Improving project prioritization
Meditech 5.6 upgrade
Getting the organization to realize “these are not IT projects”
From chief information officer to chief innovation officer
IT as an enabler
Implementing single sign-on
Jack Wolf, CIO, Montefiore Medical Center, Chapter 1
Is Your EHR More Like iPhone Or iTunes?
Times are perilous, and they ain’t a-changin. As Europe focuses its attention on whether the Euro will become a collector’s item, and the Middle East eagerly awaits the chance to lower the amount it pays for air conditioning because of the surplus of electricity that will be available from all of Iran’s nuclear reactors, America […]
KLAS: Paragon’s Large Hospital Potential In Question
While McKesson has indicated it hopes to move some Horizon customer onto the Paragon platform, a number of product gaps and weaknesses still exist and there are still questions in providers’ minds about whether Paragon can scale to larger hospitals, particularly 400+ bed sites where it is still unproven, according to a new KLAS report […]
Meditech 6.0 Diary Part 17 – Addressing Post Go-Live Gripes
So it has been 8 weeks since our go-live. It is always interesting for me to note the things that start to creep up post go-live that could, and should, have been caught during the pre-go-live build. The following is our experience, and will hopefully help you identify processes or items to address in your […]
Mary Alice Annecharico, CIO, Henry Ford Health System, Chapter 2
Tom Ciccarelli, CIO, East Orange General Hospital, Chapter 3
The Meaningful Use toll on CIOs — “You really have to get your head straight”
The similarities between EMR implementations and having young children
The career benefits of going through an EMR implementation
Having the right CIO can make all the difference
The bottom line: “Don’t underestimate how tough this is”
Learning To Tune Out Extraneous Information
To read and complete this post, you may use the following tools; graph paper, compass, protractor, slide ruler, a number two pencil, and a bag of Gummy Bears from which to snack. The following problem was on the final exam in my 11th grade physics class. Let us give this a shot and then see if we […]
Meditech 6.0 Diary Part 16 – Preparation Pays Off
Spending New Year’s Eve supporting a Meditech go-live is not exactly how most people define fun, but it is how many at our hospital spent transitioning from 2011 to 2012. I heard someone state, “Wow, this go-live is just like Y2K; a non-event.” What most CIOs will tell you is that the main reason Y2K […]