healthsystemcio.com » HIT Workforce Shortage http://healthsystemcio.com healthsystemCIO.com is the sole online-only publication dedicated to exclusively and comprehensively serving the information needs of healthcare CIOs. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:44:15 +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 Stephen Stewart, CIO, Henry County Health Center, Chapter 3 http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/11/29/stephen-stewart-cio-henry-county-health-center-chapter-3/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/11/29/stephen-stewart-cio-henry-county-health-center-chapter-3/#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:56:45 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=9342 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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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/11/29/stephen-stewart-cio-henry-county-health-center-chapter-3/feed/ 0 0:14:56 Stephen Stewart is one of many CIOs who believe that Meaningful Use is happening too quickly. In fact, he believes that delaying Stage 2 isn’t just a smart idea; it’s a necessary step to avoid the perfect storm of requirements that would inevitably [...] Stephen Stewart is one of many CIOs who believe that Meaningful Use is happening too quickly. In fact, he believes that delaying Stage 2 isn’t just a smart idea; it’s a necessary step to avoid the perfect storm of requirements that would inevitably cause undue stress. In this interview, the CIO of Henry County Health Center — a southwest Iowa-based system that includes a 25-bed critical access hospital, a long-term care facility, and physician offices — talks about the process of attesting to Stage 1, his organization’s EMR journey, and the benefits and drawbacks of being a small facility. He also provides insights on why it’s better to lead than to manage, how to handle pushback from physicians, and what it takes to cultivate an environment that enables the staff to thrive. Henry, County, Health, Center, Podcast, Stephen, Stewart Anthony Guerra no no Stephen Stewart, CIO, Henry County Health Center, Chapter 2 http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/11/21/stephen-stewart-cio-henry-county-health-center-chapter-2/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/11/21/stephen-stewart-cio-henry-county-health-center-chapter-2/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:04:36 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=9279 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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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/11/21/stephen-stewart-cio-henry-county-health-center-chapter-2/feed/ 0 0:19:52 Stephen Stewart is one of many CIOs who believe that Meaningful Use is happening too quickly. In fact, he believes that delaying Stage 2 isn’t just a smart idea; it’s a necessary step to avoid the perfect storm of requirements that would inevitably [...] Stephen Stewart is one of many CIOs who believe that Meaningful Use is happening too quickly. In fact, he believes that delaying Stage 2 isn’t just a smart idea; it’s a necessary step to avoid the perfect storm of requirements that would inevitably cause undue stress. In this interview, the CIO of Henry County Health Center — a southwest Iowa-based system that includes a 25-bed critical access hospital, a long-term care facility, and physician offices — talks about the process of attesting to Stage 1, his organization’s EMR journey, and the benefits and drawbacks of being a small facility. He also provides insights on why it’s better to lead than to manage, how to handle pushback from physicians, and what it takes to cultivate an environment that enables the staff to thrive. Henry, County, Health, Center, Podcast, Stephen, Stewart Anthony Guerra no no Barbara Riddell, VP/CIO, Atlantic General Hospital, Chapter 2 http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/11/14/barbara-riddell-vpcio-atlantic-general-hospital-chapter-2/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/11/14/barbara-riddell-vpcio-atlantic-general-hospital-chapter-2/#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2011 12:35:46 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=9210 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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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/11/14/barbara-riddell-vpcio-atlantic-general-hospital-chapter-2/feed/ 0 0:13:54 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, General, Hospital, Barbara, Riddell, Ecliipsys, Podcast Anthony Guerra no no Gary Barnes, CIO, Medical Center Health System, Chapter 2 http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/11/08/gary-barnes-cio-medical-center-health-system-chapter-2/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/11/08/gary-barnes-cio-medical-center-health-system-chapter-2/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:41:54 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=9149 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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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/11/08/gary-barnes-cio-medical-center-health-system-chapter-2/feed/ 0 0:16:21 After nearly two decades as a health system CIO, Gary Barnes has seen his fair share of change, and learned a thing or two about how to manage it. He believes that when it comes to initiatives like Meaningful Use, sometimes it’s better to just rip o[...] After nearly two decades as a health system CIO, Gary Barnes has seen his fair share of change, and learned a thing or two about how to manage it. He believes that when it comes to initiatives like Meaningful Use, sometimes it’s better to just rip off the band-aid than waste time dwelling on how much it might hurt. In this interview, Barnes talks about why, even though he's still got concerns about the program, Meaningful Use is long overdue. Barnes also discusses how his organization is preparing for Stage 2, why EMR upgrades involve more change than people expect, the shortage of quality health IT people in the industry, and how satisfying it can be to help physicians. Apple, Citrix, Gary, Barnes, iPad, iPhone, McKesson, McKesson, 10.3, Medical, Center, Health Anthony Guerra no no Treating Your Team Like The Gold They Are http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/11/03/treating-your-team-like-the-gold-they-are/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/11/03/treating-your-team-like-the-gold-they-are/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 15:53:08 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=9122 “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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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/11/03/treating-your-team-like-the-gold-they-are/feed/ 0 How To Recruit And Retain Health IT Talent http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/10/31/how-to-recruit-and-retain-health-it-talent/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/10/31/how-to-recruit-and-retain-health-it-talent/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:25:43 +0000 Bonnie Siegel http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=9072 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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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/10/31/how-to-recruit-and-retain-health-it-talent/feed/ 0 healthsystemCIO.com Survey Shows CIOs Struggling With Staffing Challenges http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/10/27/healthsystemcio-com-survey-shows-cios-struggling-with-staffing-challenges/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/10/27/healthsystemcio-com-survey-shows-cios-struggling-with-staffing-challenges/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:13:16 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=9037 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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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/10/27/healthsystemcio-com-survey-shows-cios-struggling-with-staffing-challenges/feed/ 0 David Bradshaw, Chief Information/Planning/Marketing Officer, Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, Chapter 3 http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/09/27/david-bradshaw-chief-informationplanningmarketing-officer-memorial-hermann-healthcare-system-chapter-3/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/09/27/david-bradshaw-chief-informationplanningmarketing-officer-memorial-hermann-healthcare-system-chapter-3/#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:09:49 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=8789 Wearing three hats — information, marketing and planning Battling the HIT workforce shortage A vendor neutral archive for the image gateway, iPad integration Online appointment scheduling — "Can healthcare make the leap to what the airline industry has done?" The hard part — "Maintaining a sane, sensible workload for the team"

