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How and when are we going to get the tools and processes that we need to capture and effectively use the patient physiological data that we have now, and all the new info that is coming? At the recent CHIME Fall Forum, Dr. Eric Topol described the new and innovative ways in which we will be getting […]
*The deputy CIO role and AMC governance
*The Vanderbilt IT department
*Feeling the HIT workforce shortage?
*Focusing on clinical integration
*Engaging with CHIME for professional development
*Thoughts on Meaningful Use
*”The biggest issue we have with Meaningful use is the collision with ICD-10″
*”CPOE is a huge cultural shift and will likely be the toughest one for community hospitals”
*Physician freedom versus evidence-based medicine
*”There’s still an art to this as well as a science”
*The application environment: “We use a smattering of things”
*Developed Horizon Expert Orders for CPOE (bought by McKesson)
*Developed an EMR (now marketed by ICA)
*Certification and self-development
*Weighing the buy versus build decision
No longer content to carry only broader designations like FACHE (Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives) or FHIMSS (Fellow Healthcare Information Management System Society), The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME), recently launched the first healthcare CIO-specific certification program. According to CHIME Certification Steering Committee Member (CSCM) George McCulloch — CHCIO, associate […]
