healthsystemCIO – Strategies for Hospital IT Leaders

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healthsystemCIO – Strategies for Hospital IT Leaders episodes

November 25, 2015 Steve Hess, CIO, University Of Colorado Health, Chapter 1
UCHealth’s birth in 2012
Implementing Epic & Lawson across the system
A “high-level framework” for project management & governance
People, process & tools
“Why not Epic?”
Customization vs. configuration — “Be collaborative, but get to the decision.”
Source: Steve Hess, CIO, University Of Colorado Health, Chapter 1 on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders
14 min
November 24, 2015 Myra Davis, SVP & CIO, Texas Children’s Hospital, Chapter 2
Dashboard education
“The ability to understand technology is where we’re falling short.”
Focus on evidence-based guidelines
IS participation in care groups — “They realize they speak very different languages.”
Adopting a clinical liaison model
Plan, do, study, act — “If it’s not working, we’ll figure out how to make it better.”
Source: Myra Davis, SVP & CIO, Texas Children’s Hospital, Chapter 2 on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders
12 min
November 23, 2015 Brian Sterud, VP of IT & CIO, Faith Regional Health Services, Chapter 3
From “hands-on” role to strategic management
Coming home to Faith Regional
CHIME Boot Camp & CHCIO certification
“It was a nice way to advance beyond my years.”
MBA in healthcare administration
Today’s CIOs — “You have to be able to adjust very quickly.”
Transformational vs transactional leaders
Source: Brian Sterud, VP of IT & CIO, Faith Regional Health Services, Chapter 3 on healthsystemcio.com - healthsystemCIO.com is the sole online-only publication dedicated to exclusively and comprehensively serving the information needs of healthcare CIOs.
13 min
November 18, 2015 Myra Davis, SVP & CIO, Texas Children’s Hospital, Chapter 1
About Texas Children’s Hospital
Epic in hospitals & clinics
Finding the right balance with data access
“Don’t underestimate the level you have to go through to the explain data.”
Population health
Future EDW plans — “The concept of data is never-ending.”
Source: Myra Davis, SVP & CIO, Texas Children’s Hospital, Chapter 1 on healthsystemcio.com - healthsystemCIO.com is the sole online-only publication dedicated to exclusively and comprehensively serving the information needs of healthcare CIOs.
12 min
November 17, 2015 Brian Sterud, VP of IT & CIO, Faith Regional Health Services, Chapter 2
The “Holy Grail” for portals
Security & the industry-wide “Sense of urgency”
External penetration tests & internal threat tests
Security committee with cross-section representation
“We have the platform to have the discussions that we need to have.”
Having a CEO who “gets it.”
MU 2 attestation with providers
Source: Brian Sterud, VP of IT & CIO, Faith Regional Health Services, Chapter 2 on healthsystemcio.com - healthsystemCIO.com is the sole online-only publication dedicated to exclusively and comprehensively serving the information needs of healthcare CIOs.
15 min
November 11, 2015 Brian Sterud, VP of IT & CIO, Faith Regional Health Services, Chapter 1
About Faith Regional
Being independent — “From an IT perspective, it’s incredible.”
Soarian in the hospital, NextGen in clinics
EHR evaluation process in Q1 2016 — “We’re exploring our options.”
Data flow between hospital & clinics
Biggest MU 2 hurdles
Leveraging MobileMD to hit thresholds
Source: Brian Sterud, VP of IT & CIO, Faith Regional Health Services, Chapter 1 on healthsystemcio.com - healthsystemCIO.com is the sole online-only publication dedicated to exclusively and comprehensively serving the information needs of healthcare CIOs.
14 min
November 09, 2015 Keith Jennings, CIO, Massachusetts General Hospital & Physicians Organization, Chapter 3
Applying PI principles to helpdesk support
Keys to fostering innovation
15 years at Mass General
Filling Jim Noga’s shoes — “There was no learning curve.”
Past lives in programming & consulting
Epic changes — “Our world will be significantly different after we go live.”
The “larger value-add” of today’s CIO
Source: Keith Jennings, CIO, Massachusetts General Hospital & Physicians Organization, Chapter 3 on healthsystemcio.com - healthsystemCIO.com is the sole online-only publication dedicated to exclusively and comprehensively serving the information needs of healthcare CIOs.
18 min
November 04, 2015 Keith Jennings, CIO, Massachusetts General Hospital & Physicians Organization, Chapter 2
Role of case managers in pop health
ACO pioneer — “We built a lot of history and protocol and function in this area.”
90/10 rule
Creating a “hub” for best practices
Life as a “recovering programmer”
Fostering innovation — “That’s my dessert.”
Source: Keith Jennings, CIO, Massachusetts General Hospital & Physicians Organization, Chapter 2 on healthsystemcio.com - healthsystemCIO.com is the sole online-only publication dedicated to exclusively and comprehensively serving the information needs of healthcare CIOs.
18 min
November 03, 2015 Mike Canfield, VP of Operations & CIO, Firelands Regional Medical Center, Chapter 3
IT liaison to the clinical team — “It was a great look into operations.”
Project management experience with Kaiser
Staying out of the weeds & “focused on the more strategic role.”
Recruiting challenges
“We do our best to grown our own talent.”
Keys to staff engagement
Source: Mike Canfield, VP of Operations & CIO, Firelands Regional Medical Center, Chapter 3 on healthsystemcio.com - healthsystemCIO.com is the sole online-only publication dedicated to exclusively and comprehensively serving the information needs of healthcare CIOs.
14 min
October 28, 2015 Keith Jennings, CIO, Massachusetts General Hospital & Physicians Organization, Chapter 1
About Mass General & MGPO
Governance structure at Partners
“Natural tension” between CIOs & CMIOs
Going “soup to nuts” with Epic across Partners
Live with rev cycle, planning a “staggered wave” for clinicals
“We’re hoping for some quick wins.”
Facing a major strategic change — “The world changed.”
Source: Keith Jennings, CIO, Massachusetts General Hospital & Physicians Organization, Chapter 1 on healthsystemcio.com - healthsystemCIO.com is the sole online-only publication dedicated to exclusively and comprehensively serving the information needs of healthcare CIOs.
16 min

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