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His career path, from tech to healthcare
Busted by the dot-com bubble
“Don’t let the data fool you.”
Budget constraints
Data security — “You need to lock down your systems.”
Interoperability & the square peg
“It’s not a technology issue. It’s an issue of standards.”
On Thursday, CMS announced their intent to update the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs for 2015 and beyond, reducing the reporting burden on providers while supporting the long term goals of the program. On Friday, ONC released the Interoperability Roadmap and the Standards Advisory. A busy week. What does it all […]
I’m often asked by hedge funds, investors, and private equity firms to evaluate startups based on their management savvy, product maturity, and business models. I’ve been on several calls with startups in 2014 in which the grammar was all present future tense. “We will have a product that does…” My response to the investors is […]
In 2009, I wrote about The Genius of the AND in thinking about the different standards requirements of “Blue Button” versus “transitions of care.” We accepted CCR and CCD for the first stage of Meaningful Use as a means of buying time to allow the CCDA to be more fully defined. In 2014, we’re faced with […]
MU 2 & vendor readiness
Gathering data — “ONC is a very data-driven agency”
Broadening the “limited view”
Call to action for CIOs — “Policy change takes work”
Grassroots efforts targeting standards
CHIME’s new leader
CHIME is urging HHS to extend the concept of certification to the health information exchange marketplace to advance interoperability and improve data flow. In comments submitted Thursday in response to a request for information (RFI) from CMS and ONC, CHIME pushed for a strategy that enables local flexibility, while leading stakeholders in the development of […]
Dale Sanders, CIO mentor and senior technology advisor for the Cayman Islands HSA, tackles data warehousing by providing answers to key questions, from what type of governance structure is needed to which core dimensions of analysis are most important. He also breaks down the four data models and talks about buy-in […]
The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) has released recommendations for an oversight framework to ensure patient safety remains top of mind as health IT adoption efforts become more pervasive. As part of its Health Innovative Initiative, BPC tapped key stakeholders to develop guidelines for protecting patients while promoting innovation and leveraging existing quality and reporting systems […]
Looking beyond Stage 1
Positioning the organization for success
Engaging patients — “It takes the physicians to get the patients excited about getting involved in their care.”
Learning from forward-thinking docs
Saying no to HIEs — “the model doesn’t fit how we practice healthcare in this area”
Owned physicians using GE
Lessons learned from the early CIO years
From Japan to Seattle
CIOs need to “take that leadership role and lead”
MU & ICD-10 — “The more we can get standardized in healthcare, the better off we are”
The developing partnership between government entities and healthcare organizations
Finding a place to call home
