I had planned on including an expanded version of my June 5th post (HI(TECH) Anxiety) in the upcoming edition of SRS’ QuickHITs monthly newsletter. So in doing some additional research, I came across some interesting websites and facts that I thought I would share with www.healthsystemcio.com readers. First of all, the readership of www.healthsystemcio.com not […]
HI(TECH) Anxiety
Here we are, just 15 months after HITECH’s enactment and the government’s “full court press” to drive HIT adoption is in full swing. The dizzying pace of events over just these past three months has been enough to take one’s breath away. So let’s pause for a moment, take a deep breath, recap some relevant […]
TEXT/PODCAST: One-on-One w/Former ONC Senior Adviser John Glaser, Part II
Over the past year, John Glaser, Ph.D., has been eating and breathing Meaningful Use and Certification even more than his HITECH-focused CIO colleagues. That’s because while Glaser has kept up his role as VP & CIO at Partners HealthCare on a part-time basis, he’s also been winging down to D.C. every week to fulfill his […]
A Comment Period of Uncommon Consequence
Whether a thing is determined to be good or bad depends on perspective. Who does the individual making the judgment represent? What are the criteria they are applying to their evaluation? While I’ve been sitting here for the last six months criticizing the heck out of the HIT Policy Committee, surely the individuals on that […]
TEXT/PODCAST: One-on-One w/Former ONC Senior Adviser John Glaser, Part I
Over the past year, John Glaser, Ph.D., has been eating and breathing Meaningful Use and Certification even more than his HITECH-focused CIO colleagues. That’s because while Glaser has kept up his role as VP & CIO at Partners HealthCare on a part-time basis, he’s also been winging down to D.C. every week to fulfill his […]
HIT Safety Must Take Center Stage
Psychologists say people don’t research problems to find solutions, but rather to support the solution they’ve already decided upon. To cite a recent political example, many said the Bush administration “cherry picked” intelligence to foster support for a war it was already committed to. In addition to the selection side, this type of analysis entails […]
ONC is Doing the Right Thing for the Right Reasons
Last month, I was extremely fortunate to participate in two different meetings with the Office of the National Coordinator (Dr. David Blumenthal-ONC) and several of his senior staff. Despite the substantially different subject material for the two meetings, there was one common thread from the ONC — an overwhelming desire to help improve our health […]
PODCAST: One-on-One w/Methodist CIO Pam McNutt
Earlier this week, Pamela McNutt, SVP and CIO of Methodist Health System in Dallas, gave a presentation entitled “Meeting Stage 1 Meaningful Use: A View from a Healthcare System,” at the AHA’s Annual Membership Meeting in Washington, D.C. McNutt — chair of CHIME’s Policy Steering Committee and former chair of the organization’s Advocacy Leadership Team […]
HIT-Related Errors Center Stage at Policy Meeting
Safety concerns took center stage at the HIT Policy Committee meeting today in Washington, D.C., as Certification and Adoption Workgroup Co-chairs Paul Egerman and Marc Probst reported their recommendations on those issues to the full committee. The workgroup’s report was a refinement on an earlier presentation Egerman, a software entrepreneur, and Probst, CIO at Utah-based Intermountain Healthcare, gave after receiving testimony about HIT-related patient safety incidents on Feb. 25.
Have We Reached a Tipping Point With HIEs?
News related to the exchange of health information and the entities that facilitate that exchange continue to dominate the headlines. And for good reason. Access to a comprehensive view of a patient’s health information across encounters and providers is widely seen as one of the most important contributors to the Obama administration’s goals of improving […]