Ligon’s CHIME survey on IT steering committees
New boss, new priorities
Prioritization and governance
Acceptable rates of change — “There’s only so many things that people can absorb”
The role of nursing in HIT transformation
Kim Ligon, CIO, DCH Health System, Discusses Her CHIME Member-To-Member Survey On IT Steering Committees, Chapter 2
12/29/2011 By Leave a Comment
TEXT/PODCAST: Bar-Coded eMAR Reduces Errors
05/12/2010 By Leave a Comment
Using bar-code technology with an electronic medication administration record (eMAR) “substantially reduces transcription and medication administration errors, as well as potential drug-related adverse events,” says a new study funded by AHRQ. The findings have important implications because bar-code eMAR technology is being considered as a 2013 criterion for Meaningful Use under HITECH. (Skip to Podcast) [...]
FDA to Recommend New Physician Certification
04/21/2010 By Leave a Comment
The FDA has been receiving a great deal of criticism from the clinical community about a variety of issues, but probably none is as contentious as the ongoing patient safety issues regarding harmful drug-drug interactions and drug-gene interactions, estimated by the Institute of Medicine to cause 250,000 deaths each year in the U.S. The current [...]
Have We Reached a Tipping Point With HIEs?
04/08/2010 By 2 Comments
News related to the exchange of health information and the entities that facilitate that exchange continue to dominate the headlines. And for good reason. Access to a comprehensive view of a patient’s health information across encounters and providers is widely seen as one of the most important contributors to the Obama administration’s goals of improving [...]
PODCAST: One-on-One w/Doylestown CIO Rick Lang
04/05/2010 By Leave a Comment
Just over a month ago, 208-bed Doylestown Memorial Hospital got some big league attention as it was tagged by HIMSS Analytics with Stage 6 honors. But with the organization opening a new emergency department, CIO Rick Lang has little time to stop and celebrate. Lang and his team are hard at work rolling out NextGen [...]
One-on-One w/Doylestown CIO Rick Lang, Chapter 2 [ 11:13 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (255) One-on-One w/Doylestown CIO Rick Lang, Chapter 3 [ 10:57 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (264)PBM versus EHR: Culture Clash?
03/11/2010 By Leave a Comment
Individualizing drug therapy based on pharmacogenomics (PGx) is considered by many academic researchers and clinical experts as the “next significant domain of clinical practice” (see the American College of Clinical Pharmacology’s very informative web-based tutorial, “The Future of Medicine: Pharmacogenomics”, http://user.accp1.org/index_new.html). Drugs that are currently recommended for PGx testing by the FDA include specific medications [...]
One-on-One w/U of Wisc. Hospitals CIO Mike Sauk (I)
03/10/2010 By Leave a Comment
While meeting Stage 1 requirements of the Meaningful Use NPRM is a daunting challenge to most, a few are just about there. One such institution is University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, a HIMSS Analytics Stage 7 facility. And though VP and CIO Mike Sauk has just a few odds and ends to deal with, [...]
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