Serious Investments Require Serious Homework

Anthony Guerra, Editor-in-Chief, hsCIO.com

“I’m sorry, but I have to catch the bus so I can pick up my daughter,” said the sales rep. “Can we continue this tomorrow?” “Of course,” I said, laughing. “I guess you can see why I became a journalist.” I was vetting two “finalists” in the selection of a vendor for our company and, [...]

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When Flexibility Becomes A Double-Edged Sword

Anthony Guerra, Editor-in-Chief, hsCIO.com

I was starting to get frustrated. “Thank you for explaining it again but, based on what you’re telling me, I still don’t know which option is best,” I told the very nice Verizon Wireless representative, who had been detailing the different data plans for our new managing editor’s iPhone. “What I would like to do [...]

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AMA Calls For User Interface Consistency, Weighs In On Clinician Adoption, Meaningful Use

Steven Stack, M.D., Board Member, American Medical Association

Responding to physicians’ concerns that EMR products are difficult to navigate and use for retrieving important patient information, the American Medical Association has voted to advocate for the standardization of key elements of EMR interface design. According to AMA Board Member Steven Stack, M.D., many physicians must often work with one system in their practice, [...]

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David Miller, Vice Chancellor/CIO, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Chapter 2

*Having the confidence to push for massive investment
*Are we moving toward a two-tier healthcare system?
*”If you have the money, you should go with the product that positions you best”
*Specialty practices and primary care EMRs
*The clinical/research chasm

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Les Clonch, CIO, Doctors Hospital at Renaissance, Chapter 2

*CSC for an information systems plan
*Revisiting the infrastructure
*Epic and Cerner go head to head
*Cerner wins the business
*Encore Health Resources for (a 14-month) implementation

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Kirk Larson, VP/CIO, Children’s Hospital Central California, Chapter 1

Kirk Larson, VP/CIO, Children's Hospital Central California

*About Children’s Hospital
*Running Meditech C/S 5.6.4, likely upgrading to 5.6.5
*No defined path, no 6.0
*Going live with CPOE this summer
*The ambulatory strategy — no LSS

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Dennis Sato, Interim CIO, Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, Transcript/Podcast Chapter 3

*Getting down to the system selection wire
*How to get five boards to agree on one system
*Measuring up to Meaningful Use
*The ACO NPRM
*”And let me tell you about ICD-10″

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