CNIO

As Ling Chu, MD, Associate CMIO at UT Southwestern and David Wetherhold, MD, CMIO at Scripps Health discussed at the SI Clinical Informatics Summit, theft of provider identity is a growing concern. Recently, David was alerted to suspicious controlled substance refill attempts using a colleague’s details. Fortunately, the pharmacist noticed the provider’s phone number didn’t match previous records and the attempts were blocked.

Zain Kazmi, MBA, Chief Digital & Analytics Officer, Health Affairs, U. of Texas System, and DuWayne Willett, MD, CMIO, U. of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, moderated a Clinical Informatics & CIO Pop-Up Dialogue on the Office of the Nation Coordinator for Health IT’s (ONC’s) proposed rule around certification program updates, algorithm transparency, and information sharing (HTI-1).

As a leading not-for-profit healthcare system with 16 hospitals surrounding the Tampa Bay area, BayCare aims to be the best place to receive and provide care. Regarding the latter, BayCare has invested deeply in its EHR (Cerner) to best support its caregivers and clinicians.