The Meaningful Use toll on CIOs — “You really have to get your head straight”
The similarities between EMR implementations and having young children
The career benefits of going through an EMR implementation
Having the right CIO can make all the difference
The bottom line: “Don’t underestimate how tough this is”
Tom Ciccarelli, CIO, East Orange General Hospital, Chapter 2
Thoughts on ED scribes
The ICD-10 factor
Living on a razor-thin margin — “This is where the small guys are going to have big problems”
Giving users what they want versus what they need
Clinician dissatisfaction with the data entry burden
The benefit of bringing in outside eyes
GE’s performance — “You can’t go wrong”
Tom Ciccarelli, CIO, East Orange General Hospital, Chapter 1
PODCAST: One-on-One w/East Orange CIO Tom Ciccarelli
When Tom Ciccarelli created a team of clinician-users to select a system that would help the hospital achieve Meaningful Use, he didn’t expect them to come back asking for Centricity from GE. That’s because GE’s KLAS scores — a performance indicator Ciccarelli references to help navigate the vendor landscape — have been lackluster of late. […]
East Orange Hospital Becomes GE Shop
New Jersey-based East Orange General Hospital has selected GE Healthcare IT’s Centricity Enterprise EMR, administrative, departmental and revenue cycle solutions to be delivered under an ASP model. The products will be implemented at the 211-bed facility and its outpatient departments using “GE’s Digital Day One” offering for rapid implementation. The solution includes pre-configured clinical templates.