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I currently carry a Samsung Infuse Android phone. It is an AT&T phone that I have had for about a year. I am ready to replace it and I have been wrestling between the new Samsung Galaxy SIII and an iPhone. The reviews of the SIII are tempting. The specs are impressive (quad core graphics, […]
A couple of years ago, we separated our “technology division” into two groups: IT Engineering and IT Operations. The dividing line between the two is the production environment. Any new technology is architected by our Engineering group before it goes into production. Once something is in production it belongs to IT Operations and it cannot […]
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”
Apple has been in the news with some amazing ups and down recently: • Surpassing Exxon Mobile to be the largest U.S. company in market cap. For those of you wise enough to avoid the perils of Wall Street, “market cap” = market capitalization, or share price times number of shares, which in Apple & […]
ACO presentation
Leveraging consulting experience
Prepping for ICD-10
BYOD — iPhones, iPads, etc.
Reflecting on one year with AtlantiCare
Embedding clinicians in the IT department
The value of taking a “Technical timeout”
When it’s time to get everyone on the (phone) line
Taking an ethnographic approach to workflow analysis
iPads, iPhones and developing a BYOD strategy
The Memorial Herman Information Exchange
DICOM Grid for image sharing
The importance of disseminating IT success stories — “If you’re not selling, you’re dead”
Project prioritization is everything
Mastering the Apple — iPhones, iPads, etc. “It’s a tsunami moving through our industry”
Thoughts on the HIT Policy Committee
Why the HIT Standards Committee is “Camelot”
Advice for furthering CPOE and electronic documentation
Hospital/physician practice integration
Tackling quality measures
*The importance of attracting physicians – “That’s why we’re being flexible”
*Empowering physicians to use their wireless devices of choice
*Meditech working to make apps available on wireless operating systems
*The rise of the iPhone — “We’re starting with Apple”
*Vendor support is the key
Outside healthcare IT, Wisconsin is known for cheese, cows and the Green Bay Packers; inside, it’s known as Epic country. And while the vendor calls most of Wisconsin’s health systems its clients, Affinity Health System and Ministry Health Care (now part of the same organization) are not one of them. That leaves the system’s CIO, […]
