Q&A with Stacey Johnston, Part 1: “We have to help each other cross the finish line.”
The biggest advantage in choosing a provider lead an EHR implementation? A firsthand understanding of “where we get hung up and what alerts we can eliminate,” said Stacey Johnston, Clinical Applications Officer, in this podcast.
Q&A with Hospital Sisters CIO Ray Gensinger, MD, Part 2: “If you’re talking, you’re not learning.”
“Regardless of what you’re hired to do, your number one job is to make peoples’ lives better,” said Ray Gensinger, CIO at Hospital Sisters Health System. In this interview, he also talks about staff retention challenges, making the switch from CMIO to CIO, and the “fantasy” leaders need to give up.
CIO Kate Pierce: “The Lines between Work and Life Continue to Converge.”
The best way to avoid burnout among staff is to ensure they’re given opportunities to completely disconnect, says Kate Pierce, CIO at North Country Hospital. Doing so requires “deliberate intent, clear expectations, and an organizational understanding and commitment.”
“Go to the Source”: Clinical Leaders Share Best Practices for Improving Data Quality
Between the “primitive design” plaguing many EHRs and the high potential for error with patient-entered data, ensuring data quality has become a mountain for healthcare leaders. But with the right approach, there are ways to improve it, according to our speakers.
Interviews
Q&A with Stacey Johnston, Part 1: “We have to help each other cross the finish line.”
The biggest advantage in choosing a provider lead an EHR implementation? A firsthand understanding of “where we get hung up and what alerts we can eliminate,” said Stacey Johnston, Clinical Applications Officer, in this podcast.
Q&A with Hospital Sisters CIO Ray Gensinger, MD, Part 2: “If you’re talking, you’re not learning.”
“Regardless of what you’re hired to do, your number one job is to make peoples’ lives better,” said Ray Gensinger, CIO at Hospital Sisters Health System. In this interview, he also talks about staff retention challenges, making the switch from CMIO to CIO, and the “fantasy” leaders need to give up.
“Go to the Source”: Clinical Leaders Share Best Practices for Improving Data Quality
Between the “primitive design” plaguing many EHRs and the high potential for error with patient-entered data, ensuring data quality has become a mountain for healthcare leaders. But with the right approach, there are ways to improve it, according to our speakers.
“A Little Bit Art and a Little Bit Science”: Finding the Formula for a Successful IT Shop
As it becomes increasingly challenging to manage a successful IT shop – and balance the myriad priorities coming their way – CIOs are finding that the answer lies somewhere between ‘yes’ and ‘no,’ according to our panelists.
Columns
Does the Future Belong to Mad Max or Star Trek?
Although daily headlines suggest a dystopian future, the world is actually becoming a healthier, safer place to live, according to John Halamka, MD, and Paul Cerrato, who shared some of the “evidence-based optimism” on display at Mayo Clinic Platform Conference.
Craig Richardville on Offering Flexibility: “It Needs to Be Mutual.”
For healthcare leaders, it’s more important than ever to offer flexibility to their team members. But the understanding needs to be mutual, according to Craig Richardville, Chief Digital and Information Officer at Intermountain Healthcare, who talks about striking a balance.
CIO Kate Pierce: “The Lines between Work and Life Continue to Converge.”
The best way to avoid burnout among staff is to ensure they’re given opportunities to completely disconnect, says Kate Pierce, CIO at North Country Hospital. Doing so requires “deliberate intent, clear expectations, and an organizational understanding and commitment.”
Five Ways Telehealth Is Better Than In-Person Care
Taking economics out of the picture, the value proposition that tips the scales for telehealth is quality, according to Joseph Kvedar, MD, who cites examples where “we can extend access, provide patient convenience, and do so at a higher quality than in-person.”
Partner Perspectives
Partner Perspective: Robust Security Environments Require a Dedication to Best Practices & Openness to New Technologies
Ryan Witt, Managing Director of Healthcare for Proofpoint, talks with healthsystemCIO about the advantages of health systems tailoring their cybersecurity defenses to the most frequently attacked … [Read More]
Partner Perspective: Empowering Today’s Anywhere, Anytime Workforce Requires a Flexible IT Architecture
With healthcare workers wanting to work from anywhere at any time, CIOs must implement solutions that empower clinical and non-clinical teams. Those solutions include leveraging AI, automation, and … [Read More]
Partner Perspective: An Inconvenient Truth – The Urgency of Healthcare Application Portfolio Rationalization
After years devoted to the adoption of best-of-breed strategies, the infusion of technology into clinical workflow, and mergers & acquisitions, health systems are suffering from information … [Read More]
Partner Perspective: CIOs Must Drive Towards Work Anywhere, Data Everywhere Environments
VMware’s Enrique Estrada, senior director of healthcare industry solutions, says his foundational principal is that the patient must be at the center of healthcare. After that, it’s about creating the … [Read More]
Upcoming Webinars
Ensuring Your Security Program Can Support the Industry’s Increasing PHI Sharing Demands
Both consumer desires and regulatory mandates are requiring health systems to share more PHI with more entities than ever before. While such sharing can go a long way to improving outcomes and patient … [Read More]
Implementing Analytics & Technology to Support Value-Based Care
In a fee-for-service world, analytics are nice to have, but in a value-based one, they are the difference between operational success and failure. That's because solid analytics mean better and more … [Read More]
Popular Content
- “A Little Bit Art and a Little Bit Science”: Finding the Formula for a Successful IT Shop
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