KLAS: HIE Vendors Still Unable To Connect The Dots

HIEs Are Still Islands, Says KLAS

As organizations step up their data exchange efforts to meet the requirements of Meaningful Use, providers are finding that connectivity is still a major hurdle, according to a new KLAS report — Health Information Exchange 2012: Muddled in Interfaces. The report found that vendor satisfaction scores are on the decline, with providers citing inadequate support [...]

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Greg Kall, System VP/CIO, Summa Health System, Chapter 2

Greg Kall, System VP/CIO, Summa Health System

Best of breed shops cheering standards development
Building an in-house data management staff
Measuring up to Meaningful Use
MU work fueling ACO development
Investing in infrastructure
Stage 2 concerns

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KLAS: Track Record Trumping Price In Ambulatory EMR Purchasing

Practices Can't Roll the EMR Dice

As EMRs continue their transformation from nice-to-have to stakes-to-play, physician practices are less willing to take chances in exchange for big bargains, especially the second time around, according to a new KLAS report, Ambulatory EMR 2012: Market Splitting Under Adoption Pressure. “Some providers are changing vendors simply because their whole organization is moving onto one [...]

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Greg Kall, System VP/CIO, Summa Health System, Chapter 1

Greg Kall, System VP/CIO, Summa Health System

Going down the ACO road
Running a best of breed health system (Allscripts Sunrise, QuadraMed, CPSI, HMS, McKesson Paragon, eClinicalWorks)
Implementing Siemens Soarian at four hospitals in a move toward “sameness”
Handling an overwhelming amount of change
Why an enterprise rip and replace isn’t in Summa’s future

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Bill Byers, VP/CIO, Western Maryland Health System, Chapter 1

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About WMHS
Running a Meditech Magic shop, 5.6.4
eClinicalWorks on the physician practice side
Working Dragon into the documentation process
Going down the patient portal path

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KLAS: Multispecialty Organizations Grapple With EMR Functionality Gaps

Specialty EMRs Must Support Multiple Specialties

Although a patchwork of best-of-breed systems might result in high clinician satisfaction scores, inpatient and large physician group leaders face significant challenges in balancing clinician demands with the realities of implementing, interfacing, and supporting each solution, according to a new KLAS report — Ambulatory EMR by Specialty Study 2012: Finding the Fit. The report examines [...]

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Cathy Crowley, CIO, Columbia Memorial Hospital, Chapter 1

Cathy Crowley, CIO, Columbia Memorial Hospital

On ACOs
eClinicalWorks on the ambulatory side
Meditech in the hospital (Magic 5.6)
Allscripts in the ED
“I think our interfaces have tripled in the last few years “

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Christopher Scanzera, CIO, AtlantiCare, Chapter 1

Christopher Scanzera, CIO, AtlantiCare

Cerner inpatient, McKesson Star patient financials
eClinicalWorks in the physician practices
WellLogic for HIE, physician portal, patient portal
Moving from best of breed to best of cluster
Attesting to Stage 1, thoughts on MU

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