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A prominent CIO of a regional hospital system encountered the limitations of HIPAA and so-called “Protected Health Information (PHI)” when her boss fired her after a short medical leave of absence. After years working without taking vacation, a family catastrophe that affected her health prompted her to take a medical leave of absence. She had [...]
Though HITECH may have some questioning their physician integration strategy — especially the part about underwriting EMRs using the Stark relaxations — it hasn’t deterred Inova Health and its CIO Geoff Brown one bit. In fact, Brown thinks strengthening those key relationships is more important than ever. Heartened by the industry’s move towards standards and [...]
PODCAST: One-on-One w/Inova Health System SVP & CIO Geoff Brown, Chapter 2 [ 12:08 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (248)Ask physicians what their main complaint is with their profession, and many will say it’s the heavy burden of malpractice insurance. With legions of lawyers whose raison d’etre is to sue doctors, it’s no wonder high-risk specialties, such as surgeons and ob-gyns., must spend tens of thousands of dollars a year just in case they [...]
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 [...]
Before the term HIE appeared in the pages of HITECH, many CIOs didn’t pay it much attention, preferring instead to focus on getting their houses in order. While that’s still a great strategy, healthcare informatics leaders now have no choice but to dip their toes into the murky waters of inter-organizational information exchange. While many [...]
Before the term HIE appeared in the pages of HITECH, many CIOs didn’t pay it much attention, preferring instead to focus on getting their houses in order. While that’s still a great strategy, healthcare informatics leaders now have no choice but to dip their toes into the murky waters of inter-organizational information exchange. While many [...]
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