For the last five years, it’s been full speed ahead for the IT team at Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital. Under the leadership of Cindy Peterson, that “full speed” has included implementing dozens of applications from the organization’s core clinical vendor — Meditech — along with many of the ancillary technologies that give CPOE a […]
PODCAST: One-on-One w/”The New” Allscripts CEO Glen Tullman, Chapter 3
Despite significant popularity in the marketplace, Glen Tullman thinks Epic — and the CIOs who have chosen it — are making the wrong decision. Not surprisingly, he says the new Allscripts (a combination of Allscripts and Eclipsys) is on the right track with its vision of interconnected applications from different vendors, based on the Helios […]
TEXT/PODCAST: KLAS Says Vendors Grappling in Wild HIE Landscape
Among 38 potential service providers, only five were considered in more than 10 percent of buying decisions, according to a new KLAS report “Health Information Exchanges: Perception in an Expanding Frontier.” Medicity was considered in 23 percent of HIE buying decisions, followed by Axolotl (22 percent), RelayHealth (16 percent), ICA (11 percent) and Epic (11 percent) — though at this point Epic is strongly considered only for Epic-to-Epic connections, according to KLAS.
PODCAST: One-on-One w/ El Camino Hospital CIO Greg Walton, Chapter 2
Implementing a few clinical systems isn’t going to get you applause at El Camino Hospital. That’s because the organization has “been there, done that,” implementing the first CPOE system some 40 years ago. Considering that tough crowd, the CIO role isn’t for newcomers, and Greg Walton is no newcomer. With 40 years in the business […]
One-on-One w/KLAS Clinical GM Jason Hess (III)
Before the term HIE appeared in the pages of HITECH, many CIOs didn’t pay it much attention, preferring instead to focus on getting their houses in order. While that’s still a great strategy, healthcare informatics leaders now have no choice but to dip their toes into the murky waters of inter-organizational information exchange. While many […]
One-on-One w/KLAS Clinical GM Jason Hess (II)
Before the term HIE appeared in the pages of HITECH, many CIOs didn’t pay it much attention, preferring instead to focus on getting their houses in order. While that’s still a great strategy, healthcare informatics leaders now have no choice but to dip their toes into the murky waters of inter-organizational information exchange. While many […]
One-on-One w/KLAS Clinical Research GM Jason Hess (I)
Before the term HIE appeared in the pages of HITECH, many CIOs didn’t pay it much attention, preferring instead to focus on getting their houses in order. While that’s still a great strategy, healthcare informatics leaders now have no choice but to dip their toes into the murky waters of inter-organizational information exchange. While many […]
KLAS: Most HIE Vendors Long on Talk, Short on Results
Though marketing suggests otherwise, a relatively small number of vendors have demonstrated a proven, repeatable model in the construction of HIEs, according to a new report from Orem, Utah-based KLAS. Axolotl has the most live HIE clients in the acute-to-acute space, where two or more hospitals or health systems are sharing patient data. KLAS validated […]
Athens Medical Center Picks PeakPractice
Athens Regional Medical Center, a 375-bed regional referral center located in Athens, Ga., has selected Eclipsys PeakPractice EMR/PM solution. As a current user of Eclipsys’ integrated clinical system (Sunrise Enterprise), Athens Regional will use PeakPractice to link patient information with its network of physicians. Physician networks to be involved in the initiative include Athens Regional […]