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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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
*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”
