Dynamics of the Future for the CIO
Bert S. Reese, MBA, VP and CIO, Sentara Health Systems, Norfolk VA, describes what CEO’s demand of today’s CIO and what constitutes a high performing CIO and IT organization.  Conclusions […]
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KLAS on Speech Recognition and Transcription Outsourcing
Jeremy Bikman, Director, Medical Equipment, KLAS Enterprises, Orem UT Presentation and audio recording links available upon request. Contact the Scottsdale Institute at scottsdale@scottsdaleinstitute.org
Making IT a Lean, Mean, Fighting Machine
John W. Frein, MBA, PMP, Senior Process Engineer, Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids MI, describes planning, organizing and executing IT process improvement using the tools and techniques of Lean Healthcare and […]
Using Knowledge Management Tools in Clinical Decision Support at Partners Healthcare
Tonya Hongsermeier, MD, MBA, Corporate Manager, Clinical Knowledge Management and Decision Support, Partners HealthCare System, Boston, reviews the benefits of using KM tools in the CDS function. How KM tools […]
Connecting for Health’s Common Framework Model and IHE’s PIX/PDQ
John D. Halamka, MD, CIO, and Charles Parisot, CareGroup/Harvard Medical School, Boston. To match patient records interoperably in a distributed and complex healthcare system, the proposed Common Framework has mapped […]
Project Management Office: a University of Illinois Medical Center Case Study
Rose Ann Laureto, FCHIME, CIO, University of Illinois Medical Center, Chicago, describes the benefits achieved and lessons learned from the implementation of a PMO to address comprehensive IT planning. This […]
Managed Care Perspectives on Hospital Quality and Cost
Steven S. Eisenberg, MD, Chief Science Officer, UnitedHealthcare, Edina, MN. Â Fueled by business coalitions and large employers, Managed Care Organizations have been tasked to provide physician and hospital quality and […]
Portal Metrics: Benchmarking Web Investments
Chris Lane, ITS Business Services, Catholic Healthcare West, leads a presentation and discussion comparing web investments relative to organizational size and complexity. Comparisons include web portal vendor, hardware, staffing and […]
KLAS on Clinical Market Share
Kent Gale, CEO, KLAS Enterprises, Orem, UT. Healthcare executives question the adoption rate of electronic tools, depth of use, and cost to achieve a paperless environment. KLAS combines two different […]
Management Tool for Product Recalls: Risk and Safety Management Alert System
Denise M. Abshire, Supervisor Central Supply/Materials Management, Christus St John Hospital, TX, describes RASMAS; an innovative, web based solution for dramatically improving the ability to respond to product and drug […]
AHRQ on Demonstrating the Value of Healthcare IT
Scott Young, MD, Director, Health IT Portfolio, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. Dr. Young describes select aspects of the Health IT Portfolio, which consists of over 100 […]
Lessons Learned from 100% Implementation of CPOE in Community Hospitals
William McClatchey, MD, CMIO, Piedmont Health System, Atlanta, describes unanticipated experiences and compares the big bang approach with a gradual rollout in terms of impact on safety and adoption. Data […]
Go Lives or Saved Lives? Aligning IT Incentive Comp with Clinical Outcomes
Jonathan Manis, CIO, and William F. Morgan, System Director of Support Services, Provena Health, Frankfort IL, describe the benefits and results from aligning IT incentives with organizational performance improvement. The […]
CCHIT: A Catalyst for Health Information Technology Adoption
Mark Leavitt, MD, PhD, Chair, Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT). CCHIT is an independent, HHS funded organization established to accelerate the adoption of HIT by creating a sustainable […]
Mobile Applications for High Acuity Care: Technology, Clinical Utility, and Physician Adoption
Neil A. Martin, MD, Professor and Chief of Neurosurgery, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, describes UCLA’s solution for ubiquitous access to real-time patient data in a highly mobile environment. The […]