Anthony Guerra, founder/editor, hsCIO.com
Having worked with them in two industries over the last 10 years, I can tell you that CIOs are a pretty unflappable bunch. They’re used to seeing inside and outside influences — the government, their CEOs, and corporate boards — upset the five year plan apple cart they’ve meticulously constructed to bring their organization through the coming years, so they’re also used to revising, and sometimes scrapping, their strategic plans. But the latest tunes the government is singing about Meaningful Use-related certification have this usually phlegmatic bunch quite exasperated. Read the rest of this column at Information Week …
ChuckChristian says
Anthony, would it be safe to say that many of those who would make the rules do not fully understand how the quilt of healthcare IT has been crafted?
Anthony Guerra says
There is certainly a growing sentiment to that effect, Chuck. I’m not sure of the timing, but I’ve heard it said that John Glaser would never have allowed such thinking to pervade policy — knowing the real-world “quilt,” he would have stopped it in its tracks. But, as we know, John is over at Siemens now.