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About Baptist Health
15-month Epic rollout by region
“We’ll be troubleshooting and making adjustments that are required immediately.”
Creating & populating Epic record in physician practices
Staffing for go-live — “We need them present.”
“I don’t know that we can ever optimize, but we can always improve.”
Personalization labs
HIE work (internal vs external)
“At the end of the day, it all comes down to viability — somebody has to pay”
In the process of “thinking about thinking about our financial system”
Sims on leadership — reflecting on lessons from a rich career
“I’ve seen all the games played, so I know how they’re played”
Avoiding death by meeting
MUS1 – planning to attest at the end of this year
The physician practice strategy — McKesson & Cerner?
The importance of making rounds
Medseek for a physician portal (perhaps a patient portal down the road)
Making sure docs don’t see all the data, just the right data
The importance of a sound infrastructure
Implementing virtual desktops
About Baptist
The organization’s CPOE journey
Running McKesson Star for financials, Cerner (outsourced) for clinicals
Implementing CPOE, targeting a June 5 go-live
Breaking down outsourcing’s challenges
“We’re 10 months into it and, right now, we’re happy with our decision”
