Michael Kramer, MD, MBA, SVP and Chief Quality (and Informatics) Officer, and JoAnn Riggins, DO, MBA, Associate Chief Medical Information Officer, Spectrum Health. Throughout the Meaningful Use journey, Spectrum Health has been challenged with significant growth in affiliate hospitals and a Medical Group of more than 800 members. The enterprise has developed integrated skills in […]

Diane Carco, President, Swingtide and a key matrixed executive within Ascension's The Resource Group, discusses IT contracting in healthcare. Maintaining control over technology acquisitions and vendor relationships has become a tremendous focus area for healthcare providers of all sizes.  Failing to control the technology acquisition process means risking overspending and underserving the caregivers for whom […]

Colin Buckley, Strategic Operations Director, Boyd Stewart, Research Director, and Erik Bermudez, Research Director, KLAS.  As accountable care organizations, HIE, business intelligence and population health continue to drive the future of healthcare technology, Mark, Joe and Erik examine the top-performing software and services vendors of 2014 to help providers understand which HIT companies are rated […]