The ‘always available’ culture many leaders have adopted isn’t healthy, says David Miller, who urges CIOs to “be intentional in creating a healthy balance between your work and personal lives.”
Work, Play and The Daily Struggle To Find Balance
Organizational Health, Part 4: Disagree And Commit
Passive agreement is a leader’s worst enemy, says David Miller, who believes that only after opinions have been aired, issues debated, and alternatives discussed can people make a true commitment.
Organizational Health, Part 3: The Right Way To Manage Conflict
Conflict management is an organizational skill that can literally make or break a company. How many times have you seen very bright and gifted leaders destroy themselves or their organizations because they would not deal with unhealthy conflict within their midst? More often than not, they choose to put their heads […]
Organizational Health, Part 2: Time To Get Personal
In this blog, I’d like to begin to look at some of the components or characteristics that comprise a healthy organization. As you might expect, it starts at the top. You must have a senior management team that works well together. If members of the leadership team are not working in a unified manner, there […]
Organizational Health, Part 1: How Fit Is Your Team?
There is a quote that has appeared often in my email signature line and that I find myself revisiting from time to time: “In tranquillo esse quisque gubernator potest,” which roughly translated means, “Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.” It is from Publilius Syrus, a Latin writer who died around 29 BC. […]
The Biggest Mistakes That Healthcare CIOs Are Making
My career in healthcare now spans over 35 years. I started out as a clinician (medical technologist), but have spent the last 20-plus years in the healthcare IT space. I spent several years in the software vendor world, well over 20 years in the healthcare consulting environment, and approximately 10 years in the provider IT […]
The Tools CIOs Need To Weather The Storm
The prevailing theme of my previous two blogs on leadership, and indeed the prevailing theme of the healthcare industry today, is change. There seems to be change in just about every aspect of healthcare. The concept of value-based purchasing is driving the manner in which we are reimbursed by requiring improvements in quality and clinical […]
What Makes A Leader? (Part 1)
In my previous blog on leadership, I began to opine on what IT leadership needs to begin to tackle during these challenging and turbulent times. With this blog, I’d like to discuss what some of the attributes of a truly successful leader might be. It has been my privilege and honor to have a number […]
Leading In A Sea Of Change
One of my favorite quotes, which I learned during my four years of Latin in high school, is “In tranquillo esse quisque gubernator potest” by Publilius Syrus. Roughly translated, it means, “Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.” There has probably been no time in my 33 years in healthcare when this […]
David Miller, Vice Chancellor/CIO, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Chapter 3
*Working toward MU while (possibly) changing application horses mid-stream
*Reflecting on the ACO NPRM
*MU, ACO & ICD-10 “are all means towards the same end — population management”
*The state of state HIEs
*ICD-10 — “If you’ve got homegrown apps, it’s just going to be a nightmare”
