healthsystemcio.com » Privacy/Security http://healthsystemcio.com healthsystemCIO.com is the sole online-only publication dedicated to exclusively and comprehensively serving the information needs of healthcare CIOs. Tue, 22 May 2012 15:25:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=481 2010-2011 healthcio@gmail.com (Anthony Guerra) healthcio@gmail.com (Anthony Guerra) healthcare IT 1440 http://healthsystemcio.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hscio-square-144x144.gif healthsystemcio.com http://healthsystemcio.com 144 144 http://healthsystemcio.com/?feed=podcast Helping CIOs Improve Healthcare healthsystemCIO.com Podcasts feature one-on-one interviews with the industry's most influential figures. From hospital CIOs to CEOs from the largest EMR vendors, you'll enjoy these lively exchanges with editor Anthony Guerra. healthcare IT, health care IT, CIO, Chief information officer, HITECH, Meaningful Use, health information technology, hospital IT Anthony Guerra Anthony Guerra healthcio@gmail.com no no New Resource Provides Guidance on Data Sharing http://healthsystemcio.com/2012/05/01/new-resource-provides-guidance-on-data-sharing/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2012/05/01/new-resource-provides-guidance-on-data-sharing/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 20:38:32 +0000 Kate Gamble http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=11606 Markle Connecting for Health has issued a collection of resources designed to support the secure exchange of health information. The Markle Connecting for Health Common Framework Policies in Practice for Health Information Sharing — or Polices in Practice — address current critical implementation issues for electronic health data sharing, including informed individual consent, governance, individual [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2012/05/01/new-resource-provides-guidance-on-data-sharing/feed/ 0 Jim Noga, CIO, Partners HealthCare, Chapter 1 http://healthsystemcio.com/2012/03/06/jim-noga-cio-partners-healthcare-chapter-1/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2012/03/06/jim-noga-cio-partners-healthcare-chapter-1/#comments Tue, 06 Mar 2012 12:52:41 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=10723 Reevaluating the overall clinicals situation "We really see the need to take more of an enterprise approach" Where to buy, where to build? "We see a real gap in the marketplace of clinical collaboration tools" Running a software development shop Staying strategic when there's so much to do Security and BYOD strategies

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2012/03/06/jim-noga-cio-partners-healthcare-chapter-1/feed/ 0 0:18:12 When Jim Noga was named CIO at Partners HealthCare, taking over for John Glaser, he was no stranger to the system, having spent 17 as CIO at Massachusetts General. A year later, he’s focused on moving the organization from a federated model to a tru[...] When Jim Noga was named CIO at Partners HealthCare, taking over for John Glaser, he was no stranger to the system, having spent 17 as CIO at Massachusetts General. A year later, he’s focused on moving the organization from a federated model to a true enterprise clinical system approach that will better facilitate initiatives like accountable care. In this interview, Noga talks about fostering clinical collaboration within the organization, the importance of having an effective mobile device management strategy, and how he has benefited from his experience in software development. He also talks about the challenges organizations face in managing security, why confrontation and conflict can sometimes be good, and what it has been like to fill Glaser’s shoes. Jim, Noga, Partners, Healthcare, Podcast Anthony Guerra no no Mary Anne Leach, CIO, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Chapter 3 http://healthsystemcio.com/2012/02/29/mary-anne-leach-cio-childrens-hospital-colorado-chapter-3/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2012/02/29/mary-anne-leach-cio-childrens-hospital-colorado-chapter-3/#comments Wed, 29 Feb 2012 13:35:40 +0000 Kate Gamble http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=10614 Lessons learned from consulting EHRs have come a long way “It’s difficult for legislators to understand our world” Childrens’ ICD-10 efforts Maintaining a healthy work-life balance How data leaks impact consumer confidence

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2012/02/29/mary-anne-leach-cio-childrens-hospital-colorado-chapter-3/feed/ 0 0:14:55 As someone with nearly three decades of health IT experience, Mary Anne Leach knows that accomplishing anything worthwhile means being willing to learn from the past, and not being afraid to lead the way. Children’s Hospital Colorado was one of the [...] As someone with nearly three decades of health IT experience, Mary Anne Leach knows that accomplishing anything worthwhile means being willing to learn from the past, and not being afraid to lead the way. Children’s Hospital Colorado was one of the first pediatric hospitals to fully implement an EHR and was a participant in Colorado’s first RHIO. Now, the organization is drawing from that experience to help build an improved HIE, and leveraging its relationship with Epic to extend its pediatric network. In this interview, Leach talks about the complex Meaningful Use picture in Colorado, how Children’s is partnering with vendors to develop a clinician-friendly mobile device strategy, why it’s critical to participate in advocacy