State of Meaningful Use
Stage 2 modifications — “The relief I know the industry’s been wanting”
Focus of Stage 3: security, clinical decision support & patient engagement
Potential impact of a 90-day reporting period
CHIME’s Patient ID challenge
Crowdsourcing — “We’ve tried since day 1 for this to be 100 percent transparent.”
Sallie Arnett, VP of Information Systems, Licking Memorial Health Systems, Chapter 1
About Licking Memorial
“We’re really driving away from the interface model.”
Structural changes to IS
3-year integration project with “staged out” clinical projects
Meditech since 1985 — “Our team is very entrenched in it.”
Benefits of being small — “We don’t have to get 100 committees together to turn the ship.”
Focus on MU 3: “I’m a strong advocate of patient engagement.”