Mike Rozmus, CIO, Rockingham Memorial Hospital, Chapter 4

Mike Rozmus, VP & CIO, Rockingham Memorial Hospital

Staff management and leadership
The benefits/challenges of poaching from the clinical side of the house
Dealing with a historically heavy workload, battling burnout
“There’s only so much organizational change you can absorb at one time”
Stage 2 MU concerns
How government programs are crowding out innovation
Rozmus’ journey: From industrial engineering to hospital CIO

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Bobbie Byrne, MD, CIO, Edward Hospital & Health Services, Chapter 1

Bobbie Byrne, MD, CIO, Edward Hospital & Health Services

About Edward Hospital & Health Services
Migrating to Epic across the system
“Epic wasn’t an automatic choice”
Need for a single source of truth
IT being thrust into the spotlight
“I’m not a technical person”
Placing a higher value on clinical experience for CIOs

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Letting Go Of The Green Screens

Kate Huvane Gamble, Managing Editor, hsCIO.com

“This is ridiculous. Why are they making us do this? Our system works just fine.” During the early years of my career, I worked as a reporter for a few different newspapers in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. On two separate occasions, I was on staff when the company migrated from an old, time-tested computer system [...]

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Living Beyond Your Means Is Never the ‘Right Thing To Do’

Anthony Guerra, Editor-in-Chief, hsCIO.com

I didn’t even notice that the bathroom was top-to-bottom ’70s salmon or that the kitchen appliances looked like props from The Brady Bunch. I was looking at the neighborhood, the street, the lot size and the general layout of the house. I was in love, but my wife was in a slight panic. “If we [...]

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Someone Has To Pay

Kate Huvane Gamble, Managing Editor, hsCIO.com

It’s pretty rare for the National Football League to dominate the sports headlines in May, especially with basketball and hockey playoffs going on. But last week, two football-related stories broke just hours apart that sent shockwaves through the sports world. First, it was announced that Jonathan Vilma, a veteran linebacker with the New Orleans Saints, [...]

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Wanda Sims, CIO, Baptist Health, Chapter 3

Wanda Sims, CIO, Baptist Health

HIE work (internal vs external)
“At the end of the day, it all comes down to viability — somebody has to pay”
In the process of “thinking about thinking about our financial system”
Sims on leadership — reflecting on lessons from a rich career
“I’ve seen all the games played, so I know how they’re played”
Avoiding death by meeting

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Karen Marhefka, Associate CIO, UMass Memorial Healthcare, Chapter 4

Karen Marhefka, Associate CIO, UMass Memorial Health Care

The HIT workforce shortage and staff management
Working with consultants, Encore Health Resources
Working for George Brenckle
HIT and Eddie Money
The changing role of the CIO

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Keeping Controversy To A Minimum

Anthony Guerra, Editor-in-Chief, hsCIO.com

While a few live for their jobs, most work at them. As such, many are easily distracted from those daily tasks that give little satisfaction. One way this tendency exhibits itself is as a veritable craving for office controversy — any reason to start email or chatting with co-workers about the latest goings on in [...]

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The Game Keeps On Going

Kate Huvane Gamble, Managing Editor, hsCIO.com

“I never got to that point where by I didn’t have enough hope to keep on going. This particular crisis was somewhat like playing a game of solitaire. You pick up a card and if you can put it someplace, the game keeps on going. So if you pick up a card which is a [...]

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