initiatives, and how her background has given her a “well-rounded view.” children's, hospital, colorado, mary, anne, leach, Podcast Kate Gamble no no Laishy Williams-Carlson, VP/CIO, Bon Secours Health System, Chapter 3 http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/11/28/laishy-williams-carlson-vpcio-bon-secours-health-system-chapter-3/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/11/28/laishy-williams-carlson-vpcio-bon-secours-health-system-chapter-3/#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:49:32 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=9329 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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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/11/28/laishy-williams-carlson-vpcio-bon-secours-health-system-chapter-3/feed/ 0 0:15:20 As a mother of six, Laishy Williams-Carlson knows a thing or two about multitasking and prioritizing — and she better, because of the 18 hospitals that are part of the $3 billion Bon Secours Health System, 14 are implementing Epic. And as Williams-C[...] As a mother of six, Laishy Williams-Carlson knows a thing or two about multitasking and prioritizing — and she better, because of the 18 hospitals that are part of the $3 billion Bon Secours Health System, 14 are implementing Epic. And as Williams-Carlson has learned, dividing her time between the hospitals that are already live and those in the earlier stages is not easy, especially since the facilities are spread out across the Eastern seaboard. In this interview, Williams-Carlson talks about dealing with different cultures at different hospitals, maintaining the delicate balance between security and access needs, the benefits of having a financial background, and the importance of having go-to people on the clinical side. She also discusses the challenges in dealing with physicians who use different systems, and why conference calls can never replace face-to-face interactions. Bon, Secours, Health, System, Laishy, Williams-Carlson, Podcast Anthony Guerra no no Buddy Hickman, EVP/CIO, Albany Medical Center, Discusses His CHIME Survey on HIPAA And IT Security, Chapter 2 http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/09/08/buddy-hickman-evpcio-albany-medical-center-discusses-his-chime-survey-on-hipaa-and-it-security-chapter-2/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/09/08/buddy-hickman-evpcio-albany-medical-center-discusses-his-chime-survey-on-hipaa-and-it-security-chapter-2/#comments Thu, 08 Sep 2011 14:15:06 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=8571 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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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/09/08/buddy-hickman-evpcio-albany-medical-center-discusses-his-chime-survey-on-hipaa-and-it-security-chapter-2/feed/ 0 0:22:26 The transformation of HIPAA from a toothless herbivore into a fierce meat-eater began with a few high-profile prosecutions that concluded in significant fines. Since that time, the government has been working to add ever more claws to this growing b[...] The transformation of HIPAA from a toothless herbivore into a fierce meat-eater began with a few high-profile prosecutions that concluded in significant fines. Since that time, the government has been working to add ever more claws to this growing beast. The most recent of those has been an accounting of disclosures NPRM, which seeks to define exactly what type of information a patient is entitled to regarding access to their EHR after their hospital stay. The NPRM created a firestorm of response, largely critical, due to the onus it would place on IT and compliance departments. But more than this one rule, healthcare organizations can see the writing on the wall, with CIOs understanding that security needs to be shored up, quickly and efficiently. To gauge what others are doing with respect to staff education on the dos and don'ts of security, Albany Medical Center EVP/CIO Buddy Hickman issued a survey to his fellow CHIMErs. To learn more about his motivation for issuing the survey, the results, and how he plans to turn lessons-learned into policies, healthsystemCIO.com caught up with the New York-based CIO. Albany, Medical, Center, buddy, hickman, CHIME, CHIME, Member-to-Member, Survey, HIPAA, Podcast Anthony Guerra no no Buddy Hickman, EVP/CIO, Albany Medical Center, Discusses His CHIME Survey on HIPAA And IT Security, Chapter 1 http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/08/30/buddy-hickman-evpcio-albany-medical-center-discusses-his-chime-survey-on-hipaa-and-it-security-chapter-1/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/08/30/buddy-hickman-evpcio-albany-medical-center-discusses-his-chime-survey-on-hipaa-and-it-security-chapter-1/#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2011 11:00:15 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=8434 Origins and goals of the survey Breaking down breach scenarios CHIME's position on the accounting of disclosures NPRM

