“Sharing the Burden”: How a Coalition Is Turning Covid-19 Data Into Vital Information
The old adage that two heads are better than one has never been more applicable than now, says Dr. John Halamka, who talks about the groundbreaking work being done by the Covid-19 Coalition to guide providers and policymakers during the pandemic.
Q&A with Geisinger CIO John Kravitz, Part 1: “You Want to Keep Moving in the Right Direction.”
When disaster strikes, certain projects are going to be put on the backburner. But the initiatives that will help organizations achieve their ultimate vision must stay on track, says Geisinger CIO John Kravitz, who talks about his team’s extraordinary efforts.
Podcast Interview with CIO Kevin Wiese, Part 2: “We End Up Learning From Our Non-IT Staff.”
In the behavioral health space, where the no-show rate for visitors has long been a challenge, telemedicine offers a level of convenience that could be a game-changer, says CIO Kevin Wiese. “Time will tell as we look at the data.”
From Chief Complainer to the Sprint Program
“Before you deliver the tool to your end user, you need to be sure you understand your end user,” says CT Lin, MD, CMIO at UCHealth. In this piece, he talks about his team is working to accomplish this by leveraging EHR Sprints.
Interviews
“Sharing the Burden”: How a Coalition Is Turning Covid-19 Data Into Vital Information
The old adage that two heads are better than one has never been more applicable than now, says Dr. John Halamka, who talks about the groundbreaking work being done by the Covid-19 Coalition to guide providers and policymakers during the pandemic.
Q&A with Geisinger CIO John Kravitz, Part 1: “You Want to Keep Moving in the Right Direction.”
When disaster strikes, certain projects are going to be put on the backburner. But the initiatives that will help organizations achieve their ultimate vision must stay on track, says Geisinger CIO John Kravitz, who talks about his team’s extraordinary efforts.
Podcast Interview with CIO Kevin Wiese, Part 2: “We End Up Learning From Our Non-IT Staff.”
In the behavioral health space, where the no-show rate for visitors has long been a challenge, telemedicine offers a level of convenience that could be a game-changer, says CIO Kevin Wiese. “Time will tell as we look at the data.”
“We’re Revisiting Everything”: The Realities of Project Recovery in a Post-Covid World
As IT strategies are revisited and budgets reallocated, it’s becoming clear how important a stable telehealth environment and a solid analytics platform are to an organization’s viability, according to our panelists in a recent webinar.
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From Chief Complainer to the Sprint Program
“Before you deliver the tool to your end user, you need to be sure you understand your end user,” says CT Lin, MD, CMIO at UCHealth. In this piece, he talks about his team is working to accomplish this by leveraging EHR Sprints.
What Covid Demands of CIOs
Although the initial phases of an IT organization’s Covid-19 strategy – respond, recover, and reinforce – all play a critical role, the most important component is the fourth: reimagining technology’s impact on the future, says CIO Tom Andriola.
Determining COVID-19 Status in an EMR
Of the myriad questions surrounding the diagnosis and treatment of Covid-19, the one that seems so simple — how do you know if a patient has the virus — is perhaps the most complex, says Dirk Stanley, MD, who describes the challenges facing EHR users.
The Solutions That Could Drive Big Data Accessibility
The ability to acquire data from other trusted sources to create a big data environment will be crucial as providers look to optimize analytics in order to improve operations, says Mike Davis. And the key to this, he believes, might be in a new market entrant.
Partner Perspectives
Partner Perspective — Patient Matching: Why Is It So Hard?
Most patient record linking approaches can be described as deterministic, probabilistic, referential or a blend of all three. A blend of all three should be the gating criteria for internal matching … [Read More]
Partner Perspective: Atlantic Health System Builds a Broader Definition of Clinical Intelligence
The Network’s Vice President of Clinical Intelligence Aims to Pull Together a Wide Array of Data to Improve Patient Care. The Network’s Vice President of Clinical Intelligence Aims to Pull Together a … [Read More]
Partner Perspective: As Healthcare Evolves with Covid-19, So Does Dependence on Digital Identity
Imprivata CEO Says the Pandemic Has Accelerated Changes That Might Have Taken Years to Achieve Gus Malezis joined Imprivata as its CEO in 2016, and in addition to improving the … [Read More]
Partner Perspective: Final Rule Means CIOs Must Share ADTs, But Had Better Know Where They’re Going
PatientPing’s Co-Founder & CEO says the benefits to care quality will be significant, if done securely. On March 9, HHS and ONC published the long-awaited and hotly-debated 21st Century Cures … [Read More]
Upcoming Webinars
How Network Agility Enables Better Outcomes
Healthcare at the Edge: How Network Agility Enables Better Outcomes New Webinar Coming 7/14 at 12 ET An agile network provides the foundation for healthcare to face any challenge, while … [Read More]
Grappling With a COVID-Impacted Budget
Hospitals have been decimated financially by the COVID-19 pandemic regardless of if they had a significant load of infected patients. As incremental steps are made towards normalizing operations, … [Read More]
Data Center Infrastructure to Meet the Quadruple Aim
Every health system depends on its highly sophisticated and reliable infrastructure as the backbone to delivering technology solutions that improve patient care, with the goal of meeting healthcare’s … [Read More]
Telehealth: Redefining Delivery of Care
Though a few were far down the telehealth road, many organizations only stood their programs up in response to the COVID-19 pandemic which exposed systemic issues in healthcare. Now, the opportunity … [Read More]
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