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*The cost of advanced core clinicals
*Is Meaningful Use crowding out innovation?
*Thoughts on Stage 2
*EMR usability
*Fostering physician adoption — mandates vs flexibility
One of the main gripes we have about politicians is they say whatever is necessary to get elected, then largely act as their predecessors had. In short – we are left with, at worst, broken, at best, unfulfilled, campaign promises. But the less nefarious and, thus, less satisfying reason for this eternal phenomenon is that […]
*Reflections on attestation
*Looking forward to electronic Meaningful Use reporting
*Deciding to attest in 2011
*”I would prefer that they make some adjustments to the timeline”
*Problems with problem lists
What good is implementing EHRs if nobody knows about it? Not much, according to Texas Health Resources, a 24-hospital health system located in the Dallas-Ft. Worth metroplex. (click on the player at the bottom of this article to hear the Podcast) To makes sure employees, clinicians and the public are aware of the massive implementation […]
Three months in the making, and with input from 170 members, CHIME’s Meaningful Use guide for CIOs was the subject of a recent webinar, lead by Texas Health Resources (THR) CIO Ed Marx. Highlighting some of the guide’s most salient recommendations, Marx touched on a few key themes that come up again and again when discussing EMR implementation best practices. First off, he stressed the importance of having C-suite and board support for the project. In fact, Marx said EMR implementation cannot be an IT project at all. While it’s true IT will handle the implementation of the technology, the “project” must be lead by the CEO and COO on the administrative side, and by the CMO and CNO on the clinical side.