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/08/30/buddy-hickman-evpcio-albany-medical-center-discusses-his-chime-survey-on-hipaa-and-it-security-chapter-1/feed/ 0 0:15:06 Origins and goals of the survey Breaking down breach scenarios CHIME's position on the accounting of disclosures NPRMSource: Buddy Hickman, EVP/CIO, Albany Medical Center, Discusses His CHIME Survey on HIPAA And IT Security, Chapter 1 on healthsys[...] Origins and goals of the survey Breaking down breach scenarios CHIME's position on the accounting of disclosures NPRMSource: Buddy Hickman, EVP/CIO, Albany Medical Center, Discusses His CHIME Survey on HIPAA And IT Security, Chapter 1 on healthsystemcio.com - healthsystemCIO.com is the sole online-only publication dedicated to exclusively and comprehensively serving the information needs of healthcare CIOs. Privacy/Security Anthony Guerra no no CHIME Wants Reduced Reporting Burden In Proposed HIPAA Changes http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/07/21/chime-wants-reduced-reporting-burden-in-proposed-hipaa-changes/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/07/21/chime-wants-reduced-reporting-burden-in-proposed-hipaa-changes/#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2011 13:51:58 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=8008 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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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/07/21/chime-wants-reduced-reporting-burden-in-proposed-hipaa-changes/feed/ 0 IOM Cites Patient ID As Challenge http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/05/24/iom-cites-patient-id-as-challenge/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/05/24/iom-cites-patient-id-as-challenge/#comments Tue, 24 May 2011 11:40:55 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=7498 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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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/05/24/iom-cites-patient-id-as-challenge/feed/ 0 Bill Spooner, SVP/CIO, Sharp Healthcare, Transcript/Podcast Chapter 1 http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/05/10/bill-spooner-svpcio-sharp-healthcare-transcriptpodcast-chapter-1/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/05/10/bill-spooner-svpcio-sharp-healthcare-transcriptpodcast-chapter-1/#comments Tue, 10 May 2011 16:07:40 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=7298 *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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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/05/10/bill-spooner-svpcio-sharp-healthcare-transcriptpodcast-chapter-1/feed/ 0 0:17:49 When John Glaser left his position as CIO at Partners HealthCare, he also left a vacancy in the weekly CHIME SmartBrief, where he was the voice of the CIO. It was a void that CHIME’s leaders felt could only be filled by someone who had both years of[...] When John Glaser left his position as CIO at Partners HealthCare, he also left a vacancy in the weekly CHIME SmartBrief, where he was the voice of the CIO. It was a void that CHIME’s leaders felt could only be filled by someone who had both years of industry experience and a firm grasp on legislative issues. They chose Bill Spooner, a 25-year veteran who has earned recognition from HIMSS and other organizations for the IT initiatives that have helped transformed San Diego-based Sharp Healthcare into one of the most advanced systems in the country. In this interview, Spooner talks about the work his team is doing at Sharp, how health reform presents both challenges and opportunities for CIOs, and why it is so critical for the provider community to serve as the voice of reason in the Meaningful Use debate. ACOs, Privacy/Security Anthony Guerra no no Tim Moore, SVP/CIO, Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, Transcript/Podcast Chapter 2 http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/03/21/tim-moore-svpcio-hoag-memorial-hospital-presbyterian-transcriptpodcast-chapter-2/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/03/21/tim-moore-svpcio-hoag-memorial-hospital-presbyterian-transcriptpodcast-chapter-2/#comments Mon, 21 Mar 2011 13:46:56 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=6680 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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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/03/21/tim-moore-svpcio-hoag-memorial-hospital-presbyterian-transcriptpodcast-chapter-2/feed/ 0 0:20:19 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 Mo[...] 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 offer came from Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, and Moore couldn't refuse it because, in it, he saw a unique opportunity to improve the healthcare of an entire community, an opportunity that "very, very, very few other places" could offer. To learn more about Moore's work, along with the laws he's developed along the way, healthsystemCIO.com editor Anthony Guerra caught up with the California-based CIO. HIE, Privacy/Security Anthony Guerra no no KLAS: Imprivata, Microsoft/Sentillion Lead SSO Market http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/12/21/klas-imprivata-microsoftsentillion-lead-sso-market/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/12/21/klas-imprivata-microsoftsentillion-lead-sso-market/#comments Wed, 22 Dec 2010 02:45:31 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=5689 Despite a slight decline in SSO customer satisfaction ratings over the past two years, providers generally report the technology to be a valuable purchase, especially related to workflow simplification, according to new KLAS report, "Single Sign-On: To Identity Management and Beyond." Imprivata took the lead with a score of 83.6 out of 100, followed by Microsoft (83.2) and HealthCast (82.4). Carefx and Novell are also highlighted in this report. Addendum information is included for IBM, Passlogix and FairWarning.