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/09/27/david-bradshaw-chief-informationplanningmarketing-officer-memorial-hermann-healthcare-system-chapter-3/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. David, Bradshaw, iPad, Memorial, Hermann, Healthcare, System, Podcast Anthony Guerra no no The Hidden Pools of Healthcare IT Talent http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/08/26/the-hidden-pools-of-healthcare-it-talent/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/08/26/the-hidden-pools-of-healthcare-it-talent/#comments Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:07:34 +0000 Rich Temple http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=8412 As leaders in health IT, we are all too well aware of the challenges involved in attracting and retaining top-grade talent.  As we are confronted with ever more complex challenges in our health care landscape, we are finding it increasingly difficult to recruit people who can take leadership roles in moving projects forward and, simultaneously, [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/08/26/the-hidden-pools-of-healthcare-it-talent/feed/ 1 John Halamka, M.D., CIO, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Chapter 2 http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/08/22/john-halamka-m-d-cio-beth-israel-deaconess-medical-center-chapter-2/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/08/22/john-halamka-m-d-cio-beth-israel-deaconess-medical-center-chapter-2/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:01:37 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=8318 Thoughts on the HIT Policy Committee Why the HIT Standards Committee is "Camelot" Advice for furthering CPOE and electronic documentation Hospital/physician practice integration Tackling quality measures

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/08/22/john-halamka-m-d-cio-beth-israel-deaconess-medical-center-chapter-2/feed/ 0 0:21:05 After years of taking on responsibility after responsibility, John Halamka, M.D., CIO, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, found the increasing demands of his many roles meant one would have to go. Considering he's a doctor fascinated by the [...] After years of taking on responsibility after responsibility, John Halamka, M.D., CIO, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, found the increasing demands of his many roles meant one would have to go. Considering he's a doctor fascinated by the challenges of accountable care, it's not surprising the CIO role of Harvard Medical School wound up on the chopping block. In this interview with healthsystemCIO.com — during which Halamka begins to caution government organizations that the industry is being asked to change too much too fast — he discusses Meaningful Use, ACOs, ICD-10, CIO leadership, and much more. CPOE, Wireless Anthony Guerra no no George Evans VP/CIO, St. Joseph’s/Candler Health System, Discusses His CHIME Survey on Building An Informatics Staff, Chapter 1 http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/08/11/george-evans-vpcio-st-joseph%e2%80%99scandler-health-system-discusses-his-chime-survey-on-building-an-informatics-staff-chapter-1/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/08/11/george-evans-vpcio-st-joseph%e2%80%99scandler-health-system-discusses-his-chime-survey-on-building-an-informatics-staff-chapter-1/#comments Thu, 11 Aug 2011 12:18:55 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=8196 *Building an informatics staff — weighing technical know-how and clinical experience *Collaborating with competitors *Lavely leaves Memorial Health University Medical Center *The benefits of growing in-house *Thoughts on the government-sponsored educational programs

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/08/11/george-evans-vpcio-st-joseph%e2%80%99scandler-health-system-discusses-his-chime-survey-on-building-an-informatics-staff-chapter-1/feed/ 0 0:21:07 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. Anthony Guerra no no George McCulloch, Deputy CIO, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Chapter 3 http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/08/04/george-mcculloch-deputy-cio-vanderbilt-university-medical-center-chapter-3/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/08/04/george-mcculloch-deputy-cio-vanderbilt-university-medical-center-chapter-3/#comments Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:40:47 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=8134 *The deputy CIO role and AMC governance *The Vanderbilt IT department *Feeling the HIT workforce shortage? *Focusing on clinical integration *Engaging with CHIME for professional development

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/08/04/george-mcculloch-deputy-cio-vanderbilt-university-medical-center-chapter-3/feed/ 0 0:13:22 To say that there is a strong focus on innovation at Vanderbilt University Medical Center would be quite an understatement. In fact, it’s more like a way of life at the academic medical center, which includes an acute care hospital, children’s hospi[...] To say that there is a strong focus on innovation at Vanderbilt University Medical Center would be quite an understatement. In fact, it’s more like a way of life at the academic medical center, which includes an acute care hospital, children’s hospital, clinic, and cancer center. If there is a tool that clinicians need, the IT team will determine whether it can be developed in-house before turning to a vendor. For Deputy CIO George McCulloch, this type of environment may be challenging, but it’s also deeply rewarding. In this interview, McCulloch talks about balancing the needs of different constituents, how practicing medicine is both an art and a science, the importance of working to meet the needs of specialists, and his organization’s road to Meaningful Use. Governance, Integration/Interfacing Anthony Guerra no no healthsystemCIO.com Survey Shows CIOs Concerned About Staffing Strain http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/07/28/healthsystemcio-com-survey-shows-cios-concerned-about-staffing-strain/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/07/28/healthsystemcio-com-survey-shows-cios-concerned-about-staffing-strain/#comments Thu, 28 Jul 2011 12:50:09 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=8029 The confluence of achieving Meaningful Use, morphing toward an accountable care model, transitioning to HIPAA 5010/ICD-10 and, of course, doing it all with fewer resources has CIOs concerned about their organization’s ability to manage it all. As such, it’s no shock 65 percent say their staffs are under “excessive strain” due to MU-related work, while [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/07/28/healthsystemcio-com-survey-shows-cios-concerned-about-staffing-strain/feed/ 0 A CIO’s Guide to Recruiting http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/06/21/a-cios-guide-to-recruiting/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/06/21/a-cios-guide-to-recruiting/#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2011 11:27:55 +0000 Bonnie Siegel http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=7720 The need for qualified IT talent in healthcare is driving many new openings in health systems.  What are some of the methods you can use to recruit health IT workers to your health system?  CIOs and HR officers need to be careful in their process of hiring health IT talent. What can you do to [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/06/21/a-cios-guide-to-recruiting/feed/ 0 Scott MacLean, CIO, Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Partners Healthcare, Chapter 2 http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/06/07/scott-maclean-cio-newton-wellesley-hospital-partners-healthcare-chapter-2/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/06/07/scott-maclean-cio-newton-wellesley-hospital-partners-healthcare-chapter-2/#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2011 13:12:31 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=7638 *Specialists and the EMR *Healthcare IT's perfect storm *Staffing strains? *Dealing with CIO stress *Maintaining a sound work/live balance

