Todd Richardson, CIO, Deaconess Health System, Chapter 1

Todd Richardson, CIO, Deaconess Health System

Running an Epic Systems shop
Joint ventures and enterprise applications
Selling the system internally
Patient migration to “My Chart” practices

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Why Is Epic The KLASiest Vendor?

Vince Ciotti, Principal, HIS Professionals

The results are in: KLAS just released its “Best In KLAS” vendor scores, and guess who won in almost every category? It’s an “epic” landslide, with the folks from Verona winning in 27 of 23 categories (only weak in Time & Attendance and PACS…) and scoring an amazing 12.7 on KLAS’ 10-point scale… or something [...]

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KLAS: Third Parties Edging Software Makers In Remote Hosting Race

Community Hospitals Embrace Remote Hosting

In 2009, KLAS reported nearly all software-hosting vendors were performing better than third-party hosting firms. Since then, service firms ACS and Dell have had significantly improved satisfaction scores, according to the company’s recent report: Application Hosting: Dynamic Changes Bring Providers Better Options. They now rival the traditionally highly performing software vendors Cerner, GE, McKesson, and Siemens. ACS [...]

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Epic, MaxIT Top Best In KLAS Report

KLAS Finds Epic On Top Again

Epic was the top-ranked overall software vendor with an 87.1 out of 100 in the recently released 2011 Best in KLAS Awards: Software & Professional Services report. MaxIT Healthcare garnered top ratings for professional services, scoring an 88.7.   The report notes that some systems have more successful go lives than others. Segments with the [...]

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Robert Slepin, VP/CIO, John C. Lincoln Health Network, Chapter 2

The art of vendor disengagement
Disease management/business intelligence
“What’s the risk of this patient getting what kind of disease?”
The importance of analytics
Homecare/mobile technologies

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Robert Slepin, VP/CIO, John C. Lincoln Health Network, Chapter 1

Robert Slepin, VP/CIO, John C. Lincoln Health Network

Running Meditech/ChartLogic, Going Epic (go-live 2012)
Cost/benefit of going with Epic
Integrating the independents/HIE
Managing resources, project prioritization

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Laishy Williams-Carlson, VP/CIO, Bon Secours Health System, Chapter 4

Integrating the independents
Subsidizing Epic & Allscripts
What about the one-offs?
“I can honestly say I love what I do”
Looking to Stage 2 — anticipating direct electronic reporting

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