Remembering John Wade

John Wade, Former VP/CIO, St.. Luke's Health System

John Wade, former CIO/VP at Saint Luke’s Health System in Kansas City, and former HIMSS Board Chair, passed away last week. His friends and colleagues have offered the following remembrances …

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CIOs Earn CHIME Certification

Gary Barnes, CIO, Medical Center Health System

CHIME has announced that 21 of its members and one CHIME Affiliate program participant have earned the Certified Healthcare CIO (CHCIO) and CHCIO-Eligible designation. The CHCIO designation represents achievement of one of the highest standards of professional development for healthcare CIOs. “This certification program has experienced strong growth in the past year, as its correlation [...]

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Chuck Christian, CIO, Good Samaritan Hospital, Chapter 3

Chuck Christian, CIO, Good Samaritan Hospital

Be prepared – why CIOs must know the costs of HIE
The power of negotiation (start with “free”)
Mentors
The importance of HIE to organizations that refer out patients for certain specialty care
An HIE checklist for CIOs

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Chuck Christian, CIO, Good Samaritan Hospital, Chapter 2

Chuck Christian, CIO, Good Samaritan Hospital

Moving into an ACO world
From sickcare to healthcare
Razor-thin margins and CAHs
Making it easy to do the right thing
The role of the CIO in HIE

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Chuck Christian, CIO, Good Samaritan Hospital, Chapter 1

Chuck Christian, CIO, Good Samaritan Hospital

The state of HIE in Indiana
The Meaningful Use effect
Sharing images
Use cases for NHIN Direct
Working with insurers
Balancing costs/benefits

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CHIMErs Talk Turkey at ONC Hearing

CHIMErs Tell ONC the Real Deal

Five CHIME members testified before an ONC committee on the challenges organizations face when trying to meet the Meaningful Use requirements. Joanne Sunquist, CIO at 440-bed Hennepin County Medical Center, a safety net teaching hospital in Minneapolis, said: “Creating the reports for eligible hospital MU objectives and quality measures has become an onerous, difficult and time-consuming process. This is in spite of the fact that we are working closely with our certified vendor who has provided certified reports.”

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Christian Named CHIME CIO of the Year

Chuck Christian, CIO, Good Samaritan Hospital, has been named the 2010 John E. Gall Jr. CIO of the Year. Christian is now in his 22nd year as CIO at Good Samaritan and his 40th year in healthcare. He is a Fellow of both CHIME and HIMSS and formerly served on the CHIME Board of Trustees and is a Past-Chair of the HIMSS Board of Directors.

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PODCAST: Chuck Christian Discusses Today’s Testimony

To learn more about the challenges associated with implementing electronic medical records in hospitals, the HIT Standards Committee’s Implementation Workgroup took testimony from a number of CIOs, including Chuck Christian of Vincennes, Ind.-based Good Samaritan. Before he jumped on a plane out of D.C., Christian spent a few minutes on the phone with healthsystemCIO.com editor [...]

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