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/06/07/scott-maclean-cio-newton-wellesley-hospital-partners-healthcare-chapter-2/feed/ 0 0:00:01 For Scott MacLean, CIO of Newton-Wellesley Hospital, the expectations are high. Not only is the 200-bed community hospital located just outside of Boston, an area that has been known for years as a hotbed for IT innovation, but it is also a member o[...] For Scott MacLean, CIO of Newton-Wellesley Hospital, the expectations are high. Not only is the 200-bed community hospital located just outside of Boston, an area that has been known for years as a hotbed for IT innovation, but it is also a member of Partners HealthCare, one of the most advanced systems in the country. So what did MacLean and his team do to meet those expectations? Create an enterprise repository that enables allergies collected throughout the organization's affiliated physician practices to be viewed in its inpatient Meditech system. In this interview, MacLean discusses how the allergy repository was set up, the key role played by Meditech in the process, and how he is dealing with the combination of Meaningful Use, ACOs, and ICD-10 requirements. Anthony Guerra no no Kirk Larson, VP/CIO, Children’s Hospital Central California, Chapter 2 http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/05/24/kirk-larson-vpcio-childrens-hospital-central-california-chapter-2/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/05/24/kirk-larson-vpcio-childrens-hospital-central-california-chapter-2/#comments Tue, 24 May 2011 14:37:01 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=7513 *End-user device selection — "We had outstanding participation" *VMware View for the iPad *Managing the one-off request *Good governance *The road to CPOE

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/05/24/kirk-larson-vpcio-childrens-hospital-central-california-chapter-2/feed/ 0 0:17:51 Don’t be fooled by the appearance of Children’s Hospital of Central California. The brightly colored building may look more like a children’s castle than a hospital, but inside those walls, the IT team - led by VP and CIO Kirk Larson - is leading a [...] Don’t be fooled by the appearance of Children’s Hospital of Central California. The brightly colored building may look more like a children’s castle than a hospital, but inside those walls, the IT team - led by VP and CIO Kirk Larson - is leading a transformation that will make it one of the most sophisticated pediatric hospitals in the country. Children’s Hospital, which is located in the San Joaquin Valley, is going live on advanced clinicals and CPOE this summer, and will soon deploy an application that enables clinicians and staff to view electronic records from anywhere in the building using an iPad. In this interview, Larson talks about the IT strategy that is driving Children’s Hospital, how his experience on the vendor side has helped shape his role, and what it’s like to work in a pediatric hospital. CPOE, Governance, ICD-10 Anthony Guerra no no Phil Fasano, EVP/CIO, Kaiser Permanente, Transcript/Podcast Chapter 3 http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/05/05/phil-fasano-evpcio-kaiser-permanente-transcriptpodcast-chapter-3/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/05/05/phil-fasano-evpcio-kaiser-permanente-transcriptpodcast-chapter-3/#comments Thu, 05 May 2011 11:51:42 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=7247 *ICD-10 preparation *Budgeting and project prioritization *The Center for Total Health *Dealing with the HIT workforce shortage *Avoiding CIO burnout

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/05/05/phil-fasano-evpcio-kaiser-permanente-transcriptpodcast-chapter-3/feed/ 0 0:19:23 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. Budgeting/Forecasting, ICD-10 Anthony Guerra no no Deborah Gash, VP/CIO, Saint Luke’s Health System, Discusses Her CHIME Survey Results on Employee Retention Strategies, Transcript/Podcast Chapter 3 http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/04/20/deborah-gash-vpcio-saint-lukes-health-system-discusses-her-chime-survey-results-on-employee-retention-strategies-transcriptpodcast-chapter-3/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/04/20/deborah-gash-vpcio-saint-lukes-health-system-discusses-her-chime-survey-results-on-employee-retention-strategies-transcriptpodcast-chapter-3/#comments Wed, 20 Apr 2011 11:50:39 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=7030 Retaining talent is one of the biggest challenges CIOs face in today’s ultra-competitive health care IT industry. Between area hospitals that are expanding their IT staffs to meet meaningful use requirements, and vendors that are beefing up their workforce to provide adequate support, it’s become more challenging for CIOs to keep their best workers in [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/04/20/deborah-gash-vpcio-saint-lukes-health-system-discusses-her-chime-survey-results-on-employee-retention-strategies-transcriptpodcast-chapter-3/feed/ 0 0:08:59 Retaining talent is one of the biggest challenges CIOs face in today’s ultra-competitive health care IT industry. Between area hospitals that are expanding their IT staffs to meet meaningful use requirements, and vendors that are beefing up their wo[...] Retaining talent is one of the biggest challenges CIOs face in today’s ultra-competitive health care IT industry. Between area hospitals that are expanding their IT staffs to meet meaningful use requirements, and vendors that are beefing up their workforce to provide adequate support, it’s become more challenging for CIOs to keep their best workers in house. To address this growing problem, Deborah Gash, VP and CIO at the 11-hospital St. Luke’s Health System in Kansas City, Mo., turned to her colleagues by distributing a survey through CHIME, and found that other CIOs facing similar situations were willing to share their employee retention strategies. To learn more about Gash’s work, healthsystemCIO.com editor Anthony Guerra caught up with the California-based CIO. Anthony Guerra no no Deborah Gash, VP/CIO, Saint Luke’s Health System, Discusses Her CHIME Survey Results on Employee Retention Strategies, Transcript/Podcast Chapter 2 http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/04/14/deborah-gash-vpcio-saint-lukes-health-system-discusses-her-chime-survey-results-on-employee-retention-strategies-transcriptpodcast-chapter-2/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/04/14/deborah-gash-vpcio-saint-lukes-health-system-discusses-her-chime-survey-results-on-employee-retention-strategies-transcriptpodcast-chapter-2/#comments Thu, 14 Apr 2011 15:22:53 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=6979 Retaining talent is one of the biggest challenges CIOs face in today’s ultra-competitive health care IT industry. Between area hospitals that are expanding their IT staffs to meet meaningful use requirements, and vendors that are beefing up their workforce to provide adequate support, it’s become more challenging for CIOs to keep their best workers in [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/04/14/deborah-gash-vpcio-saint-lukes-health-system-discusses-her-chime-survey-results-on-employee-retention-strategies-transcriptpodcast-chapter-2/feed/ 0 0:13:35 Retaining talent is one of the biggest challenges CIOs face in today’s ultra-competitive health care IT industry. Between area hospitals that are expanding their IT staffs to meet meaningful use requirements, and vendors that are beefing up their wo[...] Retaining talent is one of the biggest challenges CIOs face in today’s ultra-competitive health care IT industry. Between area hospitals that are expanding their IT staffs to meet meaningful use requirements, and vendors that are beefing up their workforce to provide adequate support, it’s become more challenging for CIOs to keep their best workers in house. To address this growing problem, Deborah Gash, VP and CIO at the 11-hospital St. Luke’s Health System in Kansas City, Mo., turned to her colleagues by distributing a survey through CHIME, and found that other CIOs facing similar situations were willing to share their employee retention strategies. To learn more about Gash’s work, HealthSystemCIO.com editor Anthony Guerra caught up with the California-based CIO. Anthony Guerra no no Ron Sandifer, VP/CIO, Community Memorial Health System, Transcript/Podcast Chapter 3 http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/04/13/ron-sandifer-vpcio-community-memorial-health-system-transcriptpodcast-chapter-3/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/04/13/ron-sandifer-vpcio-community-memorial-health-system-transcriptpodcast-chapter-3/#comments Wed, 13 Apr 2011 13:53:24 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=6951 With more than 30 years in the industry, Ron Sandifer has seen it all. But even Sandifer is amazed at how demanding today’s healthcare IT world has become. With Meaningful Use, ICD-10 and ACOs all either on his plate or radar, there isn’t a minute to spare. To ready his organization for the brave new [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/04/13/ron-sandifer-vpcio-community-memorial-health-system-transcriptpodcast-chapter-3/feed/ 