January 22, 2013 Mark Hagland
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HIMSS Analytics' recent press release on the acceleration in the pace of EHR adoption is encouraging, but then again, the numbers could be read in different ways, depending on one's perspective
January 21, 2013 Mark Hagland
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Earlier this month, the leaders of HIMSS Analytics issued a press release announcing significant gains in the percentages of U.S. hospitals reaching advanced stages in electronic health record adoption. What's behind the forward advance?
January 19, 2013 Mark Hagland
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David Wennberg, M.D., M.P.H., CEO of the Northern New England Accountable Care Collaborative, a Portland, Maine-based collaborative organization founded by four integrated health systems in New England, shares his perspectives on the challenges and opportunities involved in laying the IT foundations for accountable care
January 16, 2013 Gabriel Perna
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The Mayo Clinic, the Rochester, Minn.-based globally known non-profit medical group practice and research organization, has announced a partnership with health IT vendor, Optum (Cambridge, Mass.), to develop a collaborative research and development facility. The facility will combine the two organization’s experience, assets, technologies, and expertise as well as recourse from other healthcare, science, and academic organizations/institutions, to focus on better care for patients.
January 16, 2013 Mark Hagland
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Visiting senior executives at the UPMC health system in Pittsburgh last week, some of the thoughts I’ve been having lately around what creates and advances a culture of innovation were validated and confirmed for me.
January 16, 2013 Mark Hagland
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Kenneth Bertka, M.D. has been helping to lead his colleagues at Mercy Health Partners, and its parent health system, Catholic Health Partners, forward on data-driven population health management. A key lesson learned? Take everything one step at a time.
January 14, 2013 Gabriel Perna
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Can entrepreneurs, healthcare providers, payers, app developers, and other stakeholders figure out a way to turn people’s obsession with simplistic smartphone games like Angry Birds into the next health enterprise? If they can, I think you’ll be seeing it in a lot more places.
January 13, 2013 Mark Hagland
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As the vast UPMC health system in Pittsburgh moves forward on its big-data journey, senior vice president and CIO Dan Drawbaugh shares his perspectives on that journey exclusively with HCI’s Mark Hagland. Among the top learnings so far: the level of collaboration between and among senior clinician, administrative, and IT leaders required to achieve big-data breakthroughs will be exceptional.
January 9, 2013 Mark Hagland
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Speranza Avram, the CEO of CalHIPSO, the largest of the 62 federally designated regional extension centers, has spent three years helping physicians in small groups to achieve meaningful use. Going forward, being able to continue to help providers beyond the end of this year will mean developing new models of sustainability.
January 7, 2013 Mark Hagland
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It's so easy to go straight to quotes from classic movies, isn't it? On the other hand, this one from Bette Davis just seems to fit perfectly, right now: "Fasten your seat belts. It’s going to be a bumpy night!" But the uncertainly in Washington shouldn’t delay healthcare IT leaders' work building the new healthcare.
January 5, 2013 Mark Hagland
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When Tina Buop transitioned from her role as the CIO of a very successful multispecialty medical group in the East Bay region in the San Francisco Bay area to becoming the deputy CIO and CTO of a federally qualified health center, she knew that she was making a huge leap professionally and personally. She shares what she’s learned so far in her new position, and insights around resources and leadership.
December 27, 2012 Rajiv Leventhal
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NYU Langone Medical Center is set to reopen today, nearly two months after it was flooded by Superstorm Sandy, causing the hospital to evacuate hundreds of patients.