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/12/21/klas-imprivata-microsoftsentillion-lead-sso-market/feed/ 0 PODCAST: One-on-One w/Trinitas Regional Medical Center VP of IT & CIO Judy Comitto, Chapter 4 http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/12/07/podcast-one-on-one-wtrinitas-regional-medical-center-vp-of-it-cio-judy-comitto-chapter-4/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/12/07/podcast-one-on-one-wtrinitas-regional-medical-center-vp-of-it-cio-judy-comitto-chapter-4/#comments Tue, 07 Dec 2010 15:54:32 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=5575 Many hospitals started their path toward electronic medical records when HITECH and Meaningful Use became law in February 2009, but Trinitas Regional Medical Center isn’t one of them. Under the leadership of Judy Comitto since it was formed through M&A in 2000, the health system has been continually at work building out its IT environment [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/12/07/podcast-one-on-one-wtrinitas-regional-medical-center-vp-of-it-cio-judy-comitto-chapter-4/feed/ 0 0:17:39 Many hospitals started their path toward electronic medical records when HITECH and Meaningful Use became law in February 2009, but Trinitas Regional Medical Center isn't one of them. Under the leadership of Judy Comitto since it was formed through [...] Many hospitals started their path toward electronic medical records when HITECH and Meaningful Use became law in February 2009, but Trinitas Regional Medical Center isn't one of them. Under the leadership of Judy Comitto since it was formed through M&A in 2000, the health system has been continually at work building out its IT environment with Eclipsys at the core. Two years ago, Trinitas dove into the advanced clinicals end of the pool, and now sees 72 percent of its orders entered electronically. To learn more about the organizations decade-long march toward automation, healthsystemCIO.com editor Anthony Guerra recently caught up with his fellow New Jerseyian. HIE, Privacy/Security Anthony Guerra no no How Private and Secure is Protected Health Information? http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/12/04/how-private-and-secure-is-protected-health-information-phi/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/12/04/how-private-and-secure-is-protected-health-information-phi/#comments Sat, 04 Dec 2010 17:44:02 +0000 Gerry Higgins http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=5553 There was a very interesting meeting yesterday, “The Personal Health Record (PHR) Roundtable”, organized by the Office of the National Coordinator for Healthcare Information Technology (ONCHIT).  Some of the more enlightening discussions took place in the afternoon sessions, focusing on security, privacy and standards.  Josh Lemieux, Director of Personal Health Technology, Markle Foundation and Dr. Matthew [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/12/04/how-private-and-secure-is-protected-health-information-phi/feed/ 0 healthsystemCIO.com SnapSurvey: CIOs Cautiously Confident in Security Plans http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/10/28/healthsystemcio-com-snapsurvey-cios-cautiously-confident-in-security-plans/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/10/28/healthsystemcio-com-snapsurvey-cios-cautiously-confident-in-security-plans/#comments Thu, 28 Oct 2010 14:40:59 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=5137 Almost 80 percent of CIOs are confident in their security prevention measures, response plans and documentation processes, according to the October healthsystemCIO.com SnapSurvey, but follow-up comments paint a different picture. Upon closer examination, it may be more accurate to say CIOs are confident they have taken all reasonable and prudent measures to ensure proper security, [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/10/28/healthsystemcio-com-snapsurvey-cios-cautiously-confident-in-security-plans/feed/ 0 Shifting Privacy Landscape Complicates HIE Efforts http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/09/23/shifting-privacy-landscape-complicates-hie-efforts/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/09/23/shifting-privacy-landscape-complicates-hie-efforts/#comments Thu, 23 Sep 2010 21:30:22 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=4854 The evolving patchwork of privacy and security regulations is making the difficult job of creating health information exchanges (HIEs) even more so, according to a panel of experts at the New Jersey and Delaware HIMSS fall event held in Atlantic City. "Privacy and security laws are right now being reinvented, reinterpreted, stretched, morphed and developed," said Helen Oscislawski, founder of Attorneys at Oscislawski, LLC. Those changes are happening at the federal, as well as state, level, where the HIT Policy Committee's Privacy and Security Tiger Team is crafting recommendations that may appear in Stages 2 and 3 of Meaningful Use. "We are in the thick of it right now," she added.