0 0:12:02 With more than 30 years in the industry, Ron Sandifer has seen it all. But even Sandifer is amazed at how demanding today's healthcare IT world has become. With Meaningful Use, ICD-10 and ACOs all either on his plate or radar, there isn't [...] With more than 30 years in the industry, Ron Sandifer has seen it all. But even Sandifer is amazed at how demanding today's healthcare IT world has become. With Meaningful Use, ICD-10 and ACOs all either on his plate or radar, there isn't a minute to spare. To ready his organization for the brave new healthcare world, Community Memorial is upgrading its inpatient Meditech environment from Magic to Client/Server 5.6, slapping on a PatientKeeper front-end to increase physician satisfaction, and rolling out Allscripts in the ambulatory environment. To learn more about how Sandifer is managing it all, healthsystemCIO.com editor Anthony Guerra recently caught up with the California-based CIO. eMAR, Governance Anthony Guerra no no Steve Hess, VP/CIO, University of Colorado Hospital, Transcript/Podcast, Chapter 3 http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/04/06/steve-hess-vpcio-university-of-colorado-hospital-transcriptpodcast-chapter-3/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/04/06/steve-hess-vpcio-university-of-colorado-hospital-transcriptpodcast-chapter-3/#comments Wed, 06 Apr 2011 14:45:28 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=6899 Like most CIOs in healthcare, Steve Hess has no shortage of things to do. First off, he’s knee-deep in a multi-year Epic implementation that will see him bid farewell to many incumbent vendors now, and more in the future. Secondly, he’s morphing the business side of the house from a best-of-breed environment to one concentrated [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/04/06/steve-hess-vpcio-university-of-colorado-hospital-transcriptpodcast-chapter-3/feed/ 0 0:18:41 Like most CIOs in healthcare, Steve Hess has no shortage of things to do. First off, he's knee-deep in a multi-year Epic implementation that will see him bid farewell to many incumbent vendors now, and more in the future. Secondly, he's mo[...] Like most CIOs in healthcare, Steve Hess has no shortage of things to do. First off, he's knee-deep in a multi-year Epic implementation that will see him bid farewell to many incumbent vendors now, and more in the future. Secondly, he's morphing the business side of the house from a best-of-breed environment to one concentrated on Lawson. And, as if that's not enough, he's working toward Meaningful Use while keeping a close eye on UCH's ICD-10 conversion prep. To learn more about how Hess is juggling everything, healthsystemCIO.com editor Anthony Guerra recently caught up with the Denver-based CIO. Budgeting/Forecasting, ICD-10, Integration/Interfacing Anthony Guerra no no Deborah Gash, VP/CIO, Saint Luke’s Health System, Discusses Her CHIME Survey Results on Employee Retention Strategies, Transcript/Podcast Chapter 1 http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/04/05/deborah-gash-vpcio-saint-lukes-health-system-discusses-her-chime-survey-results-on-employee-retention-strategies-transcriptpodcast-chapter-1/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/04/05/deborah-gash-vpcio-saint-lukes-health-system-discusses-her-chime-survey-results-on-employee-retention-strategies-transcriptpodcast-chapter-1/#comments Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:30:27 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=6805 Retaining talent is one of the biggest challenges CIOs face in today’s ultra-competitive health care IT industry. Between area hospitals that are expanding their IT staffs to meet meaningful use requirements, and vendors that are beefing up their workforce to provide adequate support, it’s become more challenging for CIOs to keep their best workers in [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/04/05/deborah-gash-vpcio-saint-lukes-health-system-discusses-her-chime-survey-results-on-employee-retention-strategies-transcriptpodcast-chapter-1/feed/ 0 0:13:11 Deborah Gash, SVP & CIO, Saint Luke’s Health System Retaining talent is one of the biggest challenges CIOs face in today’s ultra-competitive health care IT industry. Between area hospitals that are expanding their IT staffs to meet meaningful u[...] Deborah Gash, SVP & CIO, Saint Luke’s Health System Retaining talent is one of the biggest challenges CIOs face in today’s ultra-competitive health care IT industry. Between area hospitals that are expanding their IT staffs to meet meaningful use requirements, and vendors that are beefing up their workforce to provide adequate support, it’s become more challenging for CIOs to keep their best workers in house. To address this growing problem, Deborah Gash, VP and CIO at the 11-hospital St. Luke’s Health System in Kansas City, Mo., turned to her colleagues by distributing a survey through CHIME, and found that other CIOs facing similar situations were willing to share their employee retention strategies. To learn more about Gash’s work, healthsystemCIO.com editor Anthony Guerra caught up with the California-based CIO. Click here for the Transcript Click here for the Survey Results Chapter 1 About St. Luke’s Retaining employees while working toward MU “People are working a lot harder that they typically did” McKesson inpatient/Allscripts Ambulatory (CPSI for crucial access) RelayHealth for connectivity Supporting 80-90 core applications and “too many interfaces to count” Neon Impact for interfacing Operating in a competitive environment (Cerner is here) Clinical informaticists (especially those with RN background) highly sought Soft vs hard compensation LISTEN NOW USING THE PLAYER BELOW OR CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THIS PODCAST AND SUBSCRIBE TO OUR FEED AT iTUNES Bold Statements With all of the time spent working on meaningful use, the workload has increased, as you can imagine. And people are working a lot harder than they typically do, spending time on the weekend and putting in extra hours just to get all of the work done. We’ve got several feeder systems that send data to Relay Health, so it acts as our information exchange within our organization. We’ve seen a lot of our talent get recruited away by vendors—and I’m not saying Cerner is out there recruiting our staff, that’s not the case. But of the folks that have left our organization, many of them have either gone to work for consultants or gone to work for vendors to do implementations. So that seems to be what’s drawing away our staff, not necessarily other hospitals in our market. You have to come at this from multiple methods. We’re all motivated differently, and what motivates one employee may not motivate another. So I think having multiple approaches to address the problem is the right way to go, and that was the advice that I received from our comp and benefits department. Guerra: Good morning, Debbie. Thanks for being here. I’m looking forward to chatting with you about the CHIME survey. Gash: Good morning to you too. Guerra: Let’s set the table here. To start off, tell me a little bit about St. Luke’s, and we’ll go from there. Gash: St. Luke’s Health System is an integrated delivery network located in the Kansas City region. We have 11 hospitals located in both Missouri and Kansas. We have a fairly large base of employed physicians within the organization and a homecare and hospice organization. Our IT department is a corporate entity of the health system; we have roughly about 123 employees in our IT department supporting the health system. That comprises both the technology side as well as clinical and biomedical engineering. We, like most other health care organizations, are working toward becoming meaningful users of health IT and have been focused on deploying our various clinical modules in both our ambulatory clinics and our acute care hospitals. We’ve enjoyed a rather positive employee retention rate over the last four or five years, with retention being about 99 percent year-to-year, and have seen very little turnover in our IT organization. Employee satisfaction has also been very high in the 80 percent-plus range, and that’s been very positive for us. With all of the time spent working on meaningful use, the work[...] Anthony Guerra no no Ed Collins, VP & CIO, Martin Memorial Health Systems, Podcast Chapter 2 http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/03/15/ed-collins-vp-cio-martin-memorial-health-systems-podcast-chapter-2/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/03/15/ed-collins-vp-cio-martin-memorial-health-systems-podcast-chapter-2/#comments Tue, 15 Mar 2011 18:08:16 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=6654 While many CIOs have found the rush to meet Meaningful Use unpleasant, Ed Collins has found it invigorating. In