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With the majority of care in the U.S. being delivered at the community level, organizations like Community Health Network provide the ideal “sandbox” to test out solutions that could potentially improve efficiency and enhance the consumer experience, according to Patrick McGill, MD, and Allison Lodhi.
Part of becoming a data-driven organization is ensuring that analytics partners with other departments – including business, clinical, and informatics – to address key challenges, says Patrick McGill, MD, who talks about his strategy as Chief Analytics Officer.
When it comes to social determinants of health, capturing data is important, but it’s merely one step, says Patrick McGill, MD. It’s also about leveraging that data to understand why gaps exist, and partnering with others to help close them.
The HIE picture in Indiana
“We’re not trying to reinvent the wheel”
Managing expectations and not overcommitting — “it’s not IT on tap”
Bringing a fresh perspective to an organization
Avoiding falling into the trap of status quo
“Risk-taking isn’t about selecting a new technology”
The challenge of being on an EHR implementation that isn’t being led by IT
Reporting to the COO & chief physician officer
Extending Epic out to affiliated physicians (after taking care of owned docs)
Waiting on the Epic rollout to attest to MU for ambulatory
About Community Health Network
Starting a major migration to Epic — and pushing back certain projects
Taking on the CIO role during a big rollout
“I was happy they selected Epic”
Repairing IT’s damaged reputation
When clinical leads a project, not IT — “What I was being asked to do was quite different”
Reaching out to colleagues who have rolled out Epic
