Jim Turnbull, CIO, University of Utah Health Care, Chapter 3

Jim Turnbull, CIO, University of Utah Health Care

Early HIT days in Canada
Thoughts on MU — “We’re on the verge of some major breakthroughs.”
Value-driven outcomes
Working closely with docs — “That’s where the big opportunities are.”
Push for a unique patient identifier
“Co-opetition” with Intermountain Healthcare
CHIME CIO of the Year — “It was quite a surprise.”

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Randy McCleese, CIO, St. Claire Regional Medical Center, Chapter 2

Randy McCleese, VP of IS/CIO, St. Claire Regional Medical Center

Kentucky HIE — “They’re doing a good job matching patient data”
Working with UK to connect schools with primary care clinics
Why telehealth is “sputtering”
Dividing & conquering MU
Meditech in the hospital & medical group
Partnering with Bon Secours on an ACO – “We’re just starting down that path.”

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Randy McCleese, CIO, St. Claire Regional Medical Center, Chapter 1

Randy McCleese, VP of IS/CIO, St. Claire Regional Medical Center

About St. Claire
From best-of-breed to an integrated system
Meditech 6.0 – going live with CPOE & physician documentation
Building a base with financials
Using a multidisciplinary “team approach”
Selecting a system — “It was the troops that made the choice.”
Working with Northeast Kentucky RHIO & Kentucky HIE

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Dana Moore, SVP & CIO, Centura Health, Chapter 3

Dana Moore, SVP & CIO, Centura Health

Centura’s stops and starts with EMRs
Making the case for standardization—“It wasn’t an easy sell.”
Laying a foundation for future IT initiatives
From being a consultant in Atlanta to a CIO in Colorado
Meeting with other CIOs — “We need to use each other as resources.”

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KLAS: Getting By With A Little Help From Consultants

With ICD-10 Looming, Providers Need Help, Says KLAS

In light of concerns regarding the lack of ICD-10-readiness, healthcare organizations are turning to third-party consulting firms to help overcome challenges with the technology and provide training, according to new data from KLAS. In the report — ICD-10 Perception 2012: Can Technology Relieve Readiness Issues — the majority of providers said they have tapped consultants [...]

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KLAS: ED Docs Prefer Best-of-Breed Systems

ED Docs Prefer Best-of-Breed, Says KLAS

When it comes to emergency department information systems (EDIS), physician satisfaction with best-of-breed systems is 59 percent higher than enterprise systems, according to a new KLAS report — EDIS 2013: Revealing the Physicians’ Voice. Physicians cited better clinical decision support, overall usability, and accuracy of documentation as the primary drivers of satisfaction in the study, [...]

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Joey Hobbs, CIO, Community Hospital Anderson, Chapter 1

Joey Hobbs, CIO, Community Hospital Anderson

About CHA
Affiliation with Community Health Network — sharing data but not the same system
Participating in Indiana HIE
Meditech in the hospital, Epic in physician practices
Facebook & Twitter as the starting point to get patients engaged
“It’s a multi-year strategy. You can’t just build a portal.”

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KLAS: Providers Turning To Virtualization To Secure Mobile Devices

With Increased Device Use Comes Increased Security Concerns

With a large majority (70 percent) of provider organizations now using mobile devices to access electronic records, security has become a top priority for CIOs, according to a new KLAS report — Mobile Applications: Can Enterprise Vendors Keep Up, which found that virtualization is the method most often used to address security concerns. “Providers are [...]

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