Using NextGen in the practices
Keeping an eye on LSS
Marrying the inpatient and physician practice worlds using NextGen HIE — “It gets us half way there”
Satisfying specialists with primary care-focused EMRs
Mike Rozmus, CIO, Rockingham Memorial Hospital, Chapter 2
05/09/2012 By Leave a Comment
KLAS: Multispecialty Organizations Grapple With EMR Functionality Gaps
03/13/2012 By Leave a Comment
Although a patchwork of best-of-breed systems might result in high clinician satisfaction scores, inpatient and large physician group leaders face significant challenges in balancing clinician demands with the realities of implementing, interfacing, and supporting each solution, according to a new KLAS report — Ambulatory EMR by Specialty Study 2012: Finding the Fit. The report examines [...]
Ben Clark, VP/CIO, Centra Health, Chapter 1
10/06/2011 By Leave a Comment
A McKesson shop surrounded by Epic installs
Working with independent vs employed docs
Integrating the practices
The pressure to produce — specialty vs primary care
Specialty physicians, niche EMRs & the health system CIO
Heath Bell, CIO, KishHealth System, Chapter 2
08/15/2011 By Leave a Comment
*Developing an HIE strategy, Medicity at the core
*Dealing with the specialists (the oncology exception)
*Measuring up to Meaningful Use (going for S1 in 2012)
*”I think some of the timelines for the smaller facilities are going to be a challenge … ultimately, it should shift a little bit”
*Meditech comes through
Michele Zeigler, VP IS/CIO, Summit Health, Chapter 3
07/26/2011 By Leave a Comment
*Satisfying the specialists
*Wireless device empowerment
*”It’s a balance between access and security”
*”Now the tune is not, ‘No,’ just, ‘Not now’”
George McCulloch, Deputy CIO, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Chapter 1
07/21/2011 By Leave a Comment
*The application environment: “We use a smattering of things”
*Developed Horizon Expert Orders for CPOE (bought by McKesson)
*Developed an EMR (now marketed by ICA)
*Certification and self-development
*Weighing the buy versus build decision
Chris Belmont, System VP/CIO, Ochsner Health System, Chapter 1
06/30/2011 By Leave a Comment
*About Ochsner
*Update on the Epic implementation
*”The integration, really, is what sold it”
*Epic’s secret sauce
*”If they tell you to do something, just go ahead and do it”
Steven Riney, VP/CIO, Methodist Medical Center of Illinois, Chapter 2
06/28/2011 By Leave a Comment
*About Methodist Medical Center
*The application mix (McKesson Horizon inpatient & ambulatory care)
*Going from 7.6 to 10.3.1
*”As we look to 10.3, there is much improved integration”
*Specialist pushback: “Cardiology is probably the key area”
