Stephen Stewart, CIO, Henry County Health Center, Chapter 3

Managing clinical types
Leveraging internships to recruit talent
The CIO role at large and small facilities
When hiring, knowing the app is nice, but not paramount
Dear Dr. Mostashari … “Does the pace of change have to be quite as frenetic as it is right now?”

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Stephen Stewart, CIO, Henry County Health Center, Chapter 2

Addressing physician concerns
Order set creation
“The lesson was we should have had more of their input before we started”
Getting physician participation up-front
Software bugs and the pace of change

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Barbara Riddell, VP/CIO, Atlantic General Hospital, Chapter 2

Contracting for success
“Word of mouth is everything in this industry”
The risks and rewards of a fast implementation
Grappling with the HIT talent shortage
A small hospital with all the big hospital requirements

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Gary Barnes, CIO, Medical Center Health System, Chapter 2

The HIT workforce shortage
Instituting a project management group that meets weekly — tradeoffs and prioritization
Running a McKesson 10.3 shop
MU stage 2
Upgrade downtime: “I see the frustration among the physicians”

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Treating Your Team Like The Gold They Are

Fence is Down

“There’s no way we can spend another night here,” I said through the icy air. “Hopefully the kids aren’t frozen already.” It was 3 AM on Sunday morning, about 10 hours after an early snow and ice storm in the Northeast had weighed down branches and trees until they snapped, taking out power lines, fences [...]

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How To Recruit And Retain Health IT Talent

Success in a health system IT organization depends on a good strong CIO leader but, as we know, a leader needs a team of motivated individuals to work together and manage the ever growing areas of responsibility. In this competitive health IT job market, those CIOs who leverage recruitment and retention best practices have the [...]

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healthsystemCIO.com Survey Shows CIOs Struggling With Staffing Challenges

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Only 22 percent of CIOs currently have the staff they need to accomplish all the tasks on their overflowing plates, according to the October healthsystemCIO.com SnapSurvey. Of the remainder, 37 percent “are working on it,” while 41 percent cite different reasons they will not be able to assemble the required teams.  As far as having [...]

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