September 8, 2013 Mark Hagland
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There has never been a time in which the job market for physician informaticists has been more dynamic than now. Among the key emerging trends: an accelerating demand for associate CMIOs, and a broadening out of the venues in which medical informaticists are needed. One executive recruiter shares her perspectives.
September 4, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
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The Medical Center of Central Georgia recently transitioned to CPOE, but the hospital remains in the minority of those that had done so until very recently. Meanwhile, the challenges that linger for the hospitals that have yet to get on board remain tough to overcome.
August 5, 2013 Mark Hagland
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Brian Yeaman, M.D., CMIO at Norman Regional Health System in Norman, Oklahoma, has been involved in helping to lead a transitions of care initiative in his area. Dr. Yeaman was named principal investigator, and the Norman Regional Health System was awarded a federal grant from the ONC. The results have been impressive—and are worth pondering.
August 2, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
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A new information-sharing company, Data Commons, is working on enabling faster and more efficient processing of data about health professionals from multiple organizations through a single data-hub.
July 21, 2013 Mark Hagland
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The number of patient care organizations across the U.S. in which physician mobility is moving forward is growing daily. Among that throng is the 15-physician Vanguard Medical Group in northeastern New Jersey. In the case of Vanguard, participation in a statewide patient-centered medical home program, and creating its own visiting nurse program, spurred development of a mobile computing strategy.
July 20, 2013 Mark Hagland
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Reid Conant, M.D. of the Tri-City Emergency Medical Group, a 23-doctor emergency physician practice in Oceanside, California, shares his perspectives on the role of speech recognition solutions in optimizing physician documentation processes in the emergency medicine sphere. One key point: it’s not about typing ability.
July 18, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
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In May, the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) announced it was creating a Center for Digital Health Innovation (CDHI) to move forward with individualized precision medicine. With such a massive endeavor come challenges and questions, and HCI Assistant Editor Rajiv Leventhal was able to speak with UCSF Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO) Michael Blum, M.D., who has been tapped to lead the CDHI.
July 13, 2013 Mark Hagland
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Brian Yeaman, M.D., CMIO of the 500-bed Norman Regional Health System in Norman, Oklahoma, has important thoughts on where physician documentation needs to go, and on the role of speech recognition in optimizing the documentation process. He also shares lessons learned from the Moore tornado disaster of this spring.
June 30, 2013 Mark Hagland
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During the Physician-Computer Connection Symposium 2013, sponsored by AMDIS, in Ojai, Calif. June 25-28, HCI’s Mark Hagland sat down for a conversation with Kshitij Saxena, M.D., regional medical director, medical informatics, at the Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based Adventist Health System. Dr. Saxena and his colleagues are deeply involved in post-CPOE system optimization these days.
June 29, 2013 Mark Hagland
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It was fascinating to watch the dialogue unfold at the annual Physician-Computer Connection Symposium this week, as CMIOs shared with each other their challenges, frustrations, and hopes, at a time when CMIOs and other medical informaticists are faced with an avalanche of demands and requirements
June 27, 2013 Mark Hagland
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An AMDIS Physician-Computer Symposium session entitled “The C Suite and the IT of the Future” triggered a lively discussion, and led to a healthy debate over whether or not creating new titles and positions is the best way to bring about transformational change in healthcare
November 18, 2012 Mark Hagland
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Deloitte’s first-ever look at senior executive interest in and support for informatics development across all the major sectors of healthcare has uncovered both heightened interest and a lack of resource support as major issues facing informatics leaders