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/09/23/shifting-privacy-landscape-complicates-hie-efforts/feed/ 0 Contentious Privacy Recommendations Clear Committee http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/08/19/contentious-privacy-recommendation-clears-committee-hurdle/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/08/19/contentious-privacy-recommendation-clears-committee-hurdle/#comments Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:02:05 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=4399 Devan McGraw and Paul Egerman, respectively chair and co-chair of the HIT Policy Committee’s Privacy and Security Tiger Team, entered this month’s full committee meeting looking for approval of the letter and recommendations they put together over the summer. And while they got that approval in the end, it was only after more than 30 [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/08/19/contentious-privacy-recommendation-clears-committee-hurdle/feed/ 0 Is Your HIE Taking Privacy Seriously Enough? http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/08/16/is-your-hie-taking-privacy-seriously-enough/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/08/16/is-your-hie-taking-privacy-seriously-enough/#comments Mon, 16 Aug 2010 11:30:17 +0000 Marc Holland http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=4319 In late June, it was reported that the Rhode Island affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) was bringing suit against the Rhode Island Department of Health, claiming that the rules adopted by DOH to establish a statewide HIE do not go far enough, nor are they explicit enough, to protect patient privacy. In its suit, the ACLU asks the Rhode Island State Superior Court to declare the rules made public by the DOH “incomplete and not compliant with HIE requirements.”

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/08/16/is-your-hie-taking-privacy-seriously-enough/feed/ 0 PODCAST: One-on-One w/Inova Health System SVP & CIO Geoff Brown, Chapter 2 http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/07/18/podcast-one-on-one-winova-health-system-svp-cio-geoff-brown-chapter-2/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/07/18/podcast-one-on-one-winova-health-system-svp-cio-geoff-brown-chapter-2/#comments Sun, 18 Jul 2010 13:49:01 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=3920 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 [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/07/18/podcast-one-on-one-winova-health-system-svp-cio-geoff-brown-chapter-2/feed/ 0 0:12:08 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 strengthe[...] 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 a world in which everyone seems content to "play in the same sandbox," he's extremely bullish on IT's ability to improve healthcare in his neck of the woods — Northern Virginia. To learn more about Brown's plans to develop a robust healthcare ecosystem that goes far beyond the walls of Inova's facilities, healthsystemCIO.com editor Anthony Guerra recently caught up with the long-time executive. HIE, Integration/Interfacing, Liability, Privacy/Security Anthony Guerra no no PODCAST: One-on-One w/St. Claire Regional Medical Center VP of IS & CIO Randy McCleese, Chapter 3 http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/07/12/podcast-one-on-one-wst-claire-regional-medical-center-vp-of-is-cio-randy-mccleese-chapter-3/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/07/12/podcast-one-on-one-wst-claire-regional-medical-center-vp-of-is-cio-randy-mccleese-chapter-3/#comments Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:11:24 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=3868 After 14 years with St. Claire Regional Medical Center, you might think Randy McCleese has done it all, but you’d be wrong. That’s because the CIO is just now embarking on a new core clinical install with a vendor he hasn’t worked with before — Meditech. And McCleese isn’t dipping his toe into the Meditech [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/07/12/podcast-one-on-one-wst-claire-regional-medical-center-vp-of-is-cio-randy-mccleese-chapter-3/feed/ 0 0:12:20 After 14 years with St. Claire Regional Medical Center, you might think Randy McCleese has done it all, but you'd be wrong. That's because the CIO is just now embarking on a new core clinical install with a vendor he hasn't worked with before — Medi[...] After 14 years with St. Claire Regional Medical Center, you might think Randy McCleese has done it all, but you'd be wrong. That's because the CIO is just now embarking on a new core clinical install with a vendor he hasn't worked with before — Meditech. And McCleese isn't dipping his toe into the Meditech pool, but jumping right in, bypassing many of the CIOs he met at a recent Meditech Users Group (MUSE) meeting and going straight to 6.0. It's an exciting time for McCleese, installing a new inpatient system, working on the local HIE and staying active in HIMSS and CHIME. Recently, he took a few minutes to talk with healthsystemCIO.com editor Anthony Guerra about all of the above, and so much more. HIE, Privacy/Security Anthony Guerra no no Privacy & Security Tiger Team Hunts Balance http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/06/16/privacy-security-tiger-team-hunts-balance/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/06/16/privacy-security-tiger-team-hunts-balance/#comments Thu, 17 Jun 2010 01:45:39 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=3440 The HIT Policy Committee's new Privacy and Security Tiger Team workgroup is striving to establish the requirements that intermediaries in personal health information (PHI) message transactions will be subject to. Under HIPAA, parties which have access to PHI are deemed covered entities (CEs), required to establish business associate agreements (BAAs) which obligate them to handle the data in certain ways. With the rise of health information exchange under the HITECH Act, the Office of the National Coordinator created the Tiger Team to provide it with guidance in governing health information organizations (HIOs) — or third-party intermediaries which have varying degrees of involvement with the messages.

