor, but the provider. Switch out the vendor, they say, and the result will likely be the same. It's been written by some that the key to EMR success lies not with the vendor, but the provider. Switch out the vendor, they say, and the result will likely be the same. Doug Abel, CIO, Anne Arundel Health System, is not of that opinion. According to Abel — who has had significant experience with three of the big seven inpatient EMR vendors, including working at Cerner for almost eight years — all vendors are not created equal. To learn more about how the big seven measure up, along with Anne Arundel's march toward Meaningful Use, healthsystemCIO.com editor Anthony Guerra recent caught up with the Maryland-based CIO. Governance, HIE Anthony Guerra no no Beth Fredette, CIO, The Children’s Medical Center of Dayton, Podcast Chapter 2 http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/12/28/beth-fredette-cio-the-childrens-medical-center-of-dayton-podcast-chapter-2/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/12/28/beth-fredette-cio-the-childrens-medical-center-of-dayton-podcast-chapter-2/#comments Tue, 28 Dec 2010 13:00:43 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=5728 Long before HITECH made its way into a bill that aimed to save the country from economic collapse, Children’s Medical Center of Dayton was on its road toward advanced clincials. And for a partner, it chose Epic. With less than 200 beds, the organization took advantage of the dispensation that vendor affords pediatric hospitals, and [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/12/28/beth-fredette-cio-the-childrens-medical-center-of-dayton-podcast-chapter-2/feed/ 0 0:14:23 Long before HITECH made its way into a bill that aimed to save the country from economic collapse, Children's Medical Center of Dayton was on its road toward advanced clincials. Long before HITECH made its way into a bill that aimed to save the country from economic collapse, Children's Medical Center of Dayton was on its road toward advanced clincials. And for a partner, it chose Epic. With less than 200 beds, the organization took advantage of the dispensation that vendor affords pediatric hospitals, and today considers the decision a wise one. To learn more about why CIO Beth Fredette considers Epic such a great partner, healthsystemCIO.com editor Anthony Guerra recently chatted with the Ohio-based executive. HIE Anthony Guerra no no Stage 2 Sausage Enters Rulemaking Grinder http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/12/15/stage-2-sausage-enters-rulemaking-grinder/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/12/15/stage-2-sausage-enters-rulemaking-grinder/#comments Wed, 15 Dec 2010 16:50:11 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=5629 HITECH's Meaningful Use Stage 2 requirements started their year-plus journey through federal advisory committees, regulation writers, public comment and countless revisions after a draft set of recommendations were floated for discussion at this month's HIT Policy Committee meeting. Outlined by Paul Tang, M.D., vice chair of the committee and chair of its Meaningful Use Workgroup, the measures generally seek to increase thresholds established in Stage 1 as they climb to a Stage 3 apex.

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/12/15/stage-2-sausage-enters-rulemaking-grinder/feed/ 0 PODCAST: One-on-One w/Heartland Health CIO Helen Thompson, Chapter 3 http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/12/14/podcast-one-on-one-wheartland-health-cio-helen-thompson-chapter-3/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/12/14/podcast-one-on-one-wheartland-health-cio-helen-thompson-chapter-3/#comments Tue, 14 Dec 2010 16:21:12 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=5616 All organizations need a mission against which choices can be made. At Heartland Health, that mission is simply to provide the best patient care. So when it’s time for HIE work — the moment competitive juices can douse collaborative goals — referring to that mission can make choosing a course much easier. At Heartland, collaboration [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/12/14/podcast-one-on-one-wheartland-health-cio-helen-thompson-chapter-3/feed/ 0 0:11:42 All organizations need a mission against which choices can be made. At Heartland Health, that mission is simply to provide the best patient care. So when it's time for HIE work — the moment competitive juices can douse collaborative goals — referrin[...] All organizations need a mission against which choices can be made. At Heartland Health, that mission is simply to provide the best patient care. So when it's time for HIE work — the moment competitive juices can douse collaborative goals — referring to that mission can make choosing a course much easier. At Heartland, collaboration has meant sharing information with its most fierce competition for the good of patients. What's more, the organization also feels it's solved the HIE revenue riddle, something many are struggling with. To learn about these issues, and so much more, healthsystemCIO.com editor Anthony Guerra recently caught up with CIO Helen Thompson. CPOE, Dictation/Transcription, HIE Anthony Guerra no no PODCAST: One-on-One w/Trinitas Regional Medical Center VP of IT & CIO Judy Comitto, Chapter 4 http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/12/07/podcast-one-on-one-wtrinitas-regional-medical-center-vp-of-it-cio-judy-comitto-chapter-4/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/12/07/podcast-one-on-one-wtrinitas-regional-medical-center-vp-of-it-cio-judy-comitto-chapter-4/#comments Tue, 07 Dec 2010 15:54:32 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=5575 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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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/12/07/podcast-one-on-one-wtrinitas-regional-medical-center-vp-of-it-cio-judy-comitto-chapter-4/feed/ 0 0:17:39 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 [...] 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 with Eclipsys at the core. Two years ago, Trinitas dove into the advanced clinicals end of the pool, and now sees 72 percent of its orders entered electronically. To learn more about the organizations decade-long march toward automation, healthsystemCIO.com editor Anthony Guerra recently caught up with his fellow New Jerseyian. HIE, Privacy/Security Anthony Guerra no no Aetna Gets Medicity for Christmas http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/12/07/aetna-gets-medicity-for-christmas/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/12/07/aetna-gets-medicity-for-christmas/#comments Tue, 07 Dec 2010 14:04:28 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=5566 Aetna is acquiring Medicity for approximately $500 million. The company will operate as a separate business within Aetna under its existing leadership structure. According to a release, Medicity’s HIE technology “reaches more than 760 hospitals, 125,000 physician users and 250,000 end users.”

