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Although cybersecurity and patient engagement are certainly high on the list, Trivergent Health’s top priority in 2017 is to stay true to the mission of deploying technologies that help caregivers, says CIO David Quirke.
The 2015 KLAS interoperability research did a great deal to dispel misperceptions and rumors and bring to light how individual vendors are performing, says Kent Gale. But it wouldn’t have been possible without a handful of “passionate industry leaders.”
When providers took to their ballots to vote for the easiest and most difficult vendors to connect with when sharing outside patient data, how did some of the big players rank? Kent Gale of KLAS shares some interesting results.
About Sharp HealthCare
Hospitals on Cerner, practices on Allscripts
Leveraging dbMotion’s HIE to present “an integrated view.”
Internally developed data warehouse
Short-term & long-term costs of a single-vendor approach
Predictive analytics — “You’ve got to be able to capture that data.”
Docs pushing for CPOE — “That tells me they’ve embraced technology”
Going live with Allscripts in 2004 (pushed back by a hurricane)
“Workflows have changed dramatically.”
Keeping clinicians “happy”
Outsourced IT department — “My job is to be CIO.”
IT as a “diving buddy check”
Honesty in vendor-client relationships
