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 […]
Roger Neal, VP of IT & CIO, Duncan Regional Hospital, Podcast Chapter 3
Reading the healthcare IT tea leaves is telling Roger Neal a few things. First off, they’re telling him a close-knit relationship between his hospital and the independent physicians which send it patients is key. They’re also telling him that tight integration which facilitates seamless data flow among his applications is becoming all important. While interfaces […]
John Gaede, CIO, El Centro Regional Medical Center, Podcast Chapter 3
Fast and easy are two words only the uninitiated would use to describe a core clinical HIT system selection, and John Gaede is certainly not one of them. That’s because Gaede recently went through the rigors of crafting a vision, finding partners and hitting the market. And hit the market he did, scouring not […]
PODCAST: One-on-One w/Trinitas Regional Medical Center VP of IT & CIO Judy Comitto, Chapter 3
Many hospitals started their path toward electronic medical records when HITECH and Meaningful Use became law in February 2009, but Trinitas Regional Medical Center isn’t one of them. Under the leadership of Judy Comitto since it was formed through M&A in 2000, the health system has been continually at work building out its IT environment […]
Know the Rules, But Beware the Exceptions
I’ve written many times that specialization is the key to excellence – that you can’t do anything well if you’re trying to do everything. While I still believe this as a general principle, a recent KLAS report on emergency department systems proves that every rule has its exception. The report found that while 31 percent of those using best-of-breed systems in the ED — meaning the system is from a different vendor than their EHR/Pharmacy/CPOE provider — would consider moving to the ED product offered by their enterprise vendor in the future, only 7 percent of those using an ED system from their core vendor would consider leaving it for a best-of-breed solution.
Meditech 6.0 Diary Part 3 — What You Get/What You Don’t
For those following our Magic to 6.0 upgrade (reinstall) sojourn, last month’s cliff hanger was what we will do with the 6.0 ED module. Do we install or go to a different vendor? Well, the vote is in and it is definite that we are moving forward with something other than Meditech. The reasons, you […]
TEXT/PODCAST – KLAS Finds Integration To Trump Functionality in the ED
Integration is a key focus for many hospitals considering ED strategies to help satisfy Meaningful Use objectives, and many are willing to sacrifice some functionality today for integration and anticipated functional improvements in the future, according to a new report by KLAS. Click on the Player Below to Hear a Podcast Interview with Report Author […]
PODCAST: One-on-One-w/HealthEast Care System VP & CIO Mac McClurkan, Chapter 3
For Mac McClurkan, managing vendor relationships isn’t all that complicated — set clear expectations and then hold everyone involved to the highest levels of accountability. With such clarity going in, it’s hard for either party to feel wronged. Well along on his CPOE journey at HealthEast, McClurkan has other fish to fry, such as attaining […]
PODCAST: One-on-One w/Concord Hospital CIO Deane Morrison, Chapter 1
With the government piling on its Meaningful Use regulations, healthcare CIOs are under a lot of pressure to bring home the incentive bacon. For some, relaxation takes on traditional forms such as vacationing, biking or running. But Deane Morrison is no regular CIO. When he wants to decompress, it’s time to scale a mountain, perhaps […]
CHIME: MU Better, Not Perfect
While pleased with some aspects of the final Meaningful Use Stage 1 rule, CHIME still views it as “an aggressive target for the majority of the nation’s hospitals,” according to an early analysis by the organization. Additionally, CHIME is predicting that many hospitals will have a difficult time qualifying for stimulus funding in subsequent stages of the incentive program, “as objectives increase in number and become harder to meet, and as other aspects of the stimulus program become more challenging.”