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/06/16/privacy-security-tiger-team-hunts-balance/feed/ 0 And The Sea Shall Grant Each Man New Hope http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/06/07/and-the-sea-shall-grant-each-man-new-hope/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/06/07/and-the-sea-shall-grant-each-man-new-hope/#comments Mon, 07 Jun 2010 19:10:40 +0000 dmmorreale http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=3347 “When exploring uncharted waters or embarking on a great adventure often the final destination is not necessarily that which was first envisioned. An adventure, by definition is a venture or gamble. Christopher Columbus did not expect to discover a new world; his intended adventure upon embarkation is not why he is remembered today. The same [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/06/07/and-the-sea-shall-grant-each-man-new-hope/feed/ 0 Standards Committee Struggles with Structure http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/05/27/standards-committee-struggles-with-structure/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/05/27/standards-committee-struggles-with-structure/#comments Thu, 27 May 2010 16:57:30 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=3209 The HIT Standards Committee — a federal advisory body created to guide the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology in its implementation of the HITECH Act — spent the initial part of its monthly meeting this week struggling with issues of communication, structure and capacity. One reason for that struggle with [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/05/27/standards-committee-struggles-with-structure/feed/ 1 The Comment Period Just Began http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/05/02/the-comment-period-just-began/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/05/02/the-comment-period-just-began/#comments Mon, 03 May 2010 02:23:13 +0000 Steve Huffman http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=2907 After writing public comments on meaningful use, submitting grant proposals and trying to keep pace of healthcare reform, the comment period has just begun.  With the formation of the Regional Extension Centers, State HIT coordinators being nominated, Health Information Exchanges gaining more traction and countless vendors trying to obtain your stimulus money, a CIO’s involvement [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/05/02/the-comment-period-just-began/feed/ 0 Data Security – Pay Now or Pay (More) Later http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/04/28/data-security-%e2%80%93-invest-in-doing-it-right-or-the-cost-may-be-great/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/04/28/data-security-%e2%80%93-invest-in-doing-it-right-or-the-cost-may-be-great/#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 13:37:28 +0000 Rich Temple http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=2824 As we enter the era of Meaningful Use, we are truly seeing an increased realization of the central role that IT plays in provider strategic planning.  Happily, we are also starting see recognition from many corners of healthcare organizations of the wisdom of making targeted, shrewd, IT investments as down payments on organizations’ futures. And [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/04/28/data-security-%e2%80%93-invest-in-doing-it-right-or-the-cost-may-be-great/feed/ 0 TEXT/PODCAST: Premier MU Library to Aid Members http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/04/09/mu-library-to-aid-providers-in-quest-for-stimulus/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/04/09/mu-library-to-aid-providers-in-quest-for-stimulus/#comments Fri, 09 Apr 2010 14:15:05 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=2307 Experts from some not-for-profit hospitals have created an EHR Meaningful Use Implementation best-practices library, as part of the Premier healthcare alliance Health Information Technology (HIT) Collaborative. Championed by Bill Spooner, CIO at Sharp HealthCare, and Craig Richardville, CIO for the Carolinas HealthCare System (CHS), the library features specific instruction on ways to speed implementation of [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/04/09/mu-library-to-aid-providers-in-quest-for-stimulus/feed/ 0 ONC Awards $60 Million in SHARP Grants http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/04/02/onc-awards-60-million-in-sharp-grants/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/04/02/onc-awards-60-million-in-sharp-grants/#comments Fri, 02 Apr 2010 20:57:54 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=2265 As part of its Strategic Health IT Advanced Research Projects (SHARP) program to promote innovation, ONC has awarded four organizations a total of $60 million — Mayo Clinic of Medicine, Harvard University, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Each institution’s research projects “will identify short-term and long-term [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/04/02/onc-awards-60-million-in-sharp-grants/feed/ 0 Ask the Pros: How to Defend Autorun Attacks? http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/04/01/ask-the-pros-how-to-defend-autorun-attacks/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/04/01/ask-the-pros-how-to-defend-autorun-attacks/#comments