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In the past year, our blogs have examined a variety of pertinent topics, from clinical informatics to artificial intelligence to the ever-evolving CIO role. Here, we unveil the most popular blog posts from our contributing authors.
If a qualified, highly recommended employee isn’t performing, who takes accountability? Lee Milligan, MD, believes the onus is on leaders to “bring out the finest in our teams,” he wrote in a recent piece. “We owe that to them, to the business, and to ourselves.”
Cost will also be a factor, but when it comes to creating and maintaining strong vendor partnerships, leaders are looking at much more than just the price tag, according to Tom Barnett, Kate Pierce, and other thought leaders we’ve interviewed.
One way to encourage team members to disconnect while on vacation? By asking them to appoint a point person, said Lee Milligan, MD. Not only does it fill the void; it also allows for “professional growth for that individual.”
Part of being a good leader is delivering “clarity of purpose and clarity of work,” even when it means having difficult conversations, said Lee Milligan, MD. As he prepares to leave his role at Asante, he sheds some light on some of his most valuable takeaways.
For CIOs and other leaders, one of the biggest challenges is fully optimizing EHRs without placing even more strain on end users. “We’re trying to strike a balance,” said our panelists during a recent discussion.
The topics that resonated most with our readers this year? Care coordination and leadership through crisis, according to our most-viewed blogs.
As CIO of a multihospital system, Lee Milligan, MD, has had enough experience to categorize vendors into three buckets: transactional vendor, partner vendor, and transactional vendor masquerading as a partner. In this blog, he explains how he arrived at the theory, and whether it still holds true.
It’s only natural for physicians to question why they chose their specialty, and whether all of the challenges are worth it – until an extraordinary experience brings them back, says Dr. Lee Milligan, who shares one of his own experiences.
As consumer expectations continue to shift, CIOs find themselves in the difficult position of having to keep an eye toward the future without losing sight of the present, said Aaron Miri and Lee Milligan during a recent panel discussion.
