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Merging two IT cultures isn’t easy, but it can be done if leaders are willing to listen and to ask some key questions, says CIO Bobbie Byrne. And even then, there are going to be landmines.
UCHealth’s birth in 2012
Implementing Epic & Lawson across the system
A “high-level framework” for project management & governance
People, process & tools
“Why not Epic?”
Customization vs. configuration — “Be collaborative, but get to the decision.”
Creating a model for expansion
Data analytics on the radar
Branding UMMC as “a place where you want to be”
Pros and cons of being a young CIO
IT’s seat at the table
Rethinking BYOD — “We’re going to allow some flexibility”
Golf, sports & family
About UMMC
From manual to digital in 3 years
Going big bang with Epic & Lawson
Post-implementation optimization
From Abu Dubai to Mississippi
Motivating the staff — “We’re instilling a stronger sense of urgency.”
Building a hospital from the ground-up
In 2009, KLAS reported nearly all software-hosting vendors were performing better than third-party hosting firms. Since then, service firms ACS and Dell have had significantly improved satisfaction scores, according to the company’s recent report: Application Hosting: Dynamic Changes Bring Providers Better Options. They now rival the traditionally highly performing software vendors Cerner, GE, McKesson, and Siemens. ACS […]
No one vendor has gained a strong foothold as an integrated human capital management (HCM) offering, according to the KLAS report, Human Capital Management: Finding the Right Vendor Mix. The 170 study respondents to the survey named 60 vendors as part of their HCM strategies, according to the Orem, Utah-based company. With a strong provider focus […]
With payment reform making business decisions ever more intricate, a new KLAS report, Business Intelligence: Making Cents of Performance, seeks to offer insight into the marketplace. “Analytics reveals patterns, anomalies, key variables, and relationships to better facilitate intelligent decision-making and will be essential to a hospital’s ability to survive in the years to come,” […]
In a time when information exchange between applications has become the Holy Grail of healthcare IT, interface engines are more important than ever. As such, a new KLAS report looks at these important technologies, and finds two vendors rising to the top. (Click on the player below to hear an interview with report authors Paul […]
*About Essentia health
*Turning three regions into one enterprise
*From Innovis to Essentia
*Going full-boat Epic (Lawson for financials, supply chain, etc)
*Measuring up to Meaningful Use — “We have engaged the administrative team to make this the top priority of the organization”
Like most CIOs in healthcare, Steve Hess has no shortage of things to do. First off, he’s knee-deep in a multi-year Epic implementation that will see him bid farewell to many incumbent vendors now, and more in the future. Secondly, he’s morphing the business side of the house from a best-of-breed environment to one concentrated […]