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/12/07/aetna-gets-medicity-for-christmas/feed/ 0 How Private and Secure is Protected Health Information? http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/12/04/how-private-and-secure-is-protected-health-information-phi/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/12/04/how-private-and-secure-is-protected-health-information-phi/#comments Sat, 04 Dec 2010 17:44:02 +0000 Gerry Higgins http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=5553 There was a very interesting meeting yesterday, “The Personal Health Record (PHR) Roundtable”, organized by the Office of the National Coordinator for Healthcare Information Technology (ONCHIT).  Some of the more enlightening discussions took place in the afternoon sessions, focusing on security, privacy and standards.  Josh Lemieux, Director of Personal Health Technology, Markle Foundation and Dr. Matthew [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/12/04/how-private-and-secure-is-protected-health-information-phi/feed/ 0 PODCAST: One-on-One w/Cindy Peterson, VP & CIO, Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital, Chapter 3 http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/12/02/podcast-one-on-one-wcindy-peterson-vp-cio-henry-mayo-newhall-memorial-hospital-chapter-3/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/12/02/podcast-one-on-one-wcindy-peterson-vp-cio-henry-mayo-newhall-memorial-hospital-chapter-3/#comments Thu, 02 Dec 2010 15:09:53 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=5531 For the last five years, it’s been full speed ahead for the IT team at Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital. Under the leadership of Cindy Peterson, that “full speed” has included implementing dozens of applications from the organization’s core clinical vendor — Meditech — along with many of the ancillary technologies that give CPOE a [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/12/02/podcast-one-on-one-wcindy-peterson-vp-cio-henry-mayo-newhall-memorial-hospital-chapter-3/feed/ 0 0:17:10 For the last five years, it's been full speed ahead for the IT team at Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital. Under the leadership of Cindy Peterson, that "full speed" has included implementing dozens of applications from the organization's c[...] For the last five years, it's been full speed ahead for the IT team at Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital. Under the leadership of Cindy Peterson, that "full speed" has included implementing dozens of applications from the organization's core clinical vendor — Meditech — along with many of the ancillary technologies that give CPOE a solid chance of success. And while Peterson says Henry Mayo should qualify for Stage 1 before the window closes, making the grade is not without its stresses, especially since Meditech resources are becoming ever scarcer. To learn more about her organization's journey, healthsystemCIO.com editor Anthony Guerra recently caught up with the California-based executive. HIE, Integration/Interfacing, Scheduling Anthony Guerra no no Workgroup Draws up HIT Exchange Scenarios http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/11/03/workgroup-draws-up-hit-exchange-scenarios/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/11/03/workgroup-draws-up-hit-exchange-scenarios/#comments Wed, 03 Nov 2010 17:53:49 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=5172 Healthcare provider directories that could facilitate the exchange of patient data were discussed at this week's HIT Policy Committee Information Exchange Workgroup meeting. To better envision exactly what the directories should look like, along with which organizations would be allowed in, who would do the admitting and what some business models could look like, workgroup member Walter Suarez, M.D., MPH., described a number of possible use cases. Two of those specifically related to hospitals.

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/11/03/workgroup-draws-up-hit-exchange-scenarios/feed/ 0 Shifting Privacy Landscape Complicates HIE Efforts http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/09/23/shifting-privacy-landscape-complicates-hie-efforts/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/09/23/shifting-privacy-landscape-complicates-hie-efforts/#comments Thu, 23 Sep 2010 21:30:22 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=4854 The evolving patchwork of privacy and security regulations is making the difficult job of creating health information exchanges (HIEs) even more so, according to a panel of experts at the New Jersey and Delaware HIMSS fall event held in Atlantic City. "Privacy and security laws are right now being reinvented, reinterpreted, stretched, morphed and developed," said Helen Oscislawski, founder of Attorneys at Oscislawski, LLC. Those changes are happening at the federal, as well as state, level, where the HIT Policy Committee's Privacy and Security Tiger Team is crafting recommendations that may appear in Stages 2 and 3 of Meaningful Use. "We are in the thick of it right now," she added.

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/09/23/shifting-privacy-landscape-complicates-hie-efforts/feed/ 0 PODCAST: One-on-One w/PinnacleHealth System VP & CIO Steven Roth, Chapter 2 http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/09/22/podcast-one-on-one-wpinnaclehealth-system-vp-cio-steven-roth-chapter-2/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/09/22/podcast-one-on-one-wpinnaclehealth-system-vp-cio-steven-roth-chapter-2/#comments Thu, 23 Sep 2010 00:40:19 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=4814 After years on the consulting side of healthcare, Steven Roth made the jump to provider CIO by joining PinnacleHealth. And while he knew the organization had outsourced its IT shop to Siemens, Roth wasn’t aware of the “depth and breadth” of the agreement until he finally had a chance to read the fine print. As [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/09/22/podcast-one-on-one-wpinnaclehealth-system-vp-cio-steven-roth-chapter-2/feed/ 0 0:11:58 After years on the consulting side of healthcare, Steven Roth made the jump to provider CIO by joining PinnacleHealth. And while he knew the organization had outsourced its IT shop to Siemens, Roth wasn’t aware of the "depth and breadth" of [...] After years on the consulting side of healthcare, Steven Roth made the jump to provider CIO by joining PinnacleHealth. And while he knew the organization had outsourced its IT shop to Siemens, Roth wasn’t aware of the "depth and breadth" of the agreement until he finally had a chance to read the fine print. As such, Roth and Pinnacle are hoping to rebalance that agreement with an eye toward shared risk. To learn more about managing strategic vendor relationships, navigating the independent physician waters and building an HIE, healthsystemCIO.com editor Anthony Guerra recently chatted with the Harrisburg, Pa.