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As government incentive programs place a greater emphasis on data sharing — both within and among organizations, connecting with independent physicians is moving higher up on CIOs’ to-do lists. In fact, 79 percent of CIOs said that integrating electronically with outside providers is now among their top three priorities, according to the April healthsystemCIO.com SnapSurvey. [...]
It comes as little surprise that most CIOs believe the decision to postpone ICD-10 was the right move; what is surprising, however, is that an overwhelming majority don’t see the benefits of converting at all, according to the March healthsystemCIO.com SnapSurvey. Specifically, 80 percent said they do not believe the cost-benefit in the ICD-10 switch [...]
As hospitals and health systems scramble to attest for Meaningful Use Stage 1 and begin gearing up for Stage 2, the need for outside help is constantly growing, and just under half of CIOs plan to take advantage of consulting resources, according to the February healthsystemCIO.com SnapSurvey. Specifically, 46 percent say they will spend “a [...]
With more projects than ever on their plates, just under 50 percent of healthcare CIOs are struggling against faulty governance processes to get them done, according to the January healthsystemCIO.com SnapSurvey. Specifically, 35 percent say their governance structure is “too convoluted to handle the volume and pace of new issues that must be evaluated and [...]
The majority of CIOs feel their organizations will fail to meet their expectations of future compensation and, if such predictions come to pass, don’t intend on taking the news lying down, according to the December healthsystemCIO.com SnapSurvey. Those who plan to scan the market for new opportunities will look far and wide, the survey revealed, [...]
The vast majority (92 percent) of CIOs say local, state, regional and national HIE initiatives are duplicating efforts/work, according to the November healthsystemCIO.com SnapSurvey. As such, it’s not surprising more than 60 percent describe their state’s HIE situation as a “confused mess.” A large portion of the blame for such a state of affairs falls [...]
Only 22 percent of CIOs currently have the staff they need to accomplish all the tasks on their overflowing plates, according to the October healthsystemCIO.com SnapSurvey. Of the remainder, 37 percent “are working on it,” while 41 percent cite different reasons they will not be able to assemble the required teams. As far as having [...]
More than three quarters of CIOs are looking to technologies such as computer-assisted coding (CAC) and natural language processing (NLP) to help their organizations manage the increased coding complexities presented by ICD-10, according to the September healthsystemCIO.com SnapSurvey. By far, the majority of those looking at the aforementioned solutions are leaning toward CAC (71 percent), [...]
The pace of changing being forced upon the industry by government programs such as Meaningful Use, ACOs and ICD-10 is proving all too much for those tasked with implementing them, according to the August healthsystemCIO.com SnapSurvey, in which a majority said the required tempo does not allow for technologies to be implemented in a safe, [...]
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