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CHIME 2011 Fall Forum Review

Steve Huffman — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:44:10 +0000

Before I begin I must disclose that I was on the planning committee for CHIME 2011, specifically working on the speakers selection sub-committee. The review however is entirely framed as a participant and does not reflect the opinion of the sub-committee. CHIME is a great organization and regularly provides the best conference lineup for CIOs [...]

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CIO Tips On Vendor Sleuthing

Steve Huffman — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 16:26:00 +0000

Did you realize that your vendors collect a treasure of intelligence on you prior to a large sale. They dig through 990s, investigate public documentation and attempt to leverage the information during the sales process. CIOs should also collect similar intelligence on their vendors. A great place to start is finance-laden jargon in your vendors [...]

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The Elegant “No”

Steve Huffman — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 12:35:41 +0000

There are not enough resources to complete the work in front of us for 2011 and beyond. Before Meaningful Use became “meaningful” we already had a full plate. We now have a buffet of plates that are overflowing and we are forced to bring a renewed sense of prioritization to the problem. We are challenged [...]

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Celebrate the Current Pace

Steve Huffman — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:30:20 +0000

Much has been written about the impact of meaningful use on the healthcare CIO, but it is worth digging a bit deeper in the organizational chart and outline how our management teams will need to adapt as well. A tremendous strain has begun to take hold within our departments as we thoughtfully charge forward to [...]

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The Comment Period Just Began

Steve Huffman — Mon, 03 May 2010 02:23:13 +0000

After writing public comments on meaningful use, submitting grant proposals and trying to keep pace of healthcare reform, the comment period has just begun. With the formation of the Regional Extension Centers, State HIT coordinators being nominated, Health Information Exchanges gaining more traction and countless vendors trying to obtain your stimulus money, a CIO’s involvement [...]

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CPOE? Let the device issues begin

Steve Huffman — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 14:16:25 +0000

Throughout our EMR implementations, which started in 2001, we have tested countless end users devices. We have numerous Computers On Wheels (COW’s), thin client laptops on a low profile cart (we called these calves), laptops, PC’s, tablets and a mixture of thin client devices. Now that we are pushing through a CPOE implementation we find [...]

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Do it the hard way – Our patients will appreciate it

Steve Huffman — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:53:08 +0000

I don’t have Portals and PHR’s quite figured out yet for my Health System, and based on the feedback I’m receiving from other CIO’s many of us don’t have it figured out yet. There are a lot of hospitals and physician groups in the market for Patient Portals and Personal Heath Record solutions to address [...]

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Beacon Communities – A great opportunity, USE IT!

Steve Huffman — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:47:53 +0000

Based on the conference calls that I listened to on the Beacon Community Program from ONC, many communities around the nation submitted great proposals. While those communities are anxiously awaiting the award announcement in March, I am hopeful that we all are taking advantage of the platform that was created to submit the proposal. For [...]

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Electronic tasks? Are you serious?!

Steve Huffman — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:52:37 +0000

I recently finished reading “Checklist Manifesto” by Atul Gawande and “How Doctor’s Think” by Jerome Groopman. I would highly recommend them to anyone in Healthcare IT. Because each book touches on how doctors contemplate change, it got me thinking about how physicians may be thinking about all of the upcoming changes in Health IT. While [...]

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Meaningful use – for who?

Steve Huffman — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:16:01 +0000

The last few months I’ve said those two words, “Meaningful Use”, more times than I can count. I’ve shared our plans with physicians, executive teams, community members and blogs. Almost every discussion, email, blog post and article that I see or hear relates to the same focus – what products are we going to use [...]

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iPad – Are you brave enough to support it?

Steve Huffman — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:59:29 +0000

With the announcement of the Apple iPad today it took a matter of minutes before the first recommended use at my hospital was made. After the announcement there were numerous comments around the Internet about the disappointing nature of the hardware, lack of multi-tasking, no SD-Card support, and on and on and on. Instead of [...]

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Staffing & Meaningful Use — It’s Not Just a Vendor Issue

Steve Huffman — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 04:23:48 +0000

Looking at my project load for 2010 and the upcoming requirements to keep our existing applications fresh, as well as trying to address meaningful use (in a meaningful way), has created capacity issues for all of us. While I hear a lot about how vendors may not have enough staff to implement all of the [...]

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