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In this healthsystemsCIO interview, Anthony Guerra engages with Chris Paravate, CIO of Northeast Georgia Health System, Dr. Ron Lewis, Medical Director for Perioperative Services, and Dr. Chad Copper, a robotic surgeon, to explore the collaborative relationship between IT and clinical teams in the context of robotic surgery. Emphasizing the importance of integrating IT from the […]
One of Chris Paravate’s core objectives? To make sure that as Northeast Georgia expands its physical footprint, “we’re not just extending what we already have in our portfolio, but really taking the opportunity to test new technologies, implement new tools, and bring them back to other existing facilities,” he said in a recent podcast interview.
Improving patient experience doesn’t have to come at the cost of making more work for clinicians or operational staff, said Chris Paravate, CIO at Northeast Georgia Health System, in this podcast interview. “It doesn’t have to be a trade-off.”
Cybersecurity leaders can leverage threat intelligence to better understand adversaries, learn from attacks, and take actions to mitigate risks. But it needs to be part of a larger strategy that includes taking care of basics and partnering with others, according to Teresa Tonthat and Chris Paravate.
If you want to transition the IT department away from application support mode and into customer support mode, make sure you’re listening and asking the right questions, says CIO Chris Paravate.
Perhaps the hardest part of a CIO’s role is in learning to relinquish some control, says Chris Paravate, who talks about how he has worked to educate and empower his staff, and why go-live is only the beginning.
If you’re going to embark on an “aggressive” EHR rollout, there are several pieces that need to be in place, says CIO Chris Paravate. One of those is workflow training, which should start long before go-live.
Working with Merge Healthcare for image exchange
Moving from a children’s hospital to an adult environment
Going from single facility to multi-hospital system
A focus on leadership development
Going CHCIO
Embedding clinicians in the IT department
The value of taking a “Technical timeout”
When it’s time to get everyone on the (phone) line
Taking an ethnographic approach to workflow analysis
iPads, iPhones and developing a BYOD strategy
McKesson Horizon 10.1 inpatient, GE Healthcare (mother/baby, NICU, L&D)
Allscripts for ambulatory
McKesson/GE integration
Single-sign on for improved workflow (Imprivata)
Upgrading to 10.3
