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HIE work (internal vs external)
“At the end of the day, it all comes down to viability — somebody has to pay”
In the process of “thinking about thinking about our financial system”
Sims on leadership — reflecting on lessons from a rich career
“I’ve seen all the games played, so I know how they’re played”
Avoiding death by meeting
The benefits of strategic planning retreats
The HIT workforce shortage and staff management
Bringing lessons from other industries into healthcare
Leveraging Lean to streamline processes
Developing strategy with so much uncertainty
The ICD-10 delay
Comparing healthcare to other industries
Bringing Lean to healthcare
Running McKesson Horizon 10.3 and looking at the future
Improving project prioritization
Meditech 5.6 upgrade
Getting the organization to realize “these are not IT projects”
From chief information officer to chief innovation officer
IT as an enabler
Implementing single sign-on
“You’ll be fine — you’re the most organized person I know,” a colleague at one of my last jobs said upon my promotion to editor-in-chief. While it may not sound like the best pep talk in the world, it was exactly what I needed at that moment because, to me, the ability to define and [...]
The benefits of rounding
Fixing problems before they’re reported (and those that never would have been)
Leveraging Six Sigma for process improvement
Reaching HIMSS Analytics Stage 7
Does more technology always = better care?
The benefits of networking with CIO peers
I used to think about the day when I fixed everything so we would stop IT outages. Of course that is silly. Like other healthcare organizations we are adding applications to the portfolio every year as new solutions address previously underautomated areas. Most of these are not core parts of the IT architecture, but they [...]
*Running a Cerner shop (acute/ambulatory)
*Crafting the next five-year plan
*Engaging the docs
*TPS for change management “Going go Gemba”
*Keeping the troops upbeat
Drex DeFord, SVP/CIO, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Chapter 1 [ 35:12 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (650)
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