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“If we don’t set them up for success, they’re going to have a lot of long nights. They’re going to have a lot of frustration,” said Gretchen Britt. In this interview, she talks about the importance of training, change management, and IT governance, and how she’s applying lessons learned from her time as a nurse.
The problems facing healthcare today may not be new, but solving them is going to require a new approach, said Nicole Kerkenbush. In this podcast, she talked about the critical role technology can play in easing the burden on caregivers, why shadowing is so important, and the lessons she learned in the military.
After more than a decade of collecting data, “it’s time to figure out how to best leverage that information to drive insight and drive change,” said Brian Norris in this interview. And CMIOs should be one of the leaders helping to navigate that path.
With shortages looming, “There is no more important time to empower our nurses to innovate and generate new clinical care models supported by technology,” said CIO Terri Couts, one of several leaders who shares thoughts on the value of nurses.
Oftentimes the root of clinician satisfaction isn’t the technology itself, but rather, how it was deployed, said Terri Couts, CIO at The Guthrie Clinic. Resolving it requires “getting out and talking to individuals and understanding” their concerns.
