Category Archives: Mid-Size Hospitals

Mid-Size Hospitals

Many Hospital Executives Expect Big Health IT Investments This Year

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Anne Zieger

Surprise, surprise.  A new report from the Premier healthcare alliance finds that many hospital executives will make their largest capital investments in IT this year. To prepare the report, known as the spring 2013 Economic Outlook, Premier spoke with 530 … 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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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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The Dawn Of “Compliance As A Service”?

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Anne Zieger

A few days ago, I posted a quick report on our EMRandHIPAA.com sister site discussing Verizon’s plans to offer a HIPAA-compliant cloud service. Verizon, which has beefed up on security services over the past few years, seems to see its … Continue reading →

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Health Management Associates Makes System-Wide Deal With athenahealth

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Anne Zieger

Cloud-based EMR vendor Athenahealth has struck a deal with hospital chain Health Management Associates that its vendor competitors would die for. HMA has signed an agreement with athena under which the chain’s 1200+ employed physicians — cutting across 15 states and … Continue reading →

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What Won’t Happen In #HIT By September 2013

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Anne Zieger

As part of the upcoming National Health IT Week (#NHITWeek), which takes place September 10 through 14th) my august colleague John has written up a list of ways in #HIT is likely to make a difference over the next 12 … Continue reading →

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Hospitals Adjusting to Meaningful Use Stage 2 Rules

Posted on August 30, 2012 by Anne Zieger

We knew the final draft of Meaningful Use Stage 2 was going to come with as many complaints against it as Stage 1. Given the scope of the new rules, and the importance of following them, hospitals don’t seem to … Continue reading →

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5 Mistakes Healthcare Vendors Make in Tracking Customer Satisfaction

Posted on August 17, 2012 by John

Chris O’Neal is Managing Partner at KATALUS Advisors. KATALUS Advisors is a strategic consulting firm focused on the healthcare vertical. We serve healthcare technology vendors, hospitals, and private equity groups in North America, Europe, and the Middle East. Our services … Continue reading →

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For Hospitals, EMRs Increase Costs For Several Years

Posted on August 16, 2012 by Anne Zieger

In theory, the push for EMRs installation is all about money — saving it, that is.  Short term, it’s hoped that hospitals improve patient care and reduce the incidence of adverse events, but ultimately public policy types are paying for … Continue reading →

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An Epic Tale: How Queen Faulkner Controls Her Realm

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Anne Zieger

Once there was a queen in a castle in Wisconsin. She had brave armies of stout young health IT soldiers at her disposal, and for a time, her armies handled all the engagements her health IT fiefdom encountered in with … Continue reading →

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