Ron Strachan, CIO, Community Health Network, Chapter 3

Ron Strachan, CIO, Community Health Network

The HIE picture in Indiana
“We’re not trying to reinvent the wheel”
Managing expectations and not overcommitting — “it’s not IT on tap”
Bringing a fresh perspective to an organization
Avoiding falling into the trap of status quo
“Risk-taking isn’t about selecting a new technology”

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Ron Strachan, CIO, Community Health Network, Chapter 2

Ron Strachan, CIO, Community Health Network

The challenge of being on an EHR implementation that isn’t being led by IT
Reporting to the COO & chief physician officer
Extending Epic out to affiliated physicians (after taking care of owned docs)
Waiting on the Epic rollout to attest to MU for ambulatory

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Ron Strachan, CIO, Community Health Network, Chapter 1

Ron Strachan, CIO, Community Health Network

About Community Health Network
Starting a major migration to Epic — and pushing back certain projects
Taking on the CIO role during a big rollout
“I was happy they selected Epic”
Repairing IT’s damaged reputation
When clinical leads a project, not IT — “What I was being asked to do was quite different”
Reaching out to colleagues who have rolled out Epic

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