Frank DiSanzo, CIO, St. Peter’s Healthcare System, Chapter 1

Frank DiSanzo, Chief Information & Strategy Officer, St. Peter’s HealthCare System

About St. Peter’s
Physician alignment strategies
Running the full gamut of Horizon
The “awkward” timing of McKesson’s announcement
Determining the next steps — Paragon or another product?
The McKesson CIOs of NJ/NY
The vendor leapfrog game

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KLAS: Paragon’s Large Hospital Potential In Question

Does Paragon Work For Big Hospitals?

While McKesson has indicated it hopes to move some Horizon customer onto the Paragon platform, a number of product gaps and weaknesses still exist and there are still questions in providers’ minds about whether Paragon can scale to larger hospitals, particularly 400+ bed sites where it is still unproven, according to a new KLAS report [...]

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Dave Souerwine, President, McKesson Provider Technologies, Chapter 2

Dave Souerwine, President, McKesson Provider Technologies

Customer concerns
Helping hospitals lower costs
Lessons from Horizon Enterprise Resource Manager
Souerwine’s approach
Making the decision for change

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McKesson Horizon, McKesson Paragon And Mental Labels

“I’m sorry, I’m not trying to be difficult, but I still don’t understand.” Though I don’t recall the year, I distinctly remember uttering those words at a past HIMSS conference during one of the countless “speed-dating” sessions journalists have with vendors. Perhaps because these meet-and-greets are so short, they take on a very intense “get-to-the-point” [...]

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Dave Souerwine, President, McKesson Provider Technologies, Chapter 1

Dave Souerwine, President, McKesson Provider Technologies

The reorg
The new Horizon/Paragon paradigm
“We didn’t feel like we could develop for growth two very complex product suites”
Can Paragon scale?
Horizon’s future

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Ben Clark, VP/CIO, Centra Health, Chapter 3

Leveraging Stark, underwriting McKesson & Allscripts
Running McKesson Horizon 10.3.1
Integrating the clinical and financial sides of the house

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Allana Cummings, CIO, Northeast Georgia Health System, Chapter 1

Allana Cummings, CIO, Northeast Georgia Health System

McKesson Horizon 10.1 inpatient, GE Healthcare (mother/baby, NICU, L&D)
Allscripts for ambulatory
McKesson/GE integration
Single-sign on for improved workflow (Imprivata)
Upgrading to 10.3

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PODCAST: One-on-One w/Concord Hospital CIO Deane Morrison, Chapter 1

Deane Morrison, CIO, Concord Hospital

With the government piling on its Meaningful Use regulations, healthcare CIOs are under a lot of pressure to bring home the incentive bacon. For some, relaxation takes on traditional forms such as vacationing, biking or running. But Deane Morrison is no regular CIO. When he wants to decompress, it’s time to scale a mountain, perhaps [...]

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