Thu, 01 Apr 2010 14:48:41 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=2236 Question: With some of the new threats going around that use the Autorun feature of CD-ROMs and Flash Drives; what’s the best defense against this type of attack. You can turn the Autorun feature off with a Group Policy, but then you have some CDs (i.e. PACS images, etc.) that depend upon the Autorun feature [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/04/01/ask-the-pros-how-to-defend-autorun-attacks/feed/ 0 ONC Issues Consumer Consent Whitepaper http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/03/24/onc-issues-consumer-consent-whitepaper/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/03/24/onc-issues-consumer-consent-whitepaper/#comments Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:00:55 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=1989 ONC has issued a whitepaper examining whether, to what extent, and how individuals should have the ability to exercise control over their information in an HIE environment. It looks at existing approaches and details policy options, considerations, and analysis. “This whitepaper will serve as input to, and be reviewed by, the HIT Policy Committee’s Privacy and Security [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/03/24/onc-issues-consumer-consent-whitepaper/feed/ 0 Future of the EHR: Exponential Increase in Storage http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/03/20/future-of-the-ehr-exponential-increase-in-storage-expected/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/03/20/future-of-the-ehr-exponential-increase-in-storage-expected/#comments Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:46:04 +0000 Gerry Higgins http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=1870 It’s not just genomic scientists that are dealing with enormous amounts of DNA sequence data – the clinician will soon be next.  However, the explosion in linking disease with genetics, and the realization that the FDA will require gene testing prior to the prescription of potentially hundreds of drugs, will challenge the storage capacity required for [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/03/20/future-of-the-ehr-exponential-increase-in-storage-expected/feed/ 3 PODCAST: One-on-One w/Denver Health CIO Gregg Veltri http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/03/18/podcast-one-on-one-wdenver-health-cio-gregg-veltri/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/03/18/podcast-one-on-one-wdenver-health-cio-gregg-veltri/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:41:09 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=1840 When Gregg Veltri got tired of all the regulation in banking, he decided to try his hand at healthcare. It didn’t take too long before the CIO realized he’d gone from the frying pan into the fire. With almost one kind of audit or another every month, Veltri needs to stay sharp, while positioning his [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/03/18/podcast-one-on-one-wdenver-health-cio-gregg-veltri/feed/ 0 0:37:12 When Gregg Veltri got tired of all the regulation in banking, he decided to try his hand at healthcare. It didn’t take too long before the CIO realized he’d gone from the frying pan into the fire. With almost one kind of audit or another every month[...] When Gregg Veltri got tired of all the regulation in banking, he decided to try his hand at healthcare. It didn’t take too long before the CIO realized he’d gone from the frying pan into the fire. With almost one kind of audit or another every month, Veltri needs to stay sharp, while positioning his organization to qualify for HITECH’s Meaningful Use funds. To learn more about what a former baking IT executive thinks of healthcare’s technology environment, healthsystemCIO.com editor Anthony Guerra recently chatted with Veltri about these topics, and so much more. Budgeting/Forecasting, eMAR, HITECH, Infrastructure/Network, Privacy/Security Anthony Guerra no no CHIME Wants Changes to Certification Standards IFR http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/03/16/chime-wants-changes-to-certification-standards-ifr/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/03/16/chime-wants-changes-to-certification-standards-ifr/#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:31:44 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=1762 Further clarification is needed as to how certification will apply to organizations that use multiple clinical systems as components to an overall EHR, states CHIME in a comment letter to ONC regarding the Certification standards and implementation specifications IFR. CHIME supports wording in the rule that requires only certification of individual EHR modules. Additionally, CHIME [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/03/11/policy-workgroup-strives-for-balance/feed/ 0 At HIMSS10, A Race to the Bottom http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/03/09/at-himss10-a-race-to-the-bottom/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/03/09/at-himss10-a-race-to-the-bottom/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:59:33 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=1558 A journalist’s job is to listen for trends, sift through the noise, and find the kernel of importance