Laishy Williams-Carlson, VP/CIO, Bon Secours Health System, Chapter 3

The C-suite talent pool
Finding support for weaknesses
Balancing the governance process
Defining culture — balancing regional differences
Handling the docs — diffusing charged situations

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Buddy Hickman, EVP/CIO, Albany Medical Center, Discusses His CHIME Survey on HIPAA And IT Security, Chapter 2

Breaking down the survey results
Do you add another class? “I’m very sensitive to the number of things that we have going on in the medical center that require workforce members to be trained and aware of.”
Best practice in governance

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Buddy Hickman, EVP/CIO, Albany Medical Center, Discusses His CHIME Survey on HIPAA And IT Security, Chapter 1

Origins and goals of the survey
Breaking down breach scenarios
CHIME’s position on the accounting of disclosures NPRM

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CHIME Wants Reduced Reporting Burden In Proposed HIPAA Changes

Proposed HIPAA changes establish standards that would be difficult for providers to meet and should be scaled back, according to comments filed by CHIME. The organization said the rules rely too much on technical capabilities that are not widely available and fail to acknowledge the amount of human intervention that will be necessary to achieve [...]

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IOM Cites Patient ID As Challenge

A new report from the Institute of Medicine identifies the most important principles that should guide the establishment of a digital infrastructure “that will support a learning health system at the national level.” Areas identified for further analysis included the potential health and economic returns associated with IT, consensus on standards and quality measures, and [...]

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Bill Spooner, SVP/CIO, Sharp Healthcare, Transcript/Podcast Chapter 1

*Writing commentary on industry trends
*”All of a sudden we’ve been upended by HITECH, health reform …”
*Thoughts on HITECH
*The importance of advocacy
*Why change takes time

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Tim Moore, SVP/CIO, Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, Transcript/Podcast Chapter 2

It was going to take a lot to draw Tim Moore back into the workforce. That’s because Moore had been there, done that. He’d found success in all his career endeavors, made some money and bought some houses (a few in sunny Mexico). But one day Moore got an offer even he couldn’t refuse. That [...]

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