A house is only as strong as the foundation on which it’s built. And an application environment is only as sound as the network infrastructure and data center upon which it rests. As such, Will Showalter and Sisters of Mercy Health System have undertaken a rebuild of their foundation to support the more than 4,000 […]
TEXT/PODCAST: KLAS Finds Providers Seeking MU Help
Nearly 70 percent of healthcare providers expect to hire a professional services firm to help with the demands of achieving Meaningful Use, according to a new report from Orem, Utah-based KLAS entitled, “Shifting Demand for Consultants: Who’s Hot, Who’s Not, and Why.” (click here for a Podcast interview with report author Mike Smith, KLAS general […]
KLAS: BI Implementations Benefit from Outside Help
Business intelligence software can be of extremely high value to healthcare organizations, though the value is greater if hospitals go outside their four walls for implementation assistance, according to a new report by KLAS entitled, “Enterprise Business Intelligence: Does Shopping Outside Healthcare Pay Off?” Solutions such as those from Dimensional Insight, IBM, Information Builders and […]
TEXT & PODCAST: KLAS Finds ACS, CTG & Deloitte Tops
In terms of overall performance when acting as the lead consultant on clinical engagements, ACS, CTG and Deloitte are in a virtual dead heat, scoring a full 10 points above the next closest firm, Accenture, which is a significant performance gap, according to a new KLAS report: “Getting to Stimulus Funding: Which Consultants Can Help?” […]
IBM Acquires Initiate
IBM is acquiring Chicago-based Initiate Systems, a provider of data integrity software for information sharing among healthcare and government organizations, for an undisclosed amount. IBM plans to “support and enhance Initiate’s technologies while helping clients take advantage of the broader IBM portfolio,” and will integrate Initiate with its Information Management business after the closing, expected […]
One-on-One w/MedStar Health’s Gerry Higgins – Part 2
Gerald Higgins, PhD., MBA, MS, is not your typical CIO — that’s because Higgins is a chief innovation officer. Getting paid not to carry out EMR implementations or persuade physicians to embrace CPOE, Higgins is remunerated to “see what’s happening one or two hills over the horizon.” With a dizzying array of jobs and accomplishments […]