CMIO

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.

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.

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.

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.

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