A CIO's advice on surviving hospital and IT shop consolidation
Having been involved in a series of mergers throughout my career, I ’m not certain there is just one tactic to successfully melding cultures together, but here are some tips on what’s worked well for me. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog)
Source: Healthcare IT News Blog - June 15, 2021 Category: Information Technology Source Type: blogs
MACRA-economics 101: Prepare today for tomorrow's outcomes
Starting in 2019, Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services, will change how they pay physicians in a profound way. Unfortunately, the details are complicated and confusing, and many of the particulars have yet to be worked out, which has led many healthcare leaders to glaze over the details and focus on more immediate concerns. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog)
Source: Healthcare IT News Blog - June 15, 2021 Category: Information Technology Tags: Coordinated care, Care, Core Technologies, EHR, Public Policy, Legislation, Regulation, Quality Care Source Type: blogs
Is Homeland Security's threat intelligence sharing mechanism putting PII and PHI at risk?
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has officially launched the mechanism for sharing threat intelligence, known as the Automated Indicator Sharing (AIS) initiative. The government has said that the AIS will serve as the Internet ' s " See Something, Say Something. " (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog)
Source: Healthcare IT News Blog - June 15, 2021 Category: Information Technology Tags: Public Policy Source Type: blogs
Equal pay, who can argue?
My mother had to go to work to support four children after my father died from cancer. I was active in the women ’s movement in my college years. So, I can’t imagine women not having a career outside the home if they so choose or if they have to support themselves and their families. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog)
Source: Healthcare IT News Blog - June 15, 2021 Category: Information Technology Tags: Workforce Development, Leadership Source Type: blogs
IT governance – basic but critical
The first three months of my interim CIO engagement at University Hospitals has flown by. I ’m fortunate to be working with a very talented IT team and we recognize there is always room for improvement. We have already made some very positive changes and improvements. We are tightening up how we manage and monitor the production environment to reduce preventable incidents. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog)
Source: Healthcare IT News Blog - June 15, 2021 Category: Information Technology Tags: Core Technologies, EHR, Workforce Development, Leadership Source Type: blogs
SPONSORED: You can't succeed in information governance without trying
Despite the ever increasing pace at which the healthcare industry —and HIM—is moving forward, through information governance (IG) pilot programs, we also see leaders making time to envision a future with IG playing a central role. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog)
Source: Healthcare IT News Blog - June 15, 2021 Category: Information Technology Tags: Analytics, Clinial and business intelligence Source Type: blogs
Wearable activity tracking device purchasing expected to grow 11 percent in 2016
At the start of 2016, the current installed base of wearable activity tracking devices was just over 33 million in the U.S. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog)
Source: Healthcare IT News Blog - June 15, 2021 Category: Information Technology Tags: Core Technologies, Telehealth, Digital Health Source Type: blogs
A deep dive on the'overwhelmingly complex' MACRA proposed rule
" Sometimes when you remodel a house, there is a point when additional improvements are impossible and you need to start again with a new structure, " writes Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center CIO John Halamka, MD, about a 962-page rule that " no mere human will be able to understand. " (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog)
Source: Healthcare IT News Blog - June 15, 2021 Category: Information Technology Tags: Coordinated care, Care, Core Technologies, EHR, Finance, Financial management, Public Policy, Legislation, Regulation Source Type: blogs
Putting a face on it
As IT leaders, we get used to hearing complaints about IT: we are not being responsive enough; our systems are unstable; too many clicks in the applications; not knowing who to call. The list goes on and on. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog)
Source: Healthcare IT News Blog - June 15, 2021 Category: Information Technology Tags: Core Technologies, Interoperability, EHR, Workforce Development, Leadership Source Type: blogs
Calling for semantic interoperability standards that enable clinical data discovery
Penn Medicine associate vice president of health technology Brian Wells makes the case for creating standards that map rich clinical data in EHRs and other sources to large patient cohorts. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog)
Source: Healthcare IT News Blog - June 15, 2021 Category: Information Technology Tags: Public Policy, Interoperability, Core Technologies Source Type: blogs
Who ’s on first?
Picture this. One of your IT leaders tells you they have been pulled into a project by a senior executive; they are trying to figure out who in IT owns it. You tell them that another of your leaders owns it. They are working out the specific issues with yet another leader. The first person says it ’s still not clear. So you pull all three of them together for 15 minutes and try to sort it out. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog)
Source: Healthcare IT News Blog - June 15, 2021 Category: Information Technology Tags: Core Technologies, EHR, Workforce Development, Leadership Source Type: blogs
Rethinking MACRA: a follow up
" Some agreed with my initial analysis that clinicians will have a hard time translating complex MACRA payment processes into altered clinical behavior, " writes John Halamka, MD. " Others felt I was over-harsh, negative and inappropriate. It ' s never my intent to criticize people, instead I want encourage dialogue about ideas. " (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog)
Source: Healthcare IT News Blog - June 15, 2021 Category: Information Technology Tags: Coordinated care, Care, Public Policy, Regulation, Quality Care, Core Technologies, EHR Source Type: blogs
What Health Care Can Learn from the Blood Clot Community
Putting patients at the center of preventing mortality from blood clots, and being more aware of them in recognizing their onset, is key to stemming the disease burden. We can do more to engage with information, tools and other patients and programs to help monitor this condition. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog)
Source: Healthcare IT News Blog - June 15, 2021 Category: Information Technology Tags: Core Technologies, Telehealth, Patient Access, Quality Care Source Type: blogs
Just breathe
Our quarterly IT Town Hall was this week. It ’s a chance to bring all staff together, welcome new employees, and recognize promotions and special individual accomplishments. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog)
Source: Healthcare IT News Blog - June 15, 2021 Category: Information Technology Tags: Workforce Development, Leadership Source Type: blogs
Penn Medicine CIO: 6 tips for successfully migrating to a common EHR system
Bringing different facilities onto one electronic health record platform is a logical step but that doesn ’t mean it’s easy. Some advice about incorporating patient care and revenue cycle functionality into one system. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog)
Source: Healthcare IT News Blog - June 15, 2021 Category: Information Technology Tags: EHR, Core Technologies Source Type: blogs
