healthsystemCIO – Strategies for Hospital IT Leaders

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healthsystemCIO – Strategies for Hospital IT Leaders episodes

August 27, 2015 Rick Allen, CIO, Southern Regional Medical Center, Chapter 1
About Southern Regional
Making data “push, not pull”
Change management — “You struggle with how much the organization can absorb at once.”
Yellow-lighting projects
Research before the role to walk in “with your eyes open.”
Cleaning up a fragmented IT environment
Source: Rick Allen, CIO, Southern Regional Medical Center, 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.
13 min
August 26, 2015 George Hickman, EVP & CIO, Albany Medical Center, Chapter 2
Playing “the giving back role” as a reference site
Serving on the MedAllies board
SHIN-NY (NY’s HIE)
Connectivity standards — “We’re seeing the march continue”
Pilot for ONC direct standard in 2009
“Heroic effort” required to meet MU
Patient engagement in acute vs ambulatory
Source: George Hickman, EVP & CIO, Albany Medical Center, 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.
16 min
August 25, 2015 Joe Bengfort, CIO, UCSF Medical Center and Campus, Chapter 3
Keys to change management — “Move swiftly.”
“Transparency has everything to do with trust.”
Working with Ross Perot
From consultant to CIO — “It scared the hell out of me.”
“High stakes” at UCSF
Evolving CIO role — “The infrastructure aspect has to be automatic.”
Source: Joe Bengfort, CIO, UCSF Medical Center and Campus, 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.
17 min
August 19, 2015 George Hickman, EVP & CIO, Albany Medical Center, Chapter 1
About Albany Medical Center
Being a Soarian development site — “There were a lot of fits and starts.”
Siemens-Cerner merger
“There’s a direction there and an investment pattern that’s going to continue.”
Meeting with John Glaser & Kent Gale — “They gave us an early preview of the intended roadmap.”
Source: George Hickman, EVP & CIO, Albany Medical Center, 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
August 18, 2015 Joe Bengfort, CIO, UCSF Medical Center and Campus, Chapter 2
UCSF’s analytics approach — “We’re incrementally moving and maturing the data model.”
Early adopter of Epic Cogito
Creating dashboards to ID and solve issues
Two-tiered governance structure — “You can’t throw big, heavy governance at this.”
Lean — “It’s a culture first.”
Consolidating IT departments
Source: Joe Bengfort, CIO, UCSF Medical Center and Campus, 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
August 17, 2015 Gary Barnes, CIO, Medical Center Health System, Chapter 3
MU as a catalyst—“It has forced us to go to a whole new level.”
Analytics & decision support department
Goal: consistency throughout the organization
CIO role — “There’s a lot more to the position than IT.”
Physician engagement — “It’s a give and take.”
Working on the CHCIO certification process
“It keeps me learning.”
Source: Gary Barnes, CIO, Medical Center Health System, 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.
11 min
August 13, 2015 Joe Bengfort, CIO, UCSF Medical Center and Campus, Chapter 1
About UCSF Medical Center
Heavy focus on ACOs
3-legged clinical enterprise strategy
Applying research to the clinical setting “in near real-time”
2 years into Lean
Optimizing Epic “in synchronization” with CPI initiative
Interoperability challenges
Source: Joe Bengfort, CIO, UCSF Medical Center and Campus, 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
August 11, 2015 Gary Barnes, CIO, Medical Center Health System, Chapter 2
Recruiting volunteers to drive portal usage
Restructured capital project committee — “That has been a tremendous improvement.”
Assessing change readiness
From IBM to CIO
Evolution of the role — “It wasn’t the CIO position it is today.”
Source: Gary Barnes, CIO, Medical Center Health System, 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.
11 min
August 10, 2015 Sue Schade, CIO, University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers, Chapter 3
Addressing the future IT workforce
Take your kids to work day — “We’ve got a model to replicate.”
Creating a supportive culture
Her early days as a working mom — “Things have changed a lot.”
‘Kick your feet back’ strategy sessions
Need for “diversity of views”
Source: Sue Schade, CIO, University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers, 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.
9 min
August 06, 2015 Gary Barnes, CIO, Medical Center Health System, Chapter 1
About MCHS Odessa
2-year process to select Cerner
Best-of-breed vs integrated solution — “It was overwhelming.”
Economics of integration
Selling to the board — “It’s like building a house.”
5-7 minute training intervals
“We want to make sure that we’ve built something that people will use.”
Source: Gary Barnes, CIO, Medical Center Health System, 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

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