Heath Bell, CIO, KishHealth System, Chapter 2

*Developing an HIE strategy, Medicity at the core
*Dealing with the specialists (the oncology exception)
*Measuring up to Meaningful Use (going for S1 in 2012)
*”I think some of the timelines for the smaller facilities are going to be a challenge … ultimately, it should shift a little bit”
*Meditech comes through

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KLAS Report Highlights Public HIE Challenges

Likely due to issues around governance and funding, growth in private HIEs has far outstripped that in public exchanges, according to a new KLAS report, Health Information Exchanges: Rapid Growth in an Evolving Market. Since 2010, the number of live public HIEs rose from 37 to 67, while the number of live private HIEs mushroomed [...]

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Tim Moore, SVP/CIO, Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, Transcript/Podcast Chapter 1

Tim Moore, SVP/CIO, Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian

It was going to take a lot to draw Tim Moore back into the workforce. That’s because Moore had been there, done that. He’d found success in all his career endeavors, made some money and bought some houses (a few in sunny Mexico). But one day Moore got an offer even he couldn’t refuse. That [...]

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Denis Baker, VP & CIO, Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Podcast Chapter 2

  After 16 years in the healthcare IT department at Sarasota Memorial Hospital, if Denis Baker hasn’t seen it all, he sure has seen most of it. But the pace of change in healthcare is forcing even Baker to read some teas leaves, especially around Accountable Care Organizations. Specifically Baker, and all CIOs in the [...]

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Beth Fredette, CIO, The Children’s Medical Center of Dayton, Podcast Chapter 2

Long before HITECH made its way into a bill that aimed to save the country from economic collapse, Children’s Medical Center of Dayton was on its road toward advanced clincials. And for a partner, it chose Epic. With less than 200 beds, the organization took advantage of the dispensation that vendor affords pediatric hospitals, and [...]

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Aetna Gets Medicity for Christmas

Aetna Gets Medicity for Christmas

Aetna is acquiring Medicity for approximately $500 million. The company will operate as a separate business within Aetna under its existing leadership structure. According to a release, Medicity’s HIE technology “reaches more than 760 hospitals, 125,000 physician users and 250,000 end users.”

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PODCAST: One-on-One w/Cindy Peterson, VP & CIO, Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital, Chapter 3

For the last five years, it’s been full speed ahead for the IT team at Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital. Under the leadership of Cindy Peterson, that “full speed” has included implementing dozens of applications from the organization’s core clinical vendor — Meditech — along with many of the ancillary technologies that give CPOE a [...]

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