fact, Collins says he doesn’t think the strides Martin Memorial has made would be possible without the Stage 1 attestation deadline in hand. Today, Collins is knee-deep in an Epic rollout, a journey the organization embarked [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/03/15/ed-collins-vp-cio-martin-memorial-health-systems-podcast-chapter-2/feed/ 0 0:19:51 While many CIOs have found the rush to meet Meaningful Use unpleasant, Ed Collins has found it invigorating. In fact, Collins says he doesn't think the strides Martin Memorial has made would be possible without the Stage 1 attestation deadline [...] While many CIOs have found the rush to meet Meaningful Use unpleasant, Ed Collins has found it invigorating. In fact, Collins says he doesn't think the strides Martin Memorial has made would be possible without the Stage 1 attestation deadline in hand. Today, Collins is knee-deep in an Epic rollout, a journey the organization embarked upon after determining its Meditech/Allscripts environment wasn't the best fit for the future. To learn more about this process, along with his hiring frenzy and governance shuffle, healthsystemCIO.com editor Anthony Guerra recently chatted with the Florida-based CIO. Budgeting/Forecasting Anthony Guerra no no HIT Worker Demand – The Mad Dash http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/02/24/hit-worker-demand-the-mad-dash/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/02/24/hit-worker-demand-the-mad-dash/#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2011 04:58:14 +0000 Bonnie Siegel http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=6419 The HIMSS11 Conference in Orlando was a flurry of activity and one of the best I have ever attended.  Health IT worker demand was a key topic.  Competition remains fierce among providers, vendors and consultants for the same pool of talent.  No need to hide the fact that healthcare CIOs want to hire qualified IT [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/02/24/hit-worker-demand-the-mad-dash/feed/ 2 PODCAST: One-on-One W/Partners HealthCare’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital CIO Sue Schade, Chapter 3 http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/11/18/podcast-one-on-one-wpartners-healthcares-brigham-and-womens-hospital-cio-sue-schade-chapter-3/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/11/18/podcast-one-on-one-wpartners-healthcares-brigham-and-womens-hospital-cio-sue-schade-chapter-3/#comments Thu, 18 Nov 2010 16:56:19 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=5397 To many, Boston is the center of the HIT universe. And to put an even finer point on it, Partners HealthCare is often thought of as the center of that center. With the departure of long-time corporate CIO John Glaser, and a complete reevaluation of the organization’s application landscape, Partners certainly is a time of [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/11/18/podcast-one-on-one-wpartners-healthcares-brigham-and-womens-hospital-cio-sue-schade-chapter-3/feed/ 0 0:12:09 To many, Boston is the center of the HIT universe. And to put an even finer point on it, Partners HealthCare is often thought of as the center of that center. With the departure of long-time corporate CIO John Glaser, and a complete reevaluation of [...] To many, Boston is the center of the HIT universe. And to put an even finer point on it, Partners HealthCare is often thought of as the center of that center. With the departure of long-time corporate CIO John Glaser, and a complete reevaluation of the organization's application landscape, Partners certainly is a time of flux. Sue Schade, CIO of Partner's Brigham and Women's Hospital, a 747-bed facility, is working to lead her hospital, and the overall health system, through that change, while still qualifying for HITECH, handling the transition to ICD-10, and dealing with any and all other changes that healthcare reform has to offer. To learn more about what it's like to lead one of the nation's leading hospitals, healthsystemCIO.com editor Anthony Guerra recently chatted with Schade. Anthony Guerra no no PODCAST: One-on-One w/Sibley Memorial Hospital VP of Information Resources and Chief Information Technology Officer Kenda Tavakoli, Chapter 3 http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/11/04/podcast-one-on-one-wsibley-memorial-hospital-vp-of-information-resources-and-chief-information-technology-officer-kenda-tavakoli-chapter-3/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/11/04/podcast-one-on-one-wsibley-memorial-hospital-vp-of-information-resources-and-chief-information-technology-officer-kenda-tavakoli-chapter-3/#comments Thu, 04 Nov 2010 14:26:18 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=5190 While change is in the air for healthcare organizations these days, nowhere has there been more dramatic change over the last few years than Washington, DC-based Sibley Memorial Hospital. That’s because after more than 25 years with one person heading IT, Kenda Tavakoli stepped into the role in 2008. Since then, even more change has [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/11/04/podcast-one-on-one-wsibley-memorial-hospital-vp-of-information-resources-and-chief-information-technology-officer-kenda-tavakoli-chapter-3/feed/ 0 0:11:27 While change is in the air for healthcare organizations these days, nowhere has there been more dramatic change over the last few years than Washington, DC-based Sibley Memorial Hospital. That's because after more than 25 years with one person headi[...] While change is in the air for healthcare organizations these days, nowhere has there been more dramatic change over the last few years than Washington, DC-based Sibley Memorial Hospital. That's because after more than 25 years with one person heading IT, Kenda Tavakoli stepped into the role in 2008. Since then, even more change has come to the one-time stand-alone community hospital, this in the form of an acquisition by the Johns Hopkins Health System. To learn more about her tips for managing change, building teams and tackling Meaningful Use, healthsystemCIO.com editor Anthony Guerra recently caught up with the long-time healthcare IT professional. Anthony Guerra no no The Right Way to Handle Rejection http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/10/21/the-right-way-to-handle-rejection/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/10/21/the-right-way-to-handle-rejection/#comments Thu, 21 Oct 2010 17:31:27 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=5075 There are literally thousands of people trying to break into the healthcare IT industry, and many are getting extremely frustrated at what they perceive as a closed-door policy to those who are not uber-qualified. According to these discontented souls, the barrier to entry is far too high, often requiring both knowledge of a specific healthcare IT application and some sort of front-line clinical experience. "What are they thinking!?" these people shout on public forums like LinkedIn. "If they're going to be so picky, that industry will never make progress!" they scream on FaceBook or Twitter.

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/10/21/the-right-way-to-handle-rejection/feed/ 1 Clinical IT Help Wanted…But at What Cost? http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/10/13/clinical-it-help-wanted-but-at-what-cost/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/10/13/clinical-it-help-wanted-but-at-what-cost/#comments Wed, 13 Oct 2010 20:35:49 +0000 Bonnie Siegel http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=4994 The “hot” topic this year is the healthcare IT workforce shortage and its impact on health system CIOs and their provider organizations.  The CHIME CIO Fall Forum in Phoenix last week held a CIO panel discussion about the shortage, and CHIME just published findings from a recent survey about the IT staffing shortages, other articles [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/10/13/clinical-it-help-wanted-but-at-what-cost/feed/ 3 CHIME: Staffing Shortages Stymie CIOs http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/10/07/chime-staffing-shortages-stymie-cios/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/10/07/chime-staffing-shortages-stymie-cios/#comments Thu, 07 Oct 2010 07:28:01 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=4955 IT staffing shortages will put projects at risk and negatively impact healthcare organizations’ chances of implementing EHRs successfully, according to results of a recent CHIME survey. CIOs who responded to the survey said IT staffing deficiencies will possibly (51 percent) or definitely (10 percent) affect their chances to implement an EHR and receive stimulus funding. The most glaring need for healthcare organizations is for trained personnel who can implement clinical records software.