-based executive. HIE Anthony Guerra no no PODCAST: One-on-One w/PinnacleHealth System VP & CIO Steven Roth, Chapter 1 http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/09/16/podcast-one-on-one-wpinnaclehealth-system-vp-cio-steven-roth-chapter-1/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/09/16/podcast-one-on-one-wpinnaclehealth-system-vp-cio-steven-roth-chapter-1/#comments Thu, 16 Sep 2010 09:00:09 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=4741 After years on the consulting side of healthcare, Steven Roth made the jump to provider CIO by joining PinnacleHealth. And while he knew the organization had outsourced its IT shop to Siemens, Roth wasn’t aware of the “depth and breadth” of the agreement until he finally had a chance to read the fine print. As [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/09/16/podcast-one-on-one-wpinnaclehealth-system-vp-cio-steven-roth-chapter-1/feed/ 0 0:13:52 After years on the consulting side of healthcare, Steven Roth made the jump to provider CIO by joining PinnacleHealth. And while he knew the organization had outsourced its IT shop to Siemens, Roth wasn’t aware of the "depth and breadth" of [...] After years on the consulting side of healthcare, Steven Roth made the jump to provider CIO by joining PinnacleHealth. And while he knew the organization had outsourced its IT shop to Siemens, Roth wasn’t aware of the "depth and breadth" of the agreement until he finally had a chance to read the fine print. As such, Roth and Pinnacle are hoping to rebalance that agreement with an eye toward shared risk. To learn more about managing strategic vendor relationships, navigating the independent physician waters and building an HIE, healthsystemCIO.com editor Anthony Guerra recently chatted with the Harrisburg, Pa.-based executive. HIE Anthony Guerra no no PODCAST: One-on-One w/Fremont Area Medical Center Director of Hospital IS (CIO) Richard Beran, Chapter 2 http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/08/26/podcast-one-on-one-wfreemont-area-medical-center-director-of-hospital-is-cio-richard-beran-chapter-2/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/08/26/podcast-one-on-one-wfreemont-area-medical-center-director-of-hospital-is-cio-richard-beran-chapter-2/#comments Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:30:38 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=4523 Almost overnight, it seems, the qualifications for being considered a top CIO have changed. No longer do you get a pat on the back for successfully implementing a hospital information system, supporting EMR installations in affiliated practices or even achieving high levels of CPOE and clinician engagement. Now, that’s all stakes to play. Today, you’ve [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/08/26/podcast-one-on-one-wfreemont-area-medical-center-director-of-hospital-is-cio-richard-beran-chapter-2/feed/ 0 0:00:01 Almost overnight, it seems, the qualifications for being considered a top CIO have changed. No longer do you get a pat on the back for successfully implementing a hospital information system, supporting EMR installations in affiliated practices or e[...] Almost overnight, it seems, the qualifications for being considered a top CIO have changed. No longer do you get a pat on the back for successfully implementing a hospital information system, supporting EMR installations in affiliated practices or even achieving high levels of CPOE and clinician engagement. Now, that's all stakes to play. HIE Anthony Guerra no no Contentious Privacy Recommendations Clear Committee http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/08/19/contentious-privacy-recommendation-clears-committee-hurdle/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/08/19/contentious-privacy-recommendation-clears-committee-hurdle/#comments Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:02:05 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=4399 Devan McGraw and Paul Egerman, respectively chair and co-chair of the HIT Policy Committee’s Privacy and Security Tiger Team, entered this month’s full committee meeting looking for approval of the letter and recommendations they put together over the summer. And while they got that approval in the end, it was only after more than 30 [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/08/19/contentious-privacy-recommendation-clears-committee-hurdle/feed/ 0 PODCAST: One-on-One w/Fremont Area Medical Center Director of Hospital IS (CIO) Richard Beran, Chapter 1 http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/08/19/podcast-one-on-one-wfreemont-area-medical-center-director-of-hospital-information-systems-cio-richard-beran-chapter-1/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/08/19/podcast-one-on-one-wfreemont-area-medical-center-director-of-hospital-information-systems-cio-richard-beran-chapter-1/#comments Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:18:08 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=4382 Almost overnight, it seems, the qualifications for being considered a top CIO have changed. No longer do you get a pat on the back for successfully implementing a hospital information system, supporting EMR installations in affiliated practices or even achieving high levels of CPOE and clinician engagement. Now, that's all stakes to play. Today, you've got to also tie it all together with an HIE that can then plug into whatever the feds construct as the National Health Information Network. Well, Richard Beran, director of hospital information systems at Freemont Area Medical Center, has all those balls in the air, and more. Beran just upgraded his Cerner Millennium software, struck a Stark deal with eClinicalWorks for the employed and independent docs, and is working with Lawson (HealthVision) and Initiate (IBM) to bring it all together.

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/08/19/podcast-one-on-one-wfreemont-area-medical-center-director-of-hospital-information-systems-cio-richard-beran-chapter-1/feed/ 0 0:00:01 Almost overnight, it seems, the qualifications for being considered a top CIO have changed. No longer do you get a pat on the back for successfully implementing a hospital information system, supporting EMR installations in affiliated practices or e[...] Almost overnight, it seems, the qualifications for being considered a top CIO have changed. No longer do you get a pat on the back for successfully implementing a hospital information system, supporting EMR installations in affiliated practices or even achieving high levels of CPOE and clinician engagement. Now, that's all stakes to play. Today, you've got to also tie it all together with an HIE that can then plug into whatever the feds construct as the National Health Information Network. Well, Richard Beran, director of hospital information systems at Freemont Area Medical Center, has all those balls in the air, and more. Beran just upgraded his Cerner Millennium software, struck a Stark deal with eClinicalWorks for the employed and independent docs, and is working with Lawson (HealthVision) and Initiate (IBM) to bring it all together. EMPI, HIE, Integration/Interfacing Anthony Guerra no no Ingenix Snaps Up Axolotl http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/08/17/ingenix-snaps-up-axolotl/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/08/17/ingenix-snaps-up-axolotl/#comments Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:44:46 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=4339 Ingenix is acquiring Axolotl, a provider of HIE services. "Ingenix brings decision-support capabilities that can be combined with an HIE solution to further enhance health outcomes and improve efficiencies," the organization stated. The Axolotl management team will remain in place and will lead Ingenix’s efforts in the HIE space.

