HIPAA Security: A Discussion of Issues and Solutions

Bob Gross, HIPAA Program Manager, University of Chicago Hospitals, and Suzi Birz, Principal, HiQAnalytics, conduct an open forum around key issues currently being addressed at the UCH. Even though the deadline to comply with the HIPAA Security Rule has passed, health care organizations still struggle with how to address security issues for which there are […]

Integrating the Enterprise: a University Hospitals Health System case study

Joe Casper, Senior Vice President, FCG, describes the evolution of a clinical portal solution at University Hospitals in Cleveland, now in use by over 2,100 users, with plans to support over 7,500 users and four additional hospitals in 2006. UHHS will anchor the metropolitan Cleveland RHIO as one of the key sites in the National […]

The Connected Health Imperative

Joseph C. Kvedar, MD, Director, Partners Telemedicine, Khinlei Myint-U and Douglas McClure, Corporate Directors, Partners Healthcare, Boston. Dr. Kvedar explains the concept of “connected health” and why there is an imperative for adopting connected health strategies today.  Dr. Kvedar will discuss some best practices in this nascent industry, including some at Partners, and how this […]

Improving ED Patient Flow at Provena Health

Learn how Provena Saint Joseph Medical Center, a 517-bed medical center, conducted a comprehensive process redesign to improve total patient throughput. In this teleconference, presenters Jeffrey Brickman, Chief Executive Officer, Kathy Mikos, Vice President for Patient Services, Lon McPherson, M.D., Vice President of Medical Affairs and Michael Ugwueke, Vice President of Operations discuss how they […]

Clinician and Physician Portals Update

Scott Holbrook, KLAS, Orem, UT. KLAS’ first-ever Clinical Portals Study looks at the web portals offered by HIS, CIS, Specialty and Healthcare Industry integrator vendors as solutions for giving physicians and clinicians access to inpatient and outpatient information. It looks at the difference between HIS companies and system integrators. This study also addresses the percentage […]

Bar Coding and Smart Pumps Impact Safety at Partners Healthcare

Patrick Harding, Brigham and Women’s Hospital eMAR IS Project Manager, Lead Analyst, Cindy Spurr MBA, RN, BC, FHIMSS, Corporate Director, Clinical Systems Management, Partners Healthcare, Anne Bane RN, MSN, eMAR Project Manager, Clinical Business Owner, Brigham and Women’s, and Debra Thomas, Corporate Manager, Partners Healthcare System, Boston. Anne and Patrick are responsible for development, implementation […]

Chronic Disease Registries: Supporting Proactive Care and Performance Improvement at New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation

Louis J. Capponi, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer, NYCHHC reviews NYCHHC’s strategic initiative to address chronic illness including the chronic care model and the role of registries. He describes the registry development process and design, data normalization & integration, implementation and spread, and concepts in managing change. The heavy burden of chronic illness in the […]

Medication Reconciliation: Insights on Advanced Practices

Legacy Health System, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, and Nebraska Methodist Health System form an expert panel to share recommendations and lessons learned in process redesign for Medication Reconciliation. Melinda Muller, MD, FACP, Medical Director, Legacy Clinics, Portland OR, Kristine Gleason, RPh, Research Pharmacist Coordinator, Gary A. Noskin, MD, Asso. Professor of Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg […]

Enterprise Deployment of SNOMED at Kaiser

Robert H. Dolin, M.D., Kaiser Permanente, HL7 Board Member and Co-chair of the HL7 Structured Documents Technical Committee presents the Kaiser rollout of SNOMED within their EHR. Dr. Dolin provides a brief overview of SNOMED CT, focusing on how it supports clinical interoperability, and describes how SNOMED CT is used as the basis for Kaiser […]

Options for Hosting Community IT Solutions

Keith MacDonald, Research Director, FCG Emerging Practices, details the options that IDNs, Hospitals, IPAs, MSOs and RHIOs have for offering and/or hosting EHRs and related IT solutions for a physician community.  Potential scenarios are reviewed, including the challenges and benefits of each.

Quantitative Methods for Measuring Your ADE Reduction

Douglas McNair MD PhD, Sr. Vice President and Research Director, Cerner Corporation, Kansas City, reviews proven methodologies that you can use now to evaluate your own ADE reduction relative to the application of clinical IT. Quality and Safety analysts, researchers, and biostatisticians will benefit from this discussion about methods for measuring rates and "safety-improvement intervention-related" […]

KLAS on Workflow

Karen Ondo, Executive Vice President, KLAS Enterprises, Orem, UT. As legacy solutions are replaced there is considerable investment in sophisticated application portfolios with the expectation is that these solutions will provide the capability to route accurate data to the right person at the right time: improving the quality of processes and their outcomes. A review […]

Systems Benefits Measurement: Update on the HIMSS/SI Pilot Data Collection

Douglas I. Thompson, FCG Director and Chair of HIMSS Task Force on CIS Benefits Measurement, reports on the data collected thus far in the pilot. Data has been entered by 17 SI member organizations and contains both planned and achieved benefits. Doug provides conclusions from this early data, implications for the larger roll-out, and next […]