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Indranil (Neil) Ganguly, George McCulloch, Linda Reed and Joanne Sunquist have earned CHIME Fellowship status. CHIME’s Board of Trustees established the Fellow program to honor and recognize members who have actively participated in the organization and who have made significant contributions to the healthcare IT field as CIOs. Ganguly is VP/CIO at CentraState Healthcare System […]
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 […]
Five CHIME members testified before an ONC committee on the challenges organizations face when trying to meet the Meaningful Use requirements. Joanne Sunquist, CIO at 440-bed Hennepin County Medical Center, a safety net teaching hospital in Minneapolis, said: “Creating the reports for eligible hospital MU objectives and quality measures has become an onerous, difficult and time-consuming process. This is in spite of the fact that we are working closely with our certified vendor who has provided certified reports.”
In what has become an interesting debate among CIOs — which to do first: CPOE or bedside bar-coded eMAR — smart individuals are coming down passionately on both sides. It’s also interesting that more than a few intrepid souls are counseling both should be done at the same time, though bandwidth constraints leave that group […]
In what has become an interesting debate among CIOs — which to do first: CPOE or bedside bar-coded eMAR — smart individuals are coming down passionately on both sides. It’s also interesting that more than a few intrepid souls are counseling both should be done at the same time, though bandwidth constraints leave that group […]