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/08/17/ingenix-snaps-up-axolotl/feed/ 0 Is Your HIE Taking Privacy Seriously Enough? http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/08/16/is-your-hie-taking-privacy-seriously-enough/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/08/16/is-your-hie-taking-privacy-seriously-enough/#comments Mon, 16 Aug 2010 11:30:17 +0000 Marc Holland http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=4319 In late June, it was reported that the Rhode Island affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) was bringing suit against the Rhode Island Department of Health, claiming that the rules adopted by DOH to establish a statewide HIE do not go far enough, nor are they explicit enough, to protect patient privacy. In its suit, the ACLU asks the Rhode Island State Superior Court to declare the rules made public by the DOH “incomplete and not compliant with HIE requirements.”

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/08/16/is-your-hie-taking-privacy-seriously-enough/feed/ 0 Collaborative Care – The Thing After HIEs http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/08/11/collaborative-care-the-thing-after-hie%e2%80%99s/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/08/11/collaborative-care-the-thing-after-hie%e2%80%99s/#comments Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:26:46 +0000 dmmorreale http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=4281 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow once wrote, “Build today a firm and ample base and ascending and secure shall tomorrow find its place.” We CIOs in healthcare have been building a firm and ample based over that past decade. Not that many of us thought in terms of building a foundation when dealing with the hazards and [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/08/11/collaborative-care-the-thing-after-hie%e2%80%99s/feed/ 0 One-on-One w/Washington County Hospital CIO Kim Larkin, Chapter 2 http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/08/02/one-on-one-wwashington-county-hospital-cio-kim-larkin-chapter-2/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/08/02/one-on-one-wwashington-county-hospital-cio-kim-larkin-chapter-2/#comments Mon, 02 Aug 2010 11:30:40 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=4215 The days of associating small hospitals with low-tech facilities are slowly fading in the past. One reason is that the small, including critical access, hospitals (CAHs) are not exempt from the HITECH programs carrots … or sticks. But sometimes being small does mean being resource constrained and, in that environment, doing any kind of rip [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/08/02/one-on-one-wwashington-county-hospital-cio-kim-larkin-chapter-2/feed/ 0 One-on-One w/Washington County Hospital CIO Kim Larkin, Chapter 1 http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/07/23/one-on-one-wwashington-county-hospital-cio-kim-larkin-chapter-1/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/07/23/one-on-one-wwashington-county-hospital-cio-kim-larkin-chapter-1/#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:17:10 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=4118 The days of associating small hospitals with low-tech facilities are slowly fading in the past. One reason is that the small, including critical access, hospitals (CAHs) are not exempt from the HITECH programs carrots … or sticks. But sometimes being small does mean being resource constrained and, in that environment, doing any kind of rip [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/07/23/one-on-one-wwashington-county-hospital-cio-kim-larkin-chapter-1/feed/ 0 The HIE Equation: “A Prudent Question is 1/2 of Wisdom” http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/07/19/%e2%80%9ca-prudent-question-is-one-half-of-wisdom%e2%80%9d/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/07/19/%e2%80%9ca-prudent-question-is-one-half-of-wisdom%e2%80%9d/#comments Mon, 19 Jul 2010 19:51:29 +0000 dmmorreale http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=3956 I expected this past weekend to be devoted to thinking about final MU changes, however my attention was drawn to the announcement about Verizon's entry into the HIE arena. It appears Verizon has launched a Web-based health exchange, something of which I have been advocating for the past year or so, and teamed up with several other players to make it work. MedVirginia, a private health exchange operated in Virginia; Medfx, a company knowledgeable in cloud based health care and practice management solutions; and Oracle for its transaction systems, databases and indices. It's a good model, as it provides knowledge in the practical operation of an exchange and technology necessary to power it across the Web. But it seems to me the new offering — as bold as it is — has missed a critical component. All of this effort is aimed at moving data from one point to another, but where is the skill set to use that data to transform the way providers deliver care, and what metrics will be used to assess quality?

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/07/19/%e2%80%9ca-prudent-question-is-one-half-of-wisdom%e2%80%9d/feed/ 1 PODCAST: One-on-One w/Inova Health System SVP & CIO Geoff Brown, Chapter 2 http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/07/18/podcast-one-on-one-winova-health-system-svp-cio-geoff-brown-chapter-2/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/07/18/podcast-one-on-one-winova-health-system-svp-cio-geoff-brown-chapter-2/#comments Sun, 18 Jul 2010 13:49:01 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=3920 Though HITECH may have some questioning their physician integration strategy — especially the part about underwriting EMRs using the Stark relaxations — it hasn’t deterred Inova Health and its CIO Geoff Brown one bit. In fact, Brown thinks strengthening those key relationships is more important than ever. Heartened by the industry’s move towards standards and [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/07/18/podcast-one-on-one-winova-health-system-svp-cio-geoff-brown-chapter-2/feed/ 0 0:12:08 Though HITECH may have some questioning their physician integration strategy — especially the part about underwriting EMRs using the Stark relaxations — it hasn't deterred Inova Health and its CIO Geoff Brown one bit. In fact, Brown thinks strengthe[...] Though HITECH may have some questioning their physician integration strategy — especially the part about underwriting EMRs using the Stark relaxations — it hasn't deterred Inova Health and its CIO Geoff Brown one bit. In fact, Brown thinks strengthening those key relationships is more important than ever. Heartened by the industry's move towards standards and a world in which everyone seems content to "play in the same sandbox," he's extremely bullish on IT's ability to improve healthcare in his neck of the woods — Northern Virginia. To learn more about Brown's plans to develop a robust healthcare ecosystem that goes far beyond the walls of Inova's facilities, healthsystemCIO.com editor Anthony Guerra recently caught up with the long-time executive. HIE, Integration/Interfacing, Liability, Privacy/Security Anthony Guerra no no A Systems Engineering Approach to Biomed Informatics http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/07/16/a-systems-engineering-approach-to-biomedical-informatics/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/07/16/a-systems-engineering-approach-to-biomedical-informatics/#comments Fri, 16 Jul 2010 12:41:06 +0000 Timothy Hartzog http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=3904 The field of biomedical is full of acronyms — CPOE, HIE, EMR, HL7 — that may be interesting to IT professionals, but merely connote longer days, multiple logins and frustration for clinicians. While people in "healthcare" love it concept of CPOE, physicians feel it slow them down and turns them from docs into secretaries. I recently gave a ground rounds to our large children’s hospital to explain how biomedical informatics is evolving. There is a plan in my mind of how CPOE, HIE, etc., can come together leveraging bar code medication administration and actionable alerts, to prevent beside safety issues and improve care. What will also emerge is quality reporting which can provide data for large scale research.

