healthsystemCIO – Strategies for Hospital IT Leaders

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January 11, 2016 Jennifer Laughlin Mueller, CIO, Watertown Regional Medical Center, Chapter 2
Challenge with 5 percent rule
Early MU adopter — “It served us well participating in it.”
WISHIN “as a hub and spoke”
2-factor authentication for remote users
“We want to make sure we’re protecting patient information.”
17 years at Watertown Regional — “I just kept getting more opportunities.”
Source: Jennifer Laughlin Mueller, CIO, Watertown Regional Medical Center, Chapter 2 on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders
12 min
January 05, 2016 Jennifer Laughlin Mueller, CIO, Watertown Regional Medical Center, Chapter 1
About Watertown Regional MC
Affiliating with LifePoint — “We’re trying to feel our way through the transition.”
Upgrading to Meditech C/S 5.6.7 for “more functionality.”
Optimization visits
Establishing governance structure & processes
Physician IT advisor as a “liaison”
Source: Jennifer Laughlin Mueller, CIO, Watertown Regional Medical Center, Chapter 1 on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders
12 min
December 21, 2015 Jim Venturella, CIO, WVU Medicine, Chapter 3
Taking over for Rich King — “Our thinking was very similar.”
Pushing for an “A”
The “blessing & curse” of being in consulting
7 years at UPMC
IT’s role in organizational strategy
Prioritization challenge for CIOs — “There’s always more work than you’ve got time.”
Source: Jim Venturella, CIO, WVU Medicine, Chapter 3 on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders
13 min
December 16, 2015 Mark Kilborn, CIO, Springhill Medical Center, Chapter 2
Docs pushing for CPOE — “That tells me they’ve embraced technology”
Going live with Allscripts in 2004 (pushed back by a hurricane)
“Workflows have changed dramatically.”
Keeping clinicians “happy”
Outsourced IT department — “My job is to be CIO.”
IT as a “diving buddy check”
Honesty in vendor-client relationships
Source: Mark Kilborn, CIO, Springhill Medical Center, Chapter 2 on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders
11 min
December 14, 2015 Jim Venturella, CIO, WVU Medicine, Chapter 2
Data warehouse — “There are a lot of capabilities we haven’t fully utilized.”
Self-service with advanced analytics
Prioritization — “Everyone’s always balancing.”
“Huge opportunity” for telemedicine
Epic Care Everywhere vs state HIE — “It’s materially different on what’s being exchanged.”
Being “the lead person” at WVU
Source: Jim Venturella, CIO, WVU Medicine, Chapter 2 on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders
12 min
December 10, 2015 Mark Kilborn, CIO, Springhill Medical Center, Chapter 1
About Springhill MC — “It is a competitive market.”
Being a showcase for Allscripts
Working with developers to “maximize efficiency”
HIMSS Stage 7 — “You have to have all hands on deck.”
Shared best practices
Convincing docs to go electronic — “That’s a tough pill to swallow.”
Source: Mark Kilborn, CIO, Springhill Medical Center, Chapter 1 on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders
12 min
December 09, 2015 Jim Venturella, CIO, WVU Medicine, Chapter 1
WVU Medicine’s journey to integration
3 hospitals on Epic, plans for 4 more
Education through site visits
Epic everywhere — “I definitely think this is the right strategy.”
Building buy-in through communication
Eye on ACOs — “The world is not stopping.”
Source: Jim Venturella, CIO, WVU Medicine, Chapter 1 on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders
12 min
December 08, 2015 Steve Hess, CIO, University Of Colorado Health, Chapter 3
Merging 3 health systems — “It’s still a work in progress.”
MU as a carrot
Focus on telehealth, e-visits
3 areas of growth: construction, affiliation & acquisition
Reflecting on the days of mainframe-based email
Personalized care — “It’s a journey.”
Source: Steve Hess, CIO, University Of Colorado Health, Chapter 3 on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders
16 min
December 01, 2015 Steve Hess, CIO, University Of Colorado Health, Chapter 2
Big-bang with Epic — “It’s scary. It’s big, and there’s a lot of change management.”
80/20 rule with workflow
Standardized order sets across UCHealth
3 tiers of data
“Analytics is a never-ending journey.”
Defining data — “It’s not trivial.”
Source: Steve Hess, CIO, University Of Colorado Health, Chapter 2 on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders
13 min
November 30, 2015 Myra Davis, SVP & CIO, Texas Children’s Hospital, Chapter 3
SXSW Pediatric Health Pitch & TMC Think Tank
“There are so many ideas coming at you.”
Focus on portals
Telehealth — “It will give us the ability to spread our wings further.”
The “gotcha” with having a blank slate
Health IT today — “Despite the amount of work, it’s still a lot of fun.”
Source: Myra Davis, SVP & CIO, Texas Children’s Hospital, Chapter 3 on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders
11 min

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