healthsystemCIO.com Survey Shows Many CIOs Stymied By Broken Governance

Governance Giving Many CIOs Fits

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 [...]

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healthsystemCIO.com Survey Shows CIO Migration In The Offing

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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, [...]

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healthsystemCIO.com Survey Shows CIOs Frustrated With State Of HIE

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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 [...]

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healthsystemCIO.com Survey Shows CIOs Struggling With Staffing Challenges

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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 [...]

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healthsystemCIO.com Survey Shows CIOs Researching ICD-10 Coding Tools

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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), [...]

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healthsystemCIO.com Survey Paints Picture Of Industry In Crisis

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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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healthsystemCIO.com Survey Shows CIOs Concerned About Staffing Strain

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The confluence of achieving Meaningful Use, morphing toward an accountable care model, transitioning to HIPAA 5010/ICD-10 and, of course, doing it all with fewer resources has CIOs concerned about their organization’s ability to manage it all. As such, it’s no shock 65 percent say their staffs are under “excessive strain” due to MU-related work, while [...]

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