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/07/16/a-systems-engineering-approach-to-biomedical-informatics/feed/ 0 PODCAST: One-on-One w/St. Claire Regional Medical Center VP of IS & CIO Randy McCleese, Chapter 3 http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/07/12/podcast-one-on-one-wst-claire-regional-medical-center-vp-of-is-cio-randy-mccleese-chapter-3/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/07/12/podcast-one-on-one-wst-claire-regional-medical-center-vp-of-is-cio-randy-mccleese-chapter-3/#comments Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:11:24 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=3868 After 14 years with St. Claire Regional Medical Center, you might think Randy McCleese has done it all, but you’d be wrong. That’s because the CIO is just now embarking on a new core clinical install with a vendor he hasn’t worked with before — Meditech. And McCleese isn’t dipping his toe into the Meditech [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/07/12/podcast-one-on-one-wst-claire-regional-medical-center-vp-of-is-cio-randy-mccleese-chapter-3/feed/ 0 0:12:20 After 14 years with St. Claire Regional Medical Center, you might think Randy McCleese has done it all, but you'd be wrong. That's because the CIO is just now embarking on a new core clinical install with a vendor he hasn't worked with before — Medi[...] After 14 years with St. Claire Regional Medical Center, you might think Randy McCleese has done it all, but you'd be wrong. That's because the CIO is just now embarking on a new core clinical install with a vendor he hasn't worked with before — Meditech. And McCleese isn't dipping his toe into the Meditech pool, but jumping right in, bypassing many of the CIOs he met at a recent Meditech Users Group (MUSE) meeting and going straight to 6.0. It's an exciting time for McCleese, installing a new inpatient system, working on the local HIE and staying active in HIMSS and CHIME. Recently, he took a few minutes to talk with healthsystemCIO.com editor Anthony Guerra about all of the above, and so much more. HIE, Privacy/Security Anthony Guerra no no PODCAST: One-on-One w/Inova Health System SVP & CIO Geoff Brown, Chapter 1 http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/07/09/podcast-one-on-one-winova-health-system-svp-cio-geoff-brown-chapter-1/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/07/09/podcast-one-on-one-winova-health-system-svp-cio-geoff-brown-chapter-1/#comments Fri, 09 Jul 2010 13:10:45 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=3842 Though HITECH may have some questioning their physician integration strategy — especially the part about underwriting EMRs using the Stark relaxations — it hasn’t deterred Inova Health and its CIO Geoff Brown one bit. In fact, Brown thinks strengthening those key relationships is more important than ever. Heartened by the industry’s move towards standards and [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/07/09/podcast-one-on-one-winova-health-system-svp-cio-geoff-brown-chapter-1/feed/ 0 0:17:43 Though HITECH may have some questioning their physician integration strategy — especially the part about underwriting EMRs using the Stark relaxations — it hasn't deterred Inova Health and its CIO Geoff Brown one bit. In fact, Brown thinks strengthe[...] Though HITECH may have some questioning their physician integration strategy — especially the part about underwriting EMRs using the Stark relaxations — it hasn't deterred Inova Health and its CIO Geoff Brown one bit. In fact, Brown thinks strengthening those key relationships is more important than ever. Heartened by the industry's move towards standards and a world in which everyone seems content to "play in the same sandbox," he's extremely bullish on IT's ability to improve healthcare in his neck of the woods — Northern Virginia. To learn more about Brown's plans to develop a robust healthcare ecosystem that goes far beyond the walls of Inova's facilities, healthsystemCIO.com editor Anthony Guerra recently caught up with the long-time executive. HIE, HITECH Anthony Guerra no no PODCAST: One-on-One-w/Carilion Health System SVP and CIO Daniel Barchi, Chapter 3 http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/07/08/podcast-one-on-one-wcarilion-health-system-svp-and-cio-daniel-barchi-chapter-3/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/07/08/podcast-one-on-one-wcarilion-health-system-svp-and-cio-daniel-barchi-chapter-3/#comments Thu, 08 Jul 2010 13:02:00 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=3826 Managing 512 interfaces isn’t easy. That’s why Daniel Barchi, SVP and CIO with Carilion Health System, was more than happy to embark on the search for a single integrated EMR a few years ago. After an intensive selection process — which included copious input from clinicians — the health system selected Epic. And from that [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/07/08/podcast-one-on-one-wcarilion-health-system-svp-and-cio-daniel-barchi-chapter-3/feed/ 0 0:11:26 Managing 512 interfaces isn't easy. That's why Daniel Barchi, SVP and CIO with Carilion Health System, was more than happy to embark on the search for a single integrated EMR a few years ago. After an intensive selection process — which included cop[...] Managing 512 interfaces isn't easy. That's why Daniel Barchi, SVP and CIO with Carilion Health System, was more than happy to embark on the search for a single integrated EMR a few years ago. After an intensive selection process — which included copious input from clinicians — the health system selected Epic. And from that point until today, it's been all about implementation, rollout and optimization. Barchi is definitely a proponent of the Big Bang philosophy and, in this interview with healthsystemCIO.com editor Anthony Guerra, explains why, and how. Budgeting/Forecasting, Certification, HIE Anthony Guerra no no TEXT/PODCAST: KLAS Says Vendors Grappling in Wild HIE Landscape http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/07/06/klas-report-shows-vendors-grappling-in-wild-hie-landscape/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/07/06/klas-report-shows-vendors-grappling-in-wild-hie-landscape/#comments Tue, 06 Jul 2010 18:18:11 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=3805 Among 38 potential service providers, only five were considered in more than 10 percent of buying decisions, according to a new KLAS report "Health Information Exchanges: Perception in an Expanding Frontier." Medicity was considered in 23 percent of HIE buying decisions, followed by Axolotl (22 percent), RelayHealth (16 percent), ICA (11 percent) and Epic (11 percent) — though at this point Epic is strongly considered only for Epic-to-Epic connections, according to KLAS.

