HHS made a big move this week to beef up security efforts, naming two major health IT leaders to its Cybersecurity Task Force to help facilitate data sharing among healthcare organizations.
Earle, Meadows & Roach Elected to CHIME Board
CHIME has elected Cletis Earle, Theresa Meadows, RN, and Donna Roach to its board of trustees. Earle is CIO at St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital, Newburgh, NY. Since joining CHIME in 2006, he has been active in both regional and national activities. In addition to serving as co-chair for StateNet, Earle is involved in CHIME’s professional […]
Theresa Meadows, SVP & CIO, Cook Children’s Health Care System, Chapter 3
Her pivotal career moment — “I want your job.”
Learning from mentors
“It’s about really listening to what people say.”
Embracing challenges — “I really didn’t know what I was signing up for when I said yes.”
From nursing to technology
Advice for aspiring CIOs — “It’s not about immediate gratification.”
Theresa Meadows, SVP & CIO, Cook Children’s Health Care System, Chapter 2
Pediatric EHRs & the functionality gap
Partnering with athenahealth & Meditech
“We really worked hand-in-hand to build that pediatric functionality.”
Challenges with dosing, growth charts & vaccine schedules
Harnessing the power of texting
Innovation in focus — “If we lose sight, nobody will have their eye on the ball.”
Theresa Meadows, SVP & CIO, Cook Children’s Health Care System, Chapter 1
About Cook Children’s
Focus on ambulatory growth — “It’s critical to our overall system strategy.”
Meditech in hospital, athenahealth in physician practices
Upgrading to Meditech 6.1
Enabling mobility — “Clinicians are always in motion.”
Telehealth pilot
MU reporting metrics — “They’re still mostly very adult-driven.”
Theresa Meadows, SVP/CIO, Cook Children’s Health Care System, Chapter 3
Words matter — are they “customers”?
“I have to throw a dollar into the bucket every time I say ‘help desk’“
Educating the org —the CIO is not the service desk
The benefits of having been a clinician — “Occasionally, I’ll pull the nurse card”
From Alabama to Texas (but can you go from NJ to Texas?)
Going CHIME CHCIO
Theresa Meadows, SVP/CIO, Cook Children’s Health Care System, Chapter 2
Theresa Meadows, SVP/CIO, Cook Children’s Health Care System, Chapter 1
CHIME Study Highlights Bar-Coding Success at Cook Children’s
Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas, has achieved wide adoption of an electronic bar-coding system that verifies medication delivery is correct before pediatric patients receive it. The organization’s story is featured in an in-depth case study, “Changing the Culture: One Hospital’s Journey to Improve Care Delivery with Bedside Medication Verification,” developed by CHIME. […]