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/10/07/chime-staffing-shortages-stymie-cios/feed/ 0 Closing the Gap in Health IT Hiring http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/07/24/closing-the-gap-in-health-it-hiring/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/07/24/closing-the-gap-in-health-it-hiring/#comments Sat, 24 Jul 2010 21:40:37 +0000 Bonnie Siegel http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=4124 In my previous post about Where will 50,000 come from?, the need for more skilled health IT workers was discussed as well as where these individuals might be found.  Here we are, just past mid-2010 and there are many health system CIOs, vendors and consulting firms looking to hire qualified IT leaders and staff.  Many [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/07/24/closing-the-gap-in-health-it-hiring/feed/ 0 PODCAST: One-on-One-w/Norton Healthcare System VP of IS & CIO Joseph DeVenuto, Chapter 1 http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/06/22/podcast-one-on-one-wnorton-healthcare-system-vp-of-is-cio-joseph-devenuto-chapter-1/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/06/22/podcast-one-on-one-wnorton-healthcare-system-vp-of-is-cio-joseph-devenuto-chapter-1/#comments Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:39:12 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=3504 If you thought CIOs merely had to surmount the Stage 1 Meaningful Use bar to be successful, you’d be very wrong. That’s because the government has just begun enacting the massive mandates it’s planned for healthcare. Specifically, there’s a little conversion called ICD-10 that will run parallel with the mid-stages of HITECH and take more [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/06/22/podcast-one-on-one-wnorton-healthcare-system-vp-of-is-cio-joseph-devenuto-chapter-1/feed/ 0 0:00:01 Joseph DeVenuto, VP & CIO, Norton Healthcare If you thought CIOs merely had to surmount the Stage 1 Meaningful Use bar to be successful, you’d be very wrong. That’s because the government has just begun enacting the massive mandates [...] Joseph DeVenuto, VP & CIO, Norton Healthcare If you thought CIOs merely had to surmount the Stage 1 Meaningful Use bar to be successful, you’d be very wrong. That’s because the government has just begun enacting the massive mandates it’s planned for healthcare. Specifically, there’s a little conversion called ICD-10 that will run parallel with the mid-stages of HITECH and take more than a sliver of CIO bandwidth. One CIO with his eye on this coding prize is Norton Healthcare System’s Joseph DeVenuto, who recently Tweeted about his plans to coalesce critical constituencies around the ICD-10 table. To learn more about his strategy, healthsystemCIO.com editor Anthony Guerra recently chatted with the Kentucky-based CIO. Chapter 1 ICD-10 & HITECH Coding, RCM, HIM & IT ICD-10 & governance Going from 24,000 codes to 155,000 codes Taking stock of everyone ICD-9 touches today Will many coders retire rather than learning the new language? Factoring your vendors into the conversion Working with payers on conversion Will the deadline hold? The resource drain Meditech Interfaces, ICD-10 & Cloverleaf HIT workforce shortage LISTEN NOW USING THE PLAYER BELOW OR CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THIS PODCAST AND SUBSCRIBE TO OUR FEED AT iTUNES Chapter 2 Source: PODCAST: One-on-One-w/Norton Healthcare System VP of IS & CIO Joseph DeVenuto, Chapter 1 on healthsystemcio.com - healthsystemCIO.com is the sole online-only publication dedicated to exclusively and comprehensively serving the information needs of healthcare CIOs.Source: PODCAST: One-on-One-w/Norton Healthcare System VP of IS & CIO Joseph DeVenuto, Chapter 1 on healthsystemcio.com - healthsystemCIO.com is the sole online-only publication dedicated to exclusively and comprehensively serving the information needs of healthcare CIOs. ICD-10, Integration/Interfacing, RCM Anthony Guerra no no PODCAST: One-on-One w/ El Camino Hospital CIO Greg Walton, Chapter 1 http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/06/16/podcast-one-on-one-w-el-camino-hospital-cio-greg-walton-chapter-1/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/06/16/podcast-one-on-one-w-el-camino-hospital-cio-greg-walton-chapter-1/#comments Thu, 17 Jun 2010 03:19:41 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=3458 Implementing a few clinical systems isn’t going to get you applause at El Camino Hospital. That’s because the organization has “been there, done that,” implementing the first CPOE system some 40 years ago. Considering that tough crowd, the CIO role isn’t for newcomers, and Greg Walton is no newcomer. With 40 years in the business [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/06/16/podcast-one-on-one-w-el-camino-hospital-cio-greg-walton-chapter-1/feed/ 0 0:12:22 Implementing a few clinical systems isn't going to get you applause at El Camino Hospital. That's because the organization has "been there, done that," implementing the first CPOE system some 40 years ago. Considering that tough crowd, the CIO role [...] Implementing a few clinical systems isn't going to get you applause at El Camino Hospital. That's because the organization has "been there, done that," implementing the first CPOE system some 40 years ago. Considering that tough crowd, the CIO role isn't for newcomers, and Greg Walton is no newcomer. With 40 years in the business to match El Camino's CPOE tenure, Walton is just the kind of CIO to take on a big challenge. In fact, soon after assuming the job in December 2007, Walton created the Center for Technology Integration to make sure the organization was up on the latest tools for improving patient care. To talk about this, and so much more, healthsystemCIO.com editor Anthony Guerra recently caught up with the California-based CIO. CPOE, eMAR Anthony Guerra no no PODCAST: One-on-One w/Hunterdon Healthcare VP & CIO Glenn Mamary, Chapter 2 http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/06/10/podcast-one-on-one-whunterdon-healthcare-vp-cio-glenn-mamary-chapter-2/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/06/10/podcast-one-on-one-whunterdon-healthcare-vp-cio-glenn-mamary-chapter-2/#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:10:18 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=3389 More and more, healthcare systems seem split into two camps: the one-vendor-for-everything, enterprise solution model or the best-of-suite (or breed) approach. Those embracing the former often spend a big chunk of change to rip and replace most of what they have, while being relieved of many integration headaches down the road. Those selecting the latter [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/06/10/podcast-one-on-one-whunterdon-healthcare-vp-cio-glenn-mamary-chapter-2/feed/ 0 0:09:49 More and more, healthcare systems seem split into two camps: the one-vendor-for-everything, enterprise solution model or the best-of-suite (or breed) approach. Those embracing the former often spend a big chunk of change to rip and replace most of w[...] More and more, healthcare systems seem split into two camps: the one-vendor-for-everything, enterprise solution model or the best-of-suite (or breed) approach. Those embracing the former often spend a big chunk of change to rip and replace most of what they have, while being relieved of many integration headaches down the road. Those selecting the latter may enjoy happier specialty clinicians — such as those in the ED — but must tie it all together, and make sure those ties stick. Glenn Mamary, VP & CIO of Flemington, N.J.-based Hunterdon Healthcare System is running one of those hybrid shops, with many vendors to integrate and many ties to bind. To learn more about how Mamary is making the right data flow to the right clinicians at the right time, healthsystemCIO.com editor Anthony Guerra recently chatted with his fellow New Jerseyian. HITECH Anthony Guerra no no PODCAST: One-on-One w/Hallmark Health VP of IS Carol Dresser, Chapter 2 http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/06/10/podcast-one-on-one-whallmark-health-vp-of-is-carol-dresser-chapter-2/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/06/10/podcast-one-on-one-whallmark-health-vp-of-is-carol-dresser-chapter-2/#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:48:36 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=3383 It didn’t take an act of Congress to start Carol Dresser and Hallmark Health implementing advanced clinical technologies. Hallmark — which includes Lawrence Memorial Hospital, Melrose-Wakefield Hospital, Hallmark Health Cancer Center and Hallmark Health Medical Center — is now working to increase adoption of CPOE and perfect its bedside bar coded medication administration processes. What [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/06/10/podcast-one-on-one-whallmark-health-vp-of-is-carol-dresser-chapter-2/feed/ 0 0:12:18 It didn't take an act of Congress to start Carol Dresser and Hallmark Health implementing advanced clinical technologies. Hallmark — which includes Lawrence Memorial Hospital, Melrose-Wakefield Hospital, Hallmark Health Cancer Center and Hallmark He[...] It didn't take an act of Congress to start Carol Dresser and Hallmark Health implementing advanced clinical technologies. Hallmark — which includes Lawrence Memorial Hospital, Melrose-Wakefield Hospital, Hallmark Health Cancer Center and Hallmark Health Medical Center — is now working to increase adoption of CPOE and perfect its bedside bar coded medication administration processes. What HITECH has done to the organization — as it has to every other health system in the country — is caused timelines to be shortened and new projects to be piled onto old. Injecting technology into that mass of moving parts, patients and physicians is Dresser, the organization’s VP of information services (Hallmark does not use the title CIO, though she functions in that capacity). To learn more about how the organization will hurdle the Meaningful Use bar, healthsystemCIO.com editor Anthony Guerra recently caught up with Dresser. Infrastructure/Network, Integration/Interfacing Anthony Guerra no no Developing Talent with Tangible Returns