J. Jeffrey Burnich, M.D., Chief Quality Officer and Six Sigma Executive Leader at Mt. Carmel Health System, Columbus OH, reviews one of the most advanced Six Sigma programs in healthcare: over 450 completed projects have returned $50 million. He describes Mt. Carmel’s approach to project prioritization and selection and their strategy for delivering bottom line […]
Mark R. Anderson, FHIMSS, CPHIMS, and CEO, AC Group, describes downtime and it’s cost and impact as an important factor for every healthcare organization. Healthcare CIO's must ensure that downtime is minimized through close system management and by working closely with each technology vendor. He provides guidelines for signing new contracts, and selecting vendors based […]
Robert Mandel, MD, CMO, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, reviews two large collaborative efforts to promote the adoption of technology by providers to improve the quality and efficiency of healthcare delivery in Massachusetts. The eRx Collaborative is entering its second year promoting the adoption of e-prescribing technology. With over 1000 prescribers already deployed and […]
Jon Burns, Regional CIO, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
CO-HOSTED WITH HIMSS: Mike Davis, Executive Vice President, HIMSS Analytics, reviews the current status of the clinical systems application environment of US hospitals, and initiatives that hospitals have undertaken to position their organizations for an electronic medical record. Dave Garets, CEO, HIMSS Analytics, facilitates open discussions following the market review.
Scott Weingarten, CEO, Zynx Health, Los Angeles. Engaging physicians and assuring their support might be the most critical issue related to the success of CPOE, EMR, quality improvement, and patient safety initiatives. When physicians are "on board," success is much more probable. Conversely, physician resistance has led to a number of CPOE, HCIT, and other […]
“Enabling Ambulatory Patient Centered Care”
Alberto Kywi, CIO, Cottage Health System, Santa Barbara, reviews application integration using single sign-on and context management technologies, including tactics for improving workflow and reducing computer interaction time to achieve successful adoption. He also shares the success metrics for both business and caregiver stakeholders, and explains reporting successes and challenges. A pre and post study […]
Mary Finlay, Deputy CIO, Partners HealthCare, Boston, Gayle Simkin, CIO, and Nancy Staggers, RN, PhD, CHW, San Francisco, Rich Pollack, interim CIO, Clarian Health, Indianapolis, and George Brenckle, CIO, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, conduct a 2 part panel discussion on the impact of clinical system downtime and successful management practices. Part I includes […]
Jim Anzeveno, CIO, Faulkner Hospital, Boston, has brought the hospital through a complete transformation to CPOE. He describes the challenges, success factors and lessons learned. Jim also reviews the differences in implementation approach for a community hospital vs. an academic medical center, and emphasizes the importance of efforts geared to supporting non-employed physicians.
Zynx Health, Los Angeles.
Tom Smith, CIO, ENH, describes their unique three year journey to a fully integrated inpatient and ambulatory EHR, and discusses success factors and lessons learned including the integration of non-employed physician practices.
Mary Finlay, Deputy CIO, Partners HealthCare, Boston, Gayle Simkin, CIO, and Nancy Staggers, RN, PhD, CHW, San Francisco, Rich Pollack, interim CIO, Clarian Health, Indianapolis, and George Brenckle, CIO, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, conduct a 2 part panel discussion on the impact of clinical system downtime and successful management practices. Part I includes […]
Bill Dwyer, Senior Vice President and Jeff James, Engineering Project Manager, Cerner Corporation, Kansas City, MO, present the results achieved using HealthSentry, an exciting regional pilot in disease detection and management. They will describe the rapid deployment and valuable results delivered to the public health and provider communities. A peer reviewed journal article shows the […]
Kate Peterson & Rebecca Ormsby, Usability Specialists, MasterCard International, O'Fallon, MO, describe how in 2002, Express Scripts - - a large pharmacy benefits management (PBM) company -- turned to this usability services group to test how its Web-based member portal could be made easier to use. A year later, after incorporating recommended changes, the Consumer […]
