About Licking Memorial
“We’re really driving away from the interface model.”
Structural changes to IS
3-year integration project with “staged out” clinical projects
Meditech since 1985 — “Our team is very entrenched in it.”
Benefits of being small — “We don’t have to get 100 committees together to turn the ship.”
Focus on MU 3: “I’m a strong advocate of patient engagement.”
Rick Allen, CIO, Southern Regional Medical Center, Chapter 1
Joel Taylor, SVP & CIO, CarePoint Health System, Chapter 2
Joel Taylor, SVP & CIO, CarePoint Health System, Chapter 1
About CarePoint
Upgrading to the newest Meditech version — “Staying where you are is not a good business decision.”
eClinicalWorks in owned practices
Data-sharing hurdles — “They certainly don’t make it easy for us.”
Creating a defined risk management process
“Now it happens as a matter of our day-to-day business.”
Theresa Meadows, SVP & CIO, Cook Children’s Health Care System, Chapter 2
Pediatric EHRs & the functionality gap
Partnering with athenahealth & Meditech
“We really worked hand-in-hand to build that pediatric functionality.”
Challenges with dosing, growth charts & vaccine schedules
Harnessing the power of texting
Innovation in focus — “If we lose sight, nobody will have their eye on the ball.”
Ed Grogan, VP & CIO, Calvert Health System, Chapter 1
David Baker, VP of IT, St. Joseph Health, Chapter 1
About St. Joseph Health
Standardizing 16 hospitals to 5.6.5 — “It’s been a long journey, but it’s been necessary.”
80-15-5 formula
Virtualization with Citrix, Imprivata & UniPrint
Rebranded IT approach — “What do you want to see from an IT system?”
Getting feedback from users on the floor
“Entrepreneurial spirit” at St. Joseph
Anne Lara, CIO, Union Hospital of Cecil County, Chapter 2
Success of CRISP — “They listen to the folks that are doing the work on a daily basis.”
Preparing for ICD-10 & computer-assisted coding
Improving workflow — “It can be very labor intensive”
“Fragmented” portals
Working with AT&T and Vivify to create Bluetooth-enabled kits
“It has to be a clinical-IT partnership.”
Anne Lara, CIO, Union Hospital of Cecil County, Chapter 1
Kevin Groskreutz, Division CIO, Hospital Sisters Health System, Chapter 1
HSHS’ transition from independent model to managing 14 hospitals
Enabling IT to “engage a new business model.”
Overseeing ancillary systems & telehealth
System CIO Ray Gensinger — “He brings a lot of energy to the organization”
Hospitals on Meditech & Epic
“We’re discussing a single EHR strategy.”
Telehealth & remote monitoring — “Preliminary results have been very positive”