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/07/06/klas-report-shows-vendors-grappling-in-wild-hie-landscape/feed/ 0 0:24:56 Among 38 potential service providers, only five were considered in more than 10 percent of buying decisions, according to a new KLAS report "Health Information Exchanges: Perception in an Expanding Frontier." Medicity was considered in 23 percent of[...] Among 38 potential service providers, only five were considered in more than 10 percent of buying decisions, according to a new KLAS report "Health Information Exchanges: Perception in an Expanding Frontier." Medicity was considered in 23 percent of HIE buying decisions, followed by Axolotl (22 percent), RelayHealth (16 percent), ICA (11 percent) and Epic (11 percent) — though at this point Epic is strongly considered only for Epic-to-Epic connections, according to KLAS. HIE Anthony Guerra no no And The Sea Shall Grant Each Man New Hope http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/06/07/and-the-sea-shall-grant-each-man-new-hope/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/06/07/and-the-sea-shall-grant-each-man-new-hope/#comments Mon, 07 Jun 2010 19:10:40 +0000 dmmorreale http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=3347 “When exploring uncharted waters or embarking on a great adventure often the final destination is not necessarily that which was first envisioned. An adventure, by definition is a venture or gamble. Christopher Columbus did not expect to discover a new world; his intended adventure upon embarkation is not why he is remembered today. The same [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/06/07/and-the-sea-shall-grant-each-man-new-hope/feed/ 0 HI(TECH) Anxiety http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/06/05/hitech-anxiety/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/06/05/hitech-anxiety/#comments Sat, 05 Jun 2010 21:08:59 +0000 Marc Holland http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=3327 Here we are, just 15 months after HITECH’s enactment and the government’s “full court press” to drive HIT adoption is in full swing.  The dizzying pace of events over just these past three months has been enough to take one’s breath away.  So let’s pause for a moment, take a deep breath, recap some relevant [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/06/05/hitech-anxiety/feed/ 4 Your Local RHIO/HIE Could Be a Meaningful Partner http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/05/18/your-local-rhiohie-could-be-a-meaningful-partner/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/05/18/your-local-rhiohie-could-be-a-meaningful-partner/#comments Tue, 18 May 2010 12:40:20 +0000 John Schrenker http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=3034 Your local RHIO or HIE should be much more than a check box on your Meaningful Use requirements list, they stand to play an important role in delivering the vision Meaningful Use. Too often RHIOs are discussed as nothing more than repositories of clinical data, but by working with them as a partner they can help organizations and providers address half the Meaningful Use requirements.

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/05/18/your-local-rhiohie-could-be-a-meaningful-partner/feed/ 0 PODCAST: One-on-One w/St. Mary CIO Marian Moran http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/05/12/podcast-one-on-one-wst-mary-cio-marian-moran/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/05/12/podcast-one-on-one-wst-mary-cio-marian-moran/#comments Wed, 12 May 2010 20:41:17 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=3012 It’s a debate as old as IT itself — best of breed versus enterprise. In healthcare, that timeless decision usually surfaces in the emergency department, where workflow is incredibly specialized and applications from core clinical vendors usually don’t make the grade. But if niche solutions carry the day, it’s the CIO’s job to make sure [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/05/12/podcast-one-on-one-wst-mary-cio-marian-moran/feed/ 0 One-on-One w/Fletcher Allen CIO Chuck Podesta, Part II http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/05/04/one-on-one-wfletcher-allen-cio-chuck-podesta-part-ii/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/05/04/one-on-one-wfletcher-allen-cio-chuck-podesta-part-ii/#comments Tue, 04 May 2010 12:00:40 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=2914 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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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/05/04/one-on-one-wfletcher-allen-cio-chuck-podesta-part-ii/feed/ 0 The Comment Period Just Began http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/05/02/the-comment-period-just-began/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/05/02/the-comment-period-just-began/#comments Mon, 03 May 2010 02:23:13 +0000 Steve Huffman http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=2907 After writing public comments on meaningful use, submitting grant proposals and trying to keep pace of healthcare reform, the comment period has just begun.  With the formation of the Regional Extension Centers, State HIT coordinators being nominated, Health Information Exchanges gaining more traction and countless vendors trying to obtain your stimulus money, a CIO’s involvement [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/05/02/the-comment-period-just-began/feed/ 0 One-on-One w/Fletcher Allen CIO Chuck Podesta, Part I http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/04/22/one-on-one-wfletcher-allen-cio-chuck-podesta-part-i/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/04/22/one-on-one-wfletcher-allen-cio-chuck-podesta-part-i/#comments Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:50:55 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=2751 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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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/04/22/one-on-one-wfletcher-allen-cio-chuck-podesta-part-i/feed/ 0 The New CIO: Chief Information Oracle http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/04/13/the-new-cio-chief-information-oracle/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/04/13/the-new-cio-chief-information-oracle/#comments Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:45:01 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=2472 A day in the life of a healthcare CIO includes interpreting and responding to new federal regulations for use of clinical systems, managing a widening gap between available, healthcare-experienced IT staff and needs, balancing cooperation and competition in health data sharing initiatives, aligning internal and vendor agendas to assure EHR delivery, and coping with ongoing funding competition which will steepen with health economic reforms. How is he to do it?

