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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Ed Marx, CIO, University Hospitals Health System, Cleveland, describes the critical role of governance in developing and supporting business strategy. Working governance principles and a framework which you can adopt […]
Jeremy Bikman, Director, Medical Equipment, KLAS Enterprises, Orem, UT, reviews research from the 2006 KLAS CPACS Report. Included are issues impacting the CV Department and the greater IT enterprise. The […]
David C. Kibbe, MD MBA, Director, Center for Health information Technology, American Academy of Family Physicians, Chapel Hill, NC. Dr. Kibbe explains that, around the country the idea of the […]
