The most important piece of advice CIO Jamie Nelson has for those planning a major implementation? Add more staff than you think might be needed, because the appetite for information will only grow.
athenahealth and eClinicalWorks: Evaluating The New Acute Care EMR Market Entrants
Ken Lawonn, SVP & CIO, Sharp HealthCare, Chapter 3
Brian Sterud, VP of IT & CIO, Faith Regional Health Services, Chapter 1
Mike Canfield, VP of Operations & CIO, Firelands Regional Medical Center, Chapter 2
Creating the right-sized EHR selection team — “We’re not trying to do a backroom deal.”
Relying on consultants to fill in the gaps
Vendor management — “It’s a whole different relationship now.”
Sharing best practices — “I’m a huge fan of stealing shamelessly.”
4 years at Firelands
Dealing with a leadership shake-up
Epic Versus Cerner: Taking Another Look
HealthsystemCIO.com has asked us to update a post we wrote back in 2011 on “Breaking Down an Epic versus Cerner Selection.” Seems it’s still getting hundreds of hits per month, so we’re updating it with this version, starting with a review of how both vendors have fared since then. Epic – Continued strong sales in […]
Gary Barnes, CIO, Medical Center Health System, Chapter 1
Patty Lavely, SVP & CIO, Gwinnett Health System, Chapter 1
David Bensema, MD, CIO, Baptist Health, Chapter 2
Leading EHR selection process as CMIO
Heavy physician representation
“Lean” 175-person Epic team
Frustration with poaching — “It’s keeping that vision in front of myself and helping others see it.”
Epic rollout: “Operationally led, IT supported”
Challenges with clinical summaries
Broadband Internet — “We are struggling as a state.”