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/04/13/the-new-cio-chief-information-oracle/feed/ 2 TEXT/PODCAST: Premier MU Library to Aid Members http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/04/09/mu-library-to-aid-providers-in-quest-for-stimulus/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/04/09/mu-library-to-aid-providers-in-quest-for-stimulus/#comments Fri, 09 Apr 2010 14:15:05 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=2307 Experts from some not-for-profit hospitals have created an EHR Meaningful Use Implementation best-practices library, as part of the Premier healthcare alliance Health Information Technology (HIT) Collaborative. Championed by Bill Spooner, CIO at Sharp HealthCare, and Craig Richardville, CIO for the Carolinas HealthCare System (CHS), the library features specific instruction on ways to speed implementation of [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/04/09/mu-library-to-aid-providers-in-quest-for-stimulus/feed/ 0 TRIP THE LIGHT FANTASTIC http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/04/08/trip-the-light-fantastic/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/04/08/trip-the-light-fantastic/#comments Fri, 09 Apr 2010 03:03:39 +0000 dmmorreale http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=2428 It occurs to me that the development of electronic health or E-Health is much like a dance and we, as leaders in the technology aspects of health, need to learn some new steps. It’s easy to be caught in the technology foxtrot and spend our time on interoperability, data quality, unique identifiers and semantic referents. [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/04/08/trip-the-light-fantastic/feed/ 3 Have We Reached a Tipping Point With HIEs? http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/04/08/have-we-reached-a-tipping-point-in-the-evolution-of-hies/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/04/08/have-we-reached-a-tipping-point-in-the-evolution-of-hies/#comments Thu, 08 Apr 2010 19:13:43 +0000 Marc Holland http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=2415 News related to the exchange of health information and the entities that facilitate that exchange continue to dominate the headlines. And for good reason. Access to a comprehensive view of a patient’s health information across encounters and providers is widely seen as one of the most important contributors to the Obama administration’s goals of improving [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/04/08/have-we-reached-a-tipping-point-in-the-evolution-of-hies/feed/ 2 PODCAST: One-on-One w/CT Health CIO Charles Covin http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/03/31/podcast-one-on-one-we-conn-health-cio-charles-covin/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/03/31/podcast-one-on-one-we-conn-health-cio-charles-covin/#comments Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:27:27 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=2203 With a healthcare IT career that started in January 1973 — and has since covered the vendor, consultant and provider sides of the business — there isn’t much that’s going to surprise Eastern Connecticut Health Network (ECHN) VP and CIO Charlie Covin. But the HITECH Act, which he describes as close to revolutionary, comes darn [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/03/31/podcast-one-on-one-we-conn-health-cio-charles-covin/feed/ 0 ONC Issues Consumer Consent Whitepaper http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/03/24/onc-issues-consumer-consent-whitepaper/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/03/24/onc-issues-consumer-consent-whitepaper/#comments Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:00:55 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=1989 ONC has issued a whitepaper examining whether, to what extent, and how individuals should have the ability to exercise control over their information in an HIE environment. It looks at existing approaches and details policy options, considerations, and analysis. “This whitepaper will serve as input to, and be reviewed by, the HIT Policy Committee’s Privacy and Security [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/03/24/onc-issues-consumer-consent-whitepaper/feed/ 0 HHS Doles Out Another $160 million for HIE http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/03/16/hhs-doles-out-another-160-million-for-hie/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/03/16/hhs-doles-out-another-160-million-for-hie/#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:42:52 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=1766 In its final act of largess under the State Health Information Exchange Cooperative Agreement Program, HHS has awarded more than $160 million in new grants “to help states advance the adoption and meaningful use of health information technology.” The first wave of 40 awards was released in mid-February. Through this final round of awards, every U.S. [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/03/16/hhs-doles-out-another-160-million-for-hie/feed/ 0 Where is the innovation? http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/03/10/where-is-the-innovation/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/03/10/where-is-the-innovation/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:10:27 +0000 dmmorreale http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=1567 Every year I go to the annual HIMSS conference. It is a wonderful learning opportunity and a great opportunity to exchange ideas with friend and colleagues. I look forward to going each year, but recently I have come back wondering what is it we are doing as an industry, and where is the innovation. I [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/03/10/where-is-the-innovation/feed/ 1 HIMSS Survey Shows Security a Dark Cloud http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/03/02/himss-survey-shows-security-a-dark-cloud/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/03/02/himss-survey-shows-security-a-dark-cloud/#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:48:21 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=1420 Other than a major focus on Meaningful Use and clinical systems, security concerns are a top priority, with one third of respondents (34 percent) saying an internal breach was their top worry in that area, and nearly one-quarter (23 percent) said their organization had a security breach in the past year, according to 21st Annual [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/03/02/himss-survey-shows-security-a-dark-cloud/feed/ 0 CHIME Launches Site for State-Level Collaboration http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/03/01/chime-launches-site-for-state-level-collaboration/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/03/01/chime-launches-site-for-state-level-collaboration/#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:39:10 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=1411 CHIME has launched CIO State Network (StateNet) as a tool to enhance communication among healthcare CIOs on important state matters related to HITECH. The new Website will enable all CIOs, whether CHIME members or not, public access to information, communication and coordination among IT executives at the state level, according to the organization. The project, [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/03/01/chime-launches-site-for-state-level-collaboration/feed/ 0 EHNAC Opens Comment Period on HIE Accreditation http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/22/ehnac-opens-comment-period-on-hie-accreditation/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/22/ehnac-opens-comment-period-on-hie-accreditation/#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:27:12 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=1249 The Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC), a non-profit standards development organization and accrediting body, has begun a 60-day public review of key components for its HIE accreditation program. All comments and feedback will be reviewed and additional revisions incorporated into the final criteria, version 1.0, tentatively scheduled for release this summer. The HIE accreditation [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/22/ehnac-opens-comment-period-on-hie-accreditation/feed/ 0 One-on-One w/KLAS Clinical GM Jason Hess (III) http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/20/one-on-one-wklas-clinical-gm-jason-hess-iii/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/20/one-on-one-wklas-clinical-gm-jason-hess-iii/#comments Sat, 20 Feb 2010 22:17:29 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=1200 Before the term HIE appeared in the pages of HITECH, many CIOs didn’t pay it much attention, preferring instead to focus on getting their houses in order. While that’s still a great strategy, healthcare