http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/06/10/developing-talent-with-tangible-returns/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/06/10/developing-talent-with-tangible-returns/#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:00:38 +0000 Jorge Grillo http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=3362 If your organization is anything like mine, you too are adding additional IT staff to deal with the increased activity driven by such legislative drivers as HITECH. Even with today’s economic downturn, with organizations (both vendor and hospital) vying for similar resources, I have definitely started to experience increased difficulty attracting advanced resources. Having anticipated [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/06/10/developing-talent-with-tangible-returns/feed/ 0 Several Habits of an Effective CIO http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/06/01/several-habits-of-an-effective-cio/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/06/01/several-habits-of-an-effective-cio/#comments Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:37:18 +0000 Scott MacLean http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=3231 Lots of ink has been spent on the increasing complexity of the CIO role and the new attributes needed to be successful in the job. Similar amounts have been dedicated to how to cope with these demands. Perhaps it’s presumptuous to consider my habits effective, but these have been the core planning categories that have [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/06/01/several-habits-of-an-effective-cio/feed/ 1 TEXT/PODCAST: One-on-One-w/Meditech President & COO Howard Messing, Part I http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/05/23/textpodcast-one-on-one-wmeditech-president-coo-howard-messing-part-i/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/05/23/textpodcast-one-on-one-wmeditech-president-coo-howard-messing-part-i/#comments Mon, 24 May 2010 01:21:44 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=3111 In every industry, there are organizations so pervasive they constitute bellwethers for the entire market segment. In healthcare IT, that company is Meditech. With over 2,200 customers and almost $400 million in software revenues last year, the Westwood, Mass.-based organization’s opinions on national policy — especially the HITECH Act’s Meaningful Use NPRM — should be [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/05/23/textpodcast-one-on-one-wmeditech-president-coo-howard-messing-part-i/feed/ 0 One-on-One w/Fletcher Allen CIO Chuck Podesta, Part III http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/05/10/one-on-one-wfletcher-allen-cio-chuck-podesta-part-iii/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/05/10/one-on-one-wfletcher-allen-cio-chuck-podesta-part-iii/#comments Mon, 10 May 2010 15:03:22 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=2987 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/2010/05/10/one-on-one-wfletcher-allen-cio-chuck-podesta-part-iii/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 PODCAST: One-on-One w/OHSU Professor Bill Hersh http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/04/28/podcast-one-on-one-wohsu-informatics-professor-bill-hersh/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/04/28/podcast-one-on-one-wohsu-informatics-professor-bill-hersh/#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 01:19:59 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=2862 When ONC recently announced the beneficiaries of its workforce development grants, this reporter wrote an editorial lamenting what seemed to be fast and loose spending of taxpayer money. But one reader took exception with that characterization — Oregon Health & Science University Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology Chairman Bill Hersh, M.D. That’s because [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/04/28/podcast-one-on-one-wohsu-informatics-professor-bill-hersh/feed/ 0 PODCAST: One-on-One w/St. Vincent CIO Tim Stettheimer http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/04/20/podcast-one-on-one-wst-vincent%e2%80%99s-cio-tim-stettheimer/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/04/20/podcast-one-on-one-wst-vincent%e2%80%99s-cio-tim-stettheimer/#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 19:25:52 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=2684 As chair of CHIME’s certification committee, St. Vincent’s Health System SVP & CIO Tim Stettheimer, PhD, has been instrumental in developing the CIO-focused organization’s new CHCIO program. And as chair of CHIME’s Board of Trustees, he’s also been at the forefront of crafting the organization’s comment letters on the Meaningful Use and Certification NPRMs. But [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/04/20/podcast-one-on-one-wst-vincent%e2%80%99s-cio-tim-stettheimer/feed/ 1 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 HHS Dispenses $84 Million For Workforce Development http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/04/07/hhs-dispenses-84-million-for-workforce-development/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/04/07/hhs-dispenses-84-million-for-workforce-development/#comments Wed, 07 Apr 2010 21:05:05 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=2381 HHS has awarded $84 million to 16 universities and junior colleges “to support training and development of more than 50,000 new health IT professionals.” Workforce Award recipients, by program area, include: Community College Consortia Program ($36 million): The Community College Consortia Program provides assistance to five regional recipients to establish a multi-institutional consortium within each [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/04/07/hhs-dispenses-84-million-for-workforce-development/feed/ 0 Dearth of Workers Means Managers Must Nurture http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/04/03/dearth-of-workers-means-managers-must-nurture/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/04/03/dearth-of-workers-means-managers-must-nurture/#comments Sat, 03 Apr 2010 13:00:13 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=2249 The best managers know that relentlessly pushing for more from employees doesn’t work. The best strategy is to create an environment where people can thrive and realize their full potential. The 1950′s image of a factory foreman admonishing cowering workers to increase widget production is long dead and buried. Unfortunately, not every manager is enlightened, [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/04/03/dearth-of-workers-means-managers-must-nurture/feed/ 0 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 Breaking In Is Hard to Do http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/03/29/breaking-in-is-hard-to-do/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/03/29/breaking-in-is-hard-to-do/#comments Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:41:03 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=2180 About a year ago, I received a call from someone looking to blog on the healthcare IT Web site I was running at the time. I had developed a robust blogosphere, which came to host over two dozen well known and respected thought-leaders with long tenures in the business. Ken, as we’ll call this individual, [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/03/29/breaking-in-is-hard-to-do/feed/ 0 Show me the money! http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/03/18/show-me-the-money/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/03/18/show-me-the-money/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:56:36 +0000 Neal Ganguly http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=1827 Investment banking firms are lining up to cash in on the big HIT boom that will be spurred on by the ARRA legislation.  Their eyes are gleaming with the thought of billions of dollars that will flow to this sector.  I had the chance to meet with some investment bankers recently and they were keenly [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/03/18/show-me-the-money/feed/ 0 AHA Sees Negative Consequences in Meaningful Use http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/03/11/aha-sees-negative-consequences-in-meaningful-use/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/03/11/aha-sees-negative-consequences-in-meaningful-use/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:08:35 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=1600 “The AHA is very concerned that the high bar for achieving ‘meaningful use’ and the limited transitions proposed in the NPRM will severely limit hospitals’ ability to access these much-needed resources,” the organization stated in its recently filed comment letter to CMS. “We fear that the ultimate impact of the program actually could be the [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/03/11/aha-sees-negative-consequences-in-meaningful-use/feed/ 0 One-on-One W/Beacon Partners CEO Ralph Fargnoli (II) http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/03/10/one-on-one-wbeacon-partners-ceo-ralph-fargnoli-ii/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/03/10/one-on-one-wbeacon-partners-ceo-ralph-fargnoli-ii/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:16:58 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=1577 As hospitals of all shapes, sizes and complexity sprint for HITECH dollars, many are looking at consultants to fill gaps in their healthcare IT intellectual capital repositories. Offering everything from system selection expertise to contract negotiation to temporary staffing augmentation, many organizations won’t best Meaningful Use without outside help. To gain insight into just what [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/03/10/one-on-one-wbeacon-partners-ceo-ralph-fargnoli-ii/feed/ 0 When Blumenthal Listens, People Talk http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/03/04/when-blumenthal-listens-people-talk/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/03/04/when-blumenthal-listens-people-talk/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:00:32 +0000 John Schrenker http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=1479 Tuesday morning at HIMSS about 100 CIOs had the opportunity to attend a standing room only meeting with Dr. David