John Bosco, CIO, North Shore-LIJ Health System, Chapter 1

John Bosco, CIO, North Shore-LIJ Health System

About North Shore-LIJ
EMR subsidy program with Allscripts
Challenges for small physician practices
Letting Allscripts take the lead
Holding community forums to educate docs
“The huge cultural shift” that needs to happen

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healthsystemCIO.com Survey Says Connecting With Independents Is Top Priority

Connecting with providers is a key priority for CIOs

As government incentive programs place a greater emphasis on data sharing — both within and among organizations, connecting with independent physicians is moving higher up on CIOs’ to-do lists. In fact, 79 percent of CIOs said that integrating electronically with outside providers is now among their top three priorities, according to the April healthsystemCIO.com SnapSurvey. [...]

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Laishy Williams-Carlson, VP/CIO, Bon Secours Health System, Chapter 4

Integrating the independents
Subsidizing Epic & Allscripts
What about the one-offs?
“I can honestly say I love what I do”
Looking to Stage 2 — anticipating direct electronic reporting

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Ben Clark, VP/CIO, Centra Health, Chapter 3

Leveraging Stark, underwriting McKesson & Allscripts
Running McKesson Horizon 10.3.1
Integrating the clinical and financial sides of the house

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Jackie Lucas, VP/CIO, Baptist Healthcare System, Chapter 2

*Thoughts on Meaningful Use
*”I wish CMS had taken a more holistic approach”
*The cart has come before the horse
*MU dictates strategy — “But what happened? We had a plan”
*Allscripts Enterprise EHR and PM in the owned practices

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Charles Colander, VP/CIO, Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare, Chapter 1

Charles Colander, VP/CIO, Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare

*Moving to a new building
*A Meditech C/S 5.6 shop (“6.0 is not on our horizon at this point”)
*NextGen in the owned practices (Phytel layered on top)
*eClinicalWorks in the mix
*No LSS? “I think the industry’s spoken on that one”

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Michele Zeigler, VP IS/CIO, Summit Health, Chapter 1

Michele Zeigler, VP IS/CIO, Summit Health, Chapter 1

*Embracing the affiliated physicians
*Running a Meditech C/S 5.6.4 shop — no plans for 6.0
*Implementing service packs
*Meditech’s service — “Their ability to open a ticket and track its progress is probably the best that I’ve seen”
*Physician engagement strategies

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Ron Sandifer, VP/CIO, Community Memorial Health System, Transcript/Podcast Chapter 1

Ron Sandifer, VP/CIO, Community Memorial Health System

With more than 30 years in the industry, Ron Sandifer has seen it all. But even Sandifer is amazed at how demanding today’s healthcare IT world has become. With Meaningful Use, ICD-10 and ACOs all either on his plate or radar, there isn’t a minute to spare. To ready his organization for the brave new [...]

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Tarun Ghosh, SVP/CIO, Fremont-Rideout Health Group, Podcast Chapter 1

Tarun Ghosh, SVP/CIO, Fremont-Rideout Health Group

Having worked in different industries on different continents, Tarun Ghosh brings an outside’s perspective to the common challenges facing healthcare CIO. And now that he’s here, Ghosh is certainly knee-deep in those common challenges. From getting on a certified version of his core vendor’s EMR software (McKesson), to devising sound physician alignment strategies, to archiving [...]

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