informatics leaders now have no choice but to dip their toes into the murky waters of inter-organizational information exchange. While many [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/20/one-on-one-wklas-clinical-gm-jason-hess-iii/feed/ 1 HIE the Oregon Way http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/18/hitoc/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/18/hitoc/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:14:02 +0000 Brian Ahier http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=1135 Getting it done in Oregon with HITOC, REC, & OHN Interoperability of clinical systems and a robust health information exchange will be key to achieving the goals of using health IT: helping lower the cost of health care, and improving quality of care and clinical outcomes. This will not be instantaneous, or simple. In Oregon [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/18/hitoc/feed/ 2 One-on-One w/McKesson President Sunny Sanyal (II) http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/13/one-on-one-wmckesson-president-sunny-sanyal-ii/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/13/one-on-one-wmckesson-president-sunny-sanyal-ii/#comments Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:48:33 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=1088 Evaluated on a revenue basis, they don’t get any bigger in the healthcare IT space than McKesson Provider Technologies. So when the President of that division speaks, it’s a good idea to listen. As such, healthsystemCIO.com editor Anthony Guerra recently talked with Sunny Sanyal to learn how the market was looking from his unique perch. [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/13/one-on-one-wmckesson-president-sunny-sanyal-ii/feed/ 0 One-on-One w/KLAS Clinical GM Jason Hess (II) http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/12/one-on-one-wklas-clinical-research-gm-jason-hess-ii/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/12/one-on-one-wklas-clinical-research-gm-jason-hess-ii/#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:59:29 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=1080 Before the term HIE appeared in the pages of HITECH, many CIOs didn’t pay it much attention, preferring instead to focus on getting their houses in order. While that’s still a great strategy, healthcare informatics leaders now have no choice but to dip their toes into the murky waters of inter-organizational information exchange. While many [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/12/one-on-one-wklas-clinical-research-gm-jason-hess-ii/feed/ 1 Personal Health Records: Hope or Hype? http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/12/personal-health-records-hope-or-hype/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/12/personal-health-records-hope-or-hype/#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:46:22 +0000 Gerry Higgins http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=1055 The Personal Health Record (PHR) should finally allow patients to control their own Protected Health Information (PHI), allow them to assign ‘agents’ such as parents acting for children, or, in the later stages of life, children acting for parents.  Eventually the goal is to enable seamless integration with the EHR and allow patients access to [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/12/personal-health-records-hope-or-hype/feed/ 0 One of the Secrets http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/11/one-of-the-secrets/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/11/one-of-the-secrets/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:12:50 +0000 dmmorreale http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=1032 Dale Sanders in if 2/7/10 post asked the right questions about HIE sustainability and value. We hear very little about the successful HIE and I suspect will continue to hear about the failures with some frequency. Come on folks, those of you running successful operations, speak out and tell us your secrets. Hie’s need good [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/11/one-of-the-secrets/feed/ 0 CIOs coming together to solve major HIT problems http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/10/cios-coming-together-to-solve-major-hit-problems/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/10/cios-coming-together-to-solve-major-hit-problems/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:12:47 +0000 Russ Branzell http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=987 Never in the history of the United States is there more at risk relative to the deployment of information technology and specifically health information technology.  The very future of our health system is dependent on us (CIOs).  There is no more time for competition either individually or organizationally. How much difference can we make united [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/10/cios-coming-together-to-solve-major-hit-problems/feed/ 2 One-on-One w/KLAS Clinical Research GM Jason Hess (I) http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/09/one-on-one-wklas-clinical-research-gm-jason-hess-i/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/09/one-on-one-wklas-clinical-research-gm-jason-hess-i/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:17:30 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=943 Before the term HIE appeared in the pages of HITECH, many CIOs didn’t pay it much attention, preferring instead to focus on getting their houses in order. While that’s still a great strategy, healthcare informatics leaders now have no choice but to dip their toes into the murky waters of inter-organizational information exchange. While many [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/09/one-on-one-wklas-clinical-research-gm-jason-hess-i/feed/ 0 KLAS: Most HIE Vendors Long on Talk, Short on Results http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/08/klas-most-hie-vendors-long-on-talk-short-on-results/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/08/klas-most-hie-vendors-long-on-talk-short-on-results/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:55:55 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=922 Though marketing suggests otherwise, a relatively small number of vendors have demonstrated a proven, repeatable model in the construction of HIEs, according to a new report from Orem, Utah-based KLAS. Axolotl has the most live HIE clients in the acute-to-acute space, where two or more hospitals or health systems are sharing patient data. KLAS validated [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/08/klas-most-hie-vendors-long-on-talk-short-on-results/feed/ 1 One-on-One w/Frederick Memorial CIO David Quirke (III) http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/08/one-on-one-wfrederick-memorial-cio-david-quirke-iii/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/08/one-on-one-wfrederick-memorial-cio-david-quirke-iii/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:23:09 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=917 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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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/08/one-on-one-wfrederick-memorial-cio-david-quirke-iii/feed/ 0 Successful Economic Models for HIEs http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/07/successful-economic-models-for-health-information-exchanges/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/07/successful-economic-models-for-health-information-exchanges/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:43:27 +0000 Dale Sanders http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=909 In a previous post, I ranted a bit about the generally dismal track record of health information exchanges to find a sustainable economic model, and in particular, criticized the false analogy that we often draw between health and financial information exchanges. In this post, we’ll take a more positive, “How do we solve the problem?” [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/07/successful-economic-models-for-health-information-exchanges/feed/ 10 Will HIEs Improve Care and Reduce Cost? http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/03/will-hies-improve-care-and-reduce-cost/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/03/will-hies-improve-care-and-reduce-cost/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:24:55 +0000 dmmorreale http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=873 I say YES but not solely by the transfer and movement of information across exchanges. The value proposition lies not in the dollars but in the ability to improve quality for the patients, care provider, and health system. In today’s environment, health systems and hospitals with an EHR have realized some efficiency in testing and [...]

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