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*Thoughts on PCAST — “Without a doubt, it could not be implemented in the timeframe that was suggested in the original report”
*Other ways than MU to foster progress
*The quality measures conundrum
*Are CIOs influencing policy? “I’d be thrilled to see a mainstream, community healthcare system CIO on the Policy Committee itself”
*Writing commentary on industry trends
*”All of a sudden we’ve been upended by HITECH, health reform …”
*Thoughts on HITECH
*The importance of advocacy
*Why change takes time
Experts from some not-for-profit hospitals have created an EHR Meaningful Use Implementation best-practices library, as part of the Premier healthcare alliance Health Information Technology (HIT) Collaborative. Championed by Bill Spooner, CIO at Sharp HealthCare, and Craig Richardville, CIO for the Carolinas HealthCare System (CHS), the library features specific instruction on ways to speed implementation of […]
William Spooner, FCHIME, SVP & CIO at Sharp HealthCare in San Diego, Calif., has been named 2009 John E. Gall Jr. CIO of the Year Award by CHIME. Spooner, an active contributor and leader of both the CHIME and HIMSS, served as Chair of the CHIME Board in 2006 and Chair of the CHIME Foundation […]