in a speech, trial, or presentation. It’s a skill that comes over time, after many mistakes and, for me, after getting many a lead ripped to shreds by my journalism professors. I think I’ve gotten the hang [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/03/02/himss-survey-shows-security-a-dark-cloud/feed/ 0 One-on-One w/KLAS Clinical GM Jason Hess (III) http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/20/one-on-one-wklas-clinical-gm-jason-hess-iii/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/20/one-on-one-wklas-clinical-gm-jason-hess-iii/#comments Sat, 20 Feb 2010 22:17:29 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=1200 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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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/20/one-on-one-wklas-clinical-gm-jason-hess-iii/feed/ 1 One-on-One w/KLAS Clinical GM Jason Hess (II) http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/12/one-on-one-wklas-clinical-research-gm-jason-hess-ii/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/12/one-on-one-wklas-clinical-research-gm-jason-hess-ii/#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:59:29 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=1080 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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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/12/one-on-one-wklas-clinical-research-gm-jason-hess-ii/feed/ 1 One-on-One w/KLAS Clinical Research GM Jason Hess (I) http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/09/one-on-one-wklas-clinical-research-gm-jason-hess-i/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/09/one-on-one-wklas-clinical-research-gm-jason-hess-i/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:17:30 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=943 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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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/09/one-on-one-wklas-clinical-research-gm-jason-hess-i/feed/ 0 One-on-One With Frederick Memorial CIO David Quirke http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/01/28/one-on-one-with-frederick-memorial-cio-david-quirke-i/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/01/28/one-on-one-with-frederick-memorial-cio-david-quirke-i/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:45:01 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=751 While you might think a HIMSS Analytics Stage Six hospital sees the interim MU regulation as child’s play, think again. That’s because even though the hospital may be able to handle what’s being required, helping the local docs meet their criteria is looking to be a very tall order. The most troubling aspect of MU [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/01/28/one-on-one-with-frederick-memorial-cio-david-quirke-i/feed/ 1 One-on-One With Baylor CIO David Muntz (I) http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/01/27/one-on-one-with-baylor-cio-david-muntz-i/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/01/27/one-on-one-with-baylor-cio-david-muntz-i/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:57:19 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=725 As chair of the CHIME Advocacy Leadership Team, David Muntz is as plugged into the Meaningful Use saga as any non-government employee can be. And to hear him tell it, the interim final definition of MU needs to be significantly tempered if the majority of healthcare organizations are to have the slightest shot at qualifying [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/01/27/one-on-one-with-baylor-cio-david-muntz-i/feed/ 1 Feds Enable Genome-based EHR http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/01/23/feds-enable-genome-based-ehr/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/01/23/feds-enable-genome-based-ehr/#comments Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:41:01 +0000 Gerry Higgins http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=508 Although not mentioned as one of the ‘Meaningful Use’ or ‘Initial Set of Standards and Certification Criteria’ for a Certified or Complete Electronic Health Record (see http://healthit.hhs.gov/blog/onc/), a new federal guideline to enable the use of personal genomic data in EHRs is being developed, according to sources within HHS.  The U.S. Veterans Affairs Department (VA), [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/01/23/feds-enable-genome-based-ehr/feed/ 0 One-on-One w/MedStar Health’s Gerry Higgins – Part 2 http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/01/22/one-on-one-wmedstar-health%e2%80%99s-gerry-higgins-part-2/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/01/22/one-on-one-wmedstar-health%e2%80%99s-gerry-higgins-part-2/#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:12:22 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=452 Gerald Higgins, PhD., MBA, MS, is not your typical CIO — that’s because Higgins is a chief innovation officer. Getting paid not to carry out EMR implementations or persuade physicians to embrace CPOE, Higgins is remunerated to “see what’s happening one or two hills over the horizon.” With a dizzying array of jobs and accomplishments [...]

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