Tag Archives: Hospital CIO

CHIME Calls for Stage 2 Extension in Letter to Senators

Posted on May 6, 2013 by John

CIO organization underscores progress of EHR adoption, highlights importance of standards in Stage 2  ANN ARBOR, MI, May 6, 2013 – Following a request for feedback from Senators in Washington on the status of health IT adoption, the College of Healthcare … Continue reading →

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The Cloud and Hospitals

Posted on November 1, 2012 by John

Let’s talk about The Cloud and Hospitals for a minute. At a session I attended at CHIME a hospital CIO said, “There’s still a lot of unknown with cloud.” At first I was a little taken back by the comment. … Continue reading →

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My Surprise Breakfast with Epic CEO Judy Faulkner

Posted on October 29, 2012 by John

One of the highlights of my experience at CHIME 2012 was a surprise breakfast that happened on the final day of CHIME. I actually was a touch late to breakfast after skipping out of a mostly empty room talking about … Continue reading →

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Call Me Maybe at #CHIME12

Posted on October 22, 2012 by John

As I’ve mentioned, it was my first time attending CHIME and it was exactly what I expected it to be. A great place to connect with Hospital CIOs and the leaders in the healthcare IT space. At the final reception, … Continue reading →

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Attending CHIME 2012 Fall CIO Forum

Posted on October 17, 2012 by John

Today I arrived at the 2012 Fall CIO Forum for CHIME. I’ve wanted to go to this event for quite a while. My fellow blogger, Neil Versel, had often told me about how great the event was and so I … Continue reading →

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Epic EMR ROI

Posted on September 6, 2012 by John

I think we are familiar with the HUGE institutions that have selected Epic. The most famous of these is the Kaiser implementation of Epic which started at $1.2 Billion and was projected to cost $4 Billion. Yes, that is Billion … Continue reading →

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No Duh. EMR Implementation Costs Too Much

Posted on July 13, 2012 by Anne Zieger

Courtesy of Information Week, we get the following news: apparently, EMRs cost too much. Stop the presses! IW magazine has shared data from a poll by KPMG in which the consulting giant surveyed  more than 220 hospital and health system administrators. … Continue reading →

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What Hospital IT Software Do We build and What Will We Buy?

Posted on April 25, 2012 by John

In a LinkedIn discussion about this post on Best of Breed versus All In One Hospital IT systems (a good read if you haven’t read it already), Keith Jennings offers this additional insight that many hospital CIOs face every day: … Continue reading →

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Are iPads Good For Healthcare? A Few Video Viewpoints

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Anne Zieger

Within, say, six months of its introduction, bloggers were already waxing rhapsodic over the potential of the iPad to transform the practice of medicine. Many industry observers still do see the iPad as one of the defining moments in health … Continue reading →

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Meaningful Use Provides Hospital EHR Vendor Lock In

Posted on April 10, 2012 by John

One of the unintended consequences of meaningful use is that it provides a real hospital EHR vendor lock in. Certainly hospital EHR vendors have a pretty significant lock in even without meaningful use. Saying that switching hospital EHR software is … Continue reading →

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