Blumenthal, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. The invitation arrived late Monday night simply stating that Dr. Blumenthal wanted to invite a small group of CIOs to have a discussion about the “progress being made [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/03/04/when-blumenthal-listens-people-talk/feed/ 1 CHIME Survey Reveals Vast MU Concerns http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/28/chime-survey-reveals-vast-mu-concerns/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/28/chime-survey-reveals-vast-mu-concerns/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 01:35:48 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=1377 More than 90 percent of CIOs responding to a recent CHIME survey expressed at least some concern about whether they will qualify for HITECH stimulus funding, according to the organization, with upgrading or implementing a certified EHR system one of the largest challenges. Nearly half of all respondents, 48 percent, expressed concern about vendor readiness, [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/28/chime-survey-reveals-vast-mu-concerns/feed/ 0 One-on-One W/Beacon Partners CEO Ralph Fargnoli (I) http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/23/one-on-one-wbeacon-partners-ceo-ralph-fargnoli-i/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/23/one-on-one-wbeacon-partners-ceo-ralph-fargnoli-i/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:29:22 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=1271 As hospitals of all shapes, sizes and complexity sprint for HITECH dollars, many are looking at consultants to fill gaps in their healthcare IT intellectual capital repositories. Offering everything from system selection expertise to contract negotiation to temporary staffing augmentation, many organizations won’t best Meaningful Use without outside help. To gain insight into just what [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/23/one-on-one-wbeacon-partners-ceo-ralph-fargnoli-i/feed/ 0 One-on-One w/McKesson President Sunny Sanyal (III) http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/19/one-on-one-wmckesson-president-sunny-sanyal-iii/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/19/one-on-one-wmckesson-president-sunny-sanyal-iii/#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:35:28 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=1177 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/2010/02/19/one-on-one-wmckesson-president-sunny-sanyal-iii/feed/ 0 REC & HIT Education Grants Announced http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/12/rec-hit-education-grants-announced/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/12/rec-hit-education-grants-announced/#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:13:26 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=1073 HHS has awarded nearly $1 billion in Recovery Act monies to help providers adopt HIT and train workers to implement and manage EMR systems. Of the over $750 million, $386 million will go to 40 states and qualified State Designated Entities (SDEs) to facilitate HIEs at the state level, while $375 million will go to [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/12/rec-hit-education-grants-announced/feed/ 4 Are You Certified? http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/11/are-you-certified/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/11/are-you-certified/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:21:59 +0000 Bonnie Siegel http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=1027 Is it worth your time, energy and money to pursue professional certification and recognition?  Yes, in this competitive work environment all those fancy acronyms after your name on your resume can be helpful in setting you apart from others.  Looking at the definition under Professional certification – Wikipedia, it described three types of professional certification: [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/11/are-you-certified/feed/ 3 One-on-One w/McKesson Provider Pres. Sunny Sanyal http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/11/one-on-one-wmckesson-provider-tech-pres-sunny-sanyal/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/11/one-on-one-wmckesson-provider-tech-pres-sunny-sanyal/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:02:33 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=1013 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/2010/02/11/one-on-one-wmckesson-provider-tech-pres-sunny-sanyal/feed/ 1 One-on-One w/eCW CEO Girish Kumar Navani (I) http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/11/one-on-one-wecw-ceo-grish-kumar-navani-i/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/11/one-on-one-wecw-ceo-grish-kumar-navani-i/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:23:15 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=1006 While there is no doubt health system CIOs are working 18-hour days just to keep their heads above water, major inpatient and outpatient EMR vendors have significant to-do lists as well. From HITECH guarantees to reading the tea leaves on certification to staffing up for the oncoming sales tsunami, vendors know one bad implementation can [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/11/one-on-one-wecw-ceo-grish-kumar-navani-i/feed/ 0 Top 10 Tips on Working With an Exec. Recruiter http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/03/savvy-job-hunter-top-10-tips-how-to-work-with-an-executive-recruiter/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/03/savvy-job-hunter-top-10-tips-how-to-work-with-an-executive-recruiter/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:00:33 +0000 Bonnie Siegel http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=874 Start of a new year and a new decade and believe me, search firms will be calling you.  You may not be looking for a new position, but work and life changes may force you into a job search.  As a retained executive recruiter, I speak with many CIOs, who are looking for a change, [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/03/savvy-job-hunter-top-10-tips-how-to-work-with-an-executive-recruiter/feed/ 0 One-on-One W/Baylor CIO David Muntz (II) http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/01/31/one-on-one-wbaylor-cio-david-muntz-ii/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/01/31/one-on-one-wbaylor-cio-david-muntz-ii/#comments Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:21:07 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=783 As chair of the CHIME Advocacy Leadership Team, David Muntz is as plugged into the Meaningful Use saga as any non-government employee can be. And to hear him tell it, the interim final definition of MU needs to be significantly tempered if the majority of healthcare organizations are to have the slightest shot at qualifying [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/01/31/one-on-one-wbaylor-cio-david-muntz-ii/feed/ 0 Where will 50,000 come from? http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/01/24/where-will-50000-come-from/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/01/24/where-will-50000-come-from/#comments Sun, 24 Jan 2010 23:56:27 +0000 Bonnie Siegel http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=567 The marching orders are in.  The National Coordinator for Health IT, Dr. David Blumenthal has stated the need for an estimated 50,000 additional healthcare information technology workers.  Federal money is being offered to fund higher education to train the new HIT work force.  This is exciting news!  I have some thoughts on where these highly [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/01/24/where-will-50000-come-from/feed/ 5 One-on-One w/MedStar Health’s Gerry Higgins – Part 2 http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/01/22/one-on-one-wmedstar-health%e2%80%99s-gerry-higgins-part-2/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/01/22/one-on-one-wmedstar-health%e2%80%99s-gerry-higgins-part-2/#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:12:22 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=452 Gerald Higgins, PhD., MBA, MS, is not your typical CIO — that’s because Higgins is a chief innovation officer. Getting paid not to carry out EMR implementations or persuade physicians to embrace CPOE, Higgins is remunerated to “see what’s happening one or two hills over the horizon.” With a dizzying array of jobs and accomplishments [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/01/22/one-on-one-wmedstar-health%e2%80%99s-gerry-higgins-part-2/feed/ 0 Staffing & Meaningful Use — It’s Not Just a Vendor Issue http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/01/20/staffing-issues-meaningful-use-its-not-just-a-vendor-issue/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/01/20/staffing-issues-meaningful-use-its-not-just-a-vendor-issue/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 04:23:48 +0000 Steve Huffman http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=424 Looking at my project load for 2010 and the upcoming requirements to keep our existing applications fresh, as well as trying to address meaningful use (in a meaningful way), has created capacity issues for all of us.  While I hear a lot about how vendors may not have enough staff to implement all of the [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/01/20/staffing-issues-meaningful-use-its-not-just-a-vendor-issue/feed/ 6 ONCHIT Issues More Workforce Grants http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/01/17/onchit-issues-more-workforce-grants/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/01/17/onchit-issues-more-workforce-grants/#comments Sun, 17 Jan 2010 18:25:38 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=320 ONCHIT has announced two additional grant programs to increase the healthcare IT workforce. These programs are entitled “Information Technology Professionals in Health Care: Program of Assistance for University-Based Training Programs (University-Based Training Program)” and “Information Technology Professionals in Health Care: Competency Examination for Individuals (Competency Examination Program).” The new grant programs will award $32 million [...]

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