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Health IT Haiku

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Anne Zieger

Now for something completely different, folks. Here’s some haiku verses (5-7-5 syllable scheme) on EMR and HIT issues. I’m hoping y’all jump in and give it a try next. EMR cutover Could it be that all our work Comes down … Continue reading →

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Hospital Vs. Clinic EMRs: Key Differences

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Anne Zieger

In some ways, hospital and clinic EMRs have the same job to get done — to assess, test and treat patients. But they do have to be optimized differently, as hospitals and clinics do things at a different pace and … Continue reading →

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Cleveland Clinic Brings Epic Smarts To NY Hospital Practices

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Anne Zieger

The Cleveland Clinic is going the consulting route, this time around by working with the physician and specialty practices for a New York hospital to bring Epic up to speed. Glens Falls is a 410-bed nonprofit which began implementing the … Continue reading →

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W. VA. Rolls Out Enhancements To VistA

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Anne Zieger

Officials with the West Virginia bureau of behavior health and health facilities are putting some finishing touches on VistA installations cutting across the state, adding computerized laboratory information to a six-year-old implementation. West Virginia officials have implemented Vista in seven … Continue reading →

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Epic Installation Fuels Maine Controversy

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Anne Zieger

Ordinarily, the fact that integrated delivery system MaineHealth had spent $150 million on an Epic EMR system wouldn’t excite a lot of comment.  After all, say what you like about Epic, it doesn’t come cheaply, and a $150 million install … Continue reading →

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Survey: Healthcare CIOs Average $200K In Annual Base Salary

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Anne Zieger

While numbers varied widely depending on organizational factors, healthcare CIOs earned an average base salary of $208,417 in 2012, according to a recent survey conducted by CHIME. The survey, which drew responses from small, medium-sized, large and rural facilities, drew responses … Continue reading →

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Who Really Pays For EMRs?

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Anne Zieger

Hospitals are adopting EMRs at a rapid clip, going through money like water in an effort to capture Meaningful Use incentives.  The idea, from a federal policy perspective, is that the EMRs will save enough money to pay for themselves … Continue reading →

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Real-Time Responses To EMR Training

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Anne Zieger

Teaching hospital staffers and clinicians to use your EMR is a hard enough job. Figurng out just what they didn’t learn during training is even harder. But here’s a trick some hospital administrators and IT leaders are using to do … Continue reading →

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Accenture: Five Questions Hospital Boards Should Ask Before EMR Buys

Posted on January 24, 2013 by Anne Zieger

As we’ve noted in the past, hospitals are on not only an EMR buying binge, they’re doing a lot of switching from one EMR to another. Check out these stats from Accenture: Accenture research shows that 4 to 4.5 percent of … Continue reading →

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What Hospitals Can Learn From Airports

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Anne Zieger

Few of us would want to get our healthcare in the cavernous, emotionally sterile barns that are today’s airport terminals. (We definitely wouldn’t want to face a security checkpoint before we could get our care.) But there’s a fair amount of … Continue reading →

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