Can CommonWell’s Cold Fusion Bring The Heat?

Adam Gale, President, KLAS

It is hard not to cheer for the ideals of the CommonWell Health Alliance. For over 15 years, KLAS has interviewed thousands of providers who have bemoaned the lack of data integration and sharing in healthcare. With the combined resources of six firms, is CommonWell the first step toward true data integration? While it is [...]

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Jim Turnbull, CIO, University of Utah Health Care, Chapter 1

Jim Turnbull, CIO, University of Utah Health Care

About University of Utah
Bridging Cerner (inpatient) and Epic (outpatient)
Plans to move to an integrated solution
Staff-run retention and recognition programs — “It’s had an immediate impact on our turnover.”
Using telemedicine to connect with remote facilities and educate docs
Community service & casual dress codes

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Tom Bres, VP/CIO, Sparrow Health System, Chapter 3

Tom Bres, VP/CIO, Sparrow Health System

Partnering with Mayo to enable e-consults and share best practices
Stepping into an Epic decision
From IBM to Sparrow—“a lot of it was the passion for healthcare in my community”
Leadership means listening
Don’t underestimate talent management

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Tom Bartiromo, SVP, CTO and Interim CIO, Barnabas Health, Chapter 2

Tom Bartiromo, SVP, CTO and Interim CIO, Barnabas Health

The importance of key clinical partners
Marketing successes
The quest to reduce interfaces (“Curbing 30 years of instinct”)
Email management
Reducing catastrophic risk

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KLAS: Gaps Still Exist With Clinical Decision Support

KLAS Says CDS Tools Still Need to Make the Leap

Although providers are able to leverage clinical evidence from third-party clinical decision support vendors, improvements with EMR and workflow integration are still needed, according to a new report from KLAS — Clinical Decision Support 2012: Order Sets, Care Plans, Drug Databases. The research addresses the challenges that providers have to stay current with a growing [...]

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Carolyn Byerly, CIO, Stanford Hospital & Clinics, Chapter 1

Carolyn Byerly, CIO, Stanford Hospital & Clinics

About Stanford Hospitals & Clinics
Reflecting on the Perot outsourcing
Reflecting on the Epic rollout, and the Epic Way
Best practices in vendor selection processes
“They want to make money, and we want them to make money”

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KLAS: CIOs Stay On Path When Selecting A Portal

CIOs Are Taking The Path Of Least Resistance

There are times when familiarity does not breed contempt, according to a new KLAS report, which found that convenience and the ease of integration that comes from having an established relationship with an EMR vendor are primary drivers in selecting a patient portal. The increased pressure organizations are facing to engage with patients at deeper [...]

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Lee Carmen, CIO, University of Iowa Health Care, Chapter 3

Lee Carmen, CIO, University of Iowa Health Care

Expanding Epic, but sticking with Cerner in lab
The quest to banish interfaces
HIMSS Analytics Stage 7 and device integration
Voalte for clinician communications
On leadership and staff management

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