Tarun Ghosh, SVP/CIO, Fremont-Rideout Health Group, Podcast Chapter 1

Tarun Ghosh, SVP/CIO, Fremont-Rideout Health Group

Having worked in different industries on different continents, Tarun Ghosh brings an outside’s perspective to the common challenges facing healthcare CIO. And now that he’s here, Ghosh is certainly knee-deep in those common challenges. From getting on a certified version of his core vendor’s EMR software (McKesson), to devising sound physician alignment strategies, to archiving the Meaningful Use Stage 1 measures, Ghosh has quite a bit on his plate. To learn more about how he’s shaken things up at Fremont-Rideout since taking the reins, healthsystemCIO.com editor Anthony Guerra recently caught up with the California-based CIO.

Chapter 1

About Fremont-Rideout — “We’re not very big but we’re not very small, and we have a little bit of everything”
Physician alignment strategies — California-style
Leveraging Stark — “Governance is the key to staying in compliance”
Running a McKesson/QuadraMed shop, Empower for EDIS
Moving to McKesson 10.3, reviewing the vendor

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