With technology advancing so rapidly, the need for collaboration among CIOs is higher than ever, says CHIME Board Chair Marc Probst, who talks about how he plans to leverage his new role to increase engagement and serve as a “cheerleader” for innovation.
CHIME Update With President & CEO Russ Branzell, Part 1
Going Commercial: What CIOs Can Learn From Intermountain’s Experience
On any given day, CIOs are being presented with ideas that could potentially reduce costs, improve care, or even accomplish both. But how can CIOs who are already juggling so many priorities filter through these concepts to find the ones that can truly be game-changers? And even if they find an ace, how can they […]
Ganguly, Babachicos, and Probst Named To CHIME Board
CHIME has added three new members to its Board of Trustees: Cara Babachicos, Neal Ganguly, and Marc Probst. Babachicos, who serves as CIO and Corporate Director of Information Systems for the Community Hospitals and Non-Acute sites at Partners Healthcare, is a Certified Healthcare CIO (CHCIO) with 25 years of experience in the industry. She is […]
Is The Meaningful Use Race Fair?
In a recent article, I was portrayed as someone who does not fully believe the benefits of EMR adoption are, shall we say, meaningful. The author went on to describe the tremendous benefits one health system has gotten from the use of EHR and how terrific the new HITECH regulations and incentives are. I assume […]
Test Cases Urged In Usability Recommendations
Rather than study electronic health record (EHR) usability in the abstract, “a few high-value use cases, particularly those that have patient safety implications,” should be examined, according to recommendations developed by the HIT Policy Committee’s Adoption and Certification Workgroup. Those recommendations — based on a day of hearings held by the workgroup — were outlined […]
Marc Probst, Member, HIT Policy Committee, CIO, Intermountain Healthcare, Transcript/Podcast Chapter 2
Marc Probst, Member, HIT Policy Committee, CIO, Intermountain Healthcare, Transcript/Podcast Chapter 1
Intermountain Healthcare and EHRs
Before we go too far in assuming that you need an EHR to achieve what Intermountain has, in terms of lowering costs and improving clinical outcomes, it’s worth drilling down a little further. It is Intermountain’s billing, registration, and case mix systems that enable much of what the organization achieves … and virtually every healthcare […]
InterMountain to Open CIS Research Center, Hire Staff
Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare is opening the “Homer Warner Center for Informatics Research” to support its clinical information systems. Intermountain’s new center — set to open on Feb. 16 — will centralize 60 fulltime healthcare IT positions, many of which are new positions. Within the next 10 years, the organization expects to need an […]