HIMSS Leadership Survey Results: With Meaningful Use a Given, Hospitals Move Forward to Extract Value from HIT

Mitzi G. Cárdenas, senior vice president for strategy, business development, and performance integration at the Kansas City, Mo.-based Truman Medical Centers, said, “I think that our organization’s made the investment, and by virtue of our stage 7 achievement [Truman has achieved stage 7 certification according to HIMSS Analytics], our clinicians have adopted the technology, so really, we’re focused on the sustainability and the continued use and advancement, so we’re really looking to the future and what our investment can do in the future.”

 And Milisa K. Rizer, M.D., M.P.H., chief medical information officer at Extern Medical Center/Ohio State University in Columbus, said, “I agree with Mitzi. The meaningful use and the dollars associated with that have really been a byproduct for us as we continue to look at ways that we can achieve” further progress in clinical transformation and performance improvement.