
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
healthsystemCIO.com is the sole online-only publication dedicated to exclusively and comprehensively serving the information needs of healthcare CIOs.

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

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

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.”
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.
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 [...]
![]() |
|---|
Copyright © 2012 HealthSystemCIO.com.
Most Recent Comments