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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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In Part I of this post, I made the bold statement that the VistA Modernization Report is the single smartest document that I have seen to date about healthcare reform – I even compared it to a blueprint for a modern-day Manhattan Project of sorts.  I summarized the report’s recommendations and placed those recommendations in [...]

You may have missed it, but on May 4th, a working group of 42 industry luminaries released the VistA Modernization Report. This report, chartered by the Industry Advisory Council (IAC) at the request of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is the single smartest and boldest document that I have seen come out of the roiling currents of healthcare reform.

Eclipsys has released “Helios by Eclipsys,” an open architecture platform that — in conjunction with company-provided software development kits — will allow certified third parties to natively write applications. Leveraging this model, the company contends, healthcare organizations can utilize best-of-breed applications in an integrated environment with Eclipsys enterprise solutions. The result is removal of the [...]