Meaningful Use Stage 2 and Beyond

Erica Drazen, Managing Director for Emerging Practices, CSC, discusses the NPRM for Meaningful Use Stage 2, changes from the proposal by the HIT Policy Committee, and challenges in meeting the […]

Meaningful Use – Stage 2

Eric Finocchiaro, Specialist Leader, Deloitte Consulting LLP and Harry Greenspun, MD, senior advisor for health care transformation and technology at the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions. A review of the […]

How to Create a Care Coordination Team Using Spare Parts

Lyle Berkowitz, MD, FACP, Medical Director, IT & Innovation, Northwestern Memorial Physicians Group. Dr. Berkowitz discusses a primary care group's innovative model of care coordination that uses basic EMR functionality […]

Spending Trends Relevant for Successful ACOs

William D. Marder, SVP Analytic Consulting and Research Services, Thomson Reuters, describes an analytical approach to understanding spending trends across areas that impact accountable care organizations. Bill highlights how the […]

A Successful Micro ACO as Model for Reform

William G. Bithoney, MD, National Medical Leader, Thomson Reuters Healthcare, and former interim president and CEO, COO and CMO at Sisters of Providence Health System/Mercy Medical Center, Springfield, MA, discusses […]

Downtime Procedure Survey Results

Dean F. Sittig, PhD, and Daniel A. Gonzalez Carrero, University of Texas - Memorial Hermann Center for Healthcare Quality & Safety. A recent report by the Institute of Medicine, "Health […]

Specific IT Requirements of ACOs

Patrick Rossignol, Principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP. Patrick summarizes the IT capability needed to support an ACO, making a distinction between core/base capabilities and advanced ones. He outlines known IT issues/current […]

Evolution of a Mature PMO

Rich Pollack, MS CPHIMS, FHIMSS, VP and CIO, Sallie Lewis, PMO Director, and Jack Koller, Sr. Project Manager, VCU Health System. Rich and Sallie discuss VCU's evolution of a mature […]

Aligning Meaningful Use with Healthcare Reform

Jane Metzger, Research Principal in Emerging Practices, CSC. Between the demands of health reform, payment reforms and the meaningful use requirements of the HITECH act, there's no shortage of resource-intensive, […]

Hospitals as Employers: Developing a Culture of Health

William G. Bithoney, MD, National Medical Leader, Thomson Reuters Healthcare, and former interim president and CEO, COO and CMO at Sisters of Providence Health System/Mercy Medical Center, Springfield, MA. Hospital […]

The Complex and Critical Role of BioMed

Rich Pollack, MS CPHIMS, FHIMSS, VP and CIO, Harold Harris, Manager of Service Delivery, and Jamie Trull, Lead Nurse Informaticist, VCU Health System. While not under IT at VCU, BioMed […]

Meaningful Use Attestation 2012: Early Birds Take Flight

Colin Buckley, Strategic Operations Manager, KLAS, Orem, Utah. Meaningful use is one of the most focused-on initiatives currently in American healthcare. As of November 2011, 833 (or roughly 14%) of […]