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We are a small, rural, critical access hospital located in Southeast Iowa. We have 25 acute beds and 49 long-term care beds. We may be small, but I submit that the challenges presented by MU stage 2 are the same in breadth and scope as they are for our much larger brethren. We face the […]
Four CIOs — Geoff Brown, Rodney Dykehouse, Skip Hubbard, and Stephen Stewart — have earned CHIME Fellowship status, the organization announced. Brown, who serves as senior VP and CIO at Inova Health System, has more than 33 years of industry experience. Under his leadership, the organization has adopted electronic records in all of its emergency […]
Regardless of size, in HIT, the world is changing. My hospital is small. We are a 25-bed critical access facility with a 49-bed long-term care unit located on campus. We have two remote clinics staffed by physician assistants and three employed physicians. Our primary care group has 13 providers. Additionally, we have an ophthalmologist, two […]
When I think back over my career, a lot of people have had a hand in shaping what I have achieved. There are too many to mention, but when I really think of mentors, four come to mind. First, my father. The one piece of advice that sticks with me more than any is: “No […]
Managing clinical types
Leveraging internships to recruit talent
The CIO role at large and small facilities
When hiring, knowing the app is nice, but not paramount
Dear Dr. Mostashari … “Does the pace of change have to be quite as frenetic as it is right now?”
