Chris Belmont, System VP/CIO, Ochsner Health System, Chapter 3

*Working with Initiate (IBM) and Orion
*An update on disaster recovery
*Finding the right C-suite talent mix (CIO, CTO, CMIO, CMO)
*Thoughts on social media
*Reflecting on the consultant’s life

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Chris Belmont, System VP/CIO, Ochsner Health System, Chapter 2

*Bringing in Encore for assistance with clinical content
*The HealthLink experience — “We just did things right”

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Chris Belmont, System VP/CIO, Ochsner Health System, Chapter 1

Chris Belmont, System VP/CIO, Ochsner Health System

*About Ochsner
*Update on the Epic implementation
*”The integration, really, is what sold it”
*Epic’s secret sauce
*”If they tell you to do something, just go ahead and do it”

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One-on-One w/Ochsner CMIO Lynn Witherspoon (I)

As a physician, former CIO and now CMIO, Lynn Witherspoon has operated in the healthcare system from a number of angles. And having lived through Hurricane Katrina, he has a better handle on disaster recovery issues than most. But one impact of the storm that the organization is still working to recover from is the [...]

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IBM Acquires Initiate

Big Blue Picks Up 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 [...]

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