Bioelectronics Manager Phillip Gill, Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC), Minneapolis, explains how the most difficult thing during a crisis is "communication and transportation." HCMC is the regional medical disaster center and was put to the test in the aftermath of the August ’07 I-35 bridge collapse. When the cell system was deluged, they relied on […]

Ashini Surati, Program Manager, Quality and Risk, CHRISTUS Health, and Pat Moylan, Senior Systems Analyst, Compliance, Parkview Health, lead an open discussion of issues plaguing healthcare IT leaders, including remote access and vendor access, audit logs, mobile device security, disaster recovery, email encryption, identity management, and E-Discovery. The discussion continues from the December 10, 2007, […]

Rick Skinner, Director, Stuart Friedman, Director, and other subject matter experts from Navigant Consulting, Inc. describe the shift in the provision of US healthcare from a wholesale to a retail model and the potential impact on healthcare organizations. They demonstrate how other industries have shifted focus from wholesale to retail and the ultimate changes to […]

Julie Creamer, SVP Quality and Planning, and Bob Costello, Director Process Improvement, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, provide an overview of quality improvement efforts in FY 2007. NMH's quality strategy calls for top-level performance, implementing evidence-based practices, employing leading process improvement techniques and developing groundbreaking systems of care that deliver positive patient outcomes. Key initiatives, such […]

Susan Heichert, Vice President, Health Information and Systems, Allina Hospitals & Clinics, Minneapolis, and Patricia Johnston, FHIMSS, Vice President, Information Services, Texas Health Resources, Arlington, TX. Susan and Patricia continue the dialog which began on December 6, 2007, centering on challenges and lessons learned when measuring benefits from clinical systems implementations. Review the questions and […]

Gilad Kuperman, MD, PhD, Chairman of the NYCLIX Board, and Director of Quality Informatics at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital provides a status report of the last three years of planning and implementation, lessons learned, and plans for the next 24 months.

Jared Peterson, KLAS Enterprises, Orem, UT. The Ambulatory EMR Digest covers all practice sizes from single doctor practices to >100 doctors for both practice management and EMR software.