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A number of health system leaders and vendor executives were recognized for their work in advancing the industry forward during the CHIME17 Fall Forum, including Chuck Christian, Gary Barnes, and Dana Sellers.
MU as a catalyst—“It has forced us to go to a whole new level.”
Analytics & decision support department
Goal: consistency throughout the organization
CIO role — “There’s a lot more to the position than IT.”
Physician engagement — “It’s a give and take.”
Working on the CHCIO certification process
“It keeps me learning.”
Recruiting volunteers to drive portal usage
Restructured capital project committee — “That has been a tremendous improvement.”
Assessing change readiness
From IBM to CIO
Evolution of the role — “It wasn’t the CIO position it is today.”
About MCHS Odessa
2-year process to select Cerner
Best-of-breed vs integrated solution — “It was overwhelming.”
Economics of integration
Selling to the board — “It’s like building a house.”
5-7 minute training intervals
“We want to make sure that we’ve built something that people will use.”
Pam McNutt, Bill Spooner, and Gary Barnes were among the individuals recognized for outstanding leadership, and Sutter Health and Trinity Health were among the organizations acknowledged for their contributions to the field at the CHIME13 Fall CIO Forum, held last week in Scottsdale, Ariz. McNutt, who serves as senior VP and CIO of Methodist Health […]
Despite being under more pressure than ever, many hospital and health system CIOs saw minimal salary increases in 2012, according to the CHIME CIO Compensation Survey, which found that having multiple roles may be the key to a bigger pay bump. In its research — which included responses from 263 members — CHIME found that […]
The HIT workforce shortage
Instituting a project management group that meets weekly — tradeoffs and prioritization
Running a McKesson 10.3 shop
MU stage 2
Upgrade downtime: “I see the frustration among the physicians”
About the CHIME Meaningful Use Survey
Tackling the quality measures
The consequences of an industry in haste
“The key is having a group working with the clinician”
On MU: “It’s going to all work out, but not without some pain”
Nearly two-thirds (66 percent) of CIOs still have concerns related to meeting meaningful use requirements; though that number is down significantly from the nearly 90 percent of respondents who said they had such concerns in March, according to a recent CHIME survey. Capturing and submitting data for quality measures remains the most frequently cited concern […]
