Managing change with transparency & accountability
“When it’s your fault, admit it’s your fault.”
Trusting the staff
High-level perspective: “A CIO shouldn’t be working on code.”
CHIME Boot Camp & mentoring
Learning from a major outage — “We found things to improve.”
Confident leadership
James Wellman, CIO, Comanche County Memorial Hospital, Chapter 3
VNA initiative with Merge
Building a “mutually beneficial partnership” with Integris Health
From part-time desktop tech to CIO
Transitioning to management — “It’s not easy”
His wake-up call — “I needed to trust the people who were working for me.”
Change management without demoralizing the staff
“If you really enjoy it, it’s not drudgery or work.”
James Wellman, CIO, Comanche County Memorial Hospital, Chapter 2
James Wellman, CIO, Comanche County Memorial Hospital, Chapter 1
About Comanche County
McKesson in acute, eClinicalWorks in ambulatory
Transition from Horizon to Paragon — “It was quite an interesting challenge.”
Outsourced IT & the “added layer of complexity.”
Attesting to MU — “It wasn’t ‘we barely made it.’
Continued optimization with Paragon 13 — “It’s another opportunity to tackle.”