iPads Have Much Potential, But Significant Challenges Remain

11/11/2011 By 1 Comment

Who knew that an article entitled, “iPads in Healthcare:  Not So Fast” — including quotes from my trusted CTO, Wes Wright — would cause such a stir.  I’ve seen tweets, facebook posts, comments on Linked-In, and rebroadcasts of portions of the article in other articles.  Most of the stuff I’ve read has been negative-ish about [...]

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Gary Barnes, CIO, Medical Center Health System, Chapter 2

11/08/2011 By Leave a Comment

The HIT workforce shortage
Instituting a project management group that meets weekly — tradeoffs and prioritization
Running a McKesson 10.3 shop
MU stage 2
Upgrade downtime: “I see the frustration among the physicians”

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Tracking Apple’s Healthcare Journey

11/08/2011 By Leave a Comment

Apple has been in the news with some amazing ups and down recently: • Surpassing Exxon Mobile to be the largest U.S. company in market cap. For those of you wise enough to avoid the perils of Wall Street, “market cap” = market capitalization, or share price times number of shares, which in Apple & [...]

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David Bradshaw, Chief Information/Planning/Marketing Officer, Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, Chapter 2

09/20/2011 By Leave a Comment

The Memorial Herman Information Exchange
DICOM Grid for image sharing
The importance of disseminating IT success stories — “If you’re not selling, you’re dead”
Project prioritization is everything
Mastering the Apple — iPhones, iPads, etc. “It’s a tsunami moving through our industry”

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Charles Colander, VP/CIO, Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare, Chapter 3

07/27/2011 By Leave a Comment

*The importance of attracting physicians – “That’s why we’re being flexible”
*Empowering physicians to use their wireless devices of choice
*Meditech working to make apps available on wireless operating systems
*The rise of the iPhone — “We’re starting with Apple”
*Vendor support is the key

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Don’t Be Strangled By Process-Improvement Black Belts

07/20/2010 By 1 Comment
Dale Sanders, CIO, National Health Services Authority, Cayman Islands

In ITIL, we healthcare CIOs are acting in predictable fashion by following the “Most Popular Practice” as opposed to the “Best Practice.” Before we pull the trigger on yet another silver bullet savior of process, I urge all of us to look closely at the contribution of burdensome process in the woes of Toyota…and GE…and [...]

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PODCAST: One-on-One w/ El Camino Hospital CIO Greg Walton, Chapter 2

06/24/2010 By Leave a Comment

Implementing a few clinical systems isn’t going to get you applause at El Camino Hospital. That’s because the organization has “been there, done that,” implementing the first CPOE system some 40 years ago. Considering that tough crowd, the CIO role isn’t for newcomers, and Greg Walton is no newcomer. With 40 years in the business [...]

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