October 2, 2012 Ted Reynolds
article
Understanding that applying a “big-bang” approach can be counterproductive; that EMR implementations must be clinician-led; and establishing good IT governance, are among the key pieces of advice that Ted Reynolds wants to share with EMR implementation leaders, based on his experience with many implementations over the years.
October 1, 2012 Mark Hagland
article
In this virtual roundtable, medical group leaders share their views on the challenges they face as the industry shifts from the volume-based fee-for-service model to more accountable and responsive patient care.
September 22, 2012 Mark Hagland
blog
A recent New York Times investigative article, based on an HHS Office of the Inspector General report, signals that the mainstream media are beginning to look more critically and closely at both the benefits and some possible drawbacks, of EHRs. Could we be entering a new era of intensified scrutiny of healthcare providers?
September 19, 2012 Pete Rivera
blog
Based on a WSJ Opinion piece EMR software is “is generally clunky, frustrating, user-unfriendly and inefficient.” Although I will not disagree with this “generalization,” I do take exception with the articles naïve view that Health IT systems have not improved patient health.
September 17, 2012 Mark Hagland
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At Hunterdon Healthcare, executive leaders are moving forward on a broad range of fronts to implement a variety of initiatives, from the patient-centered medical home model among its physician groups, to health information exchange. And they share what they're learning about the opportunities and challenges to integrated health systems going forward.
September 15, 2012 Mark Hagland
blog
As David Share, M.D. and his colleagues at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan collaborate forward with local providers to master care management and utilization strategies, the criticality of leveraging analytics thoughtfully becomes ever-more-apparent. We’ll be discussing these issues in our upcoming Healthcare Informatics webinar on Sept. 25, and learning from the experiences of some of the most pioneering organizations nationwide.
September 11, 2012 Pete Rivera
blog
You cannot make a blanket policy to say that the coding software will be used exclusively. This is like telling a pilot to trust their instruments, although the ground is getting closer and closer.
September 6, 2012 Mark Hagland
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A committee impaneled by the Institute of Medicine has produced a report aimed at pushing the healthcare industry towards continuous performance improvement and continuous learning. And Paul Tang, M.D., speaks with HCI’s Mark Hagland about the implications for today’s healthcare leaders.
August 28, 2012 Mark Hagland
article
At the “Merge Live” client conference in downtown Chicago, well-known imaging informatics expert Eliot Siegel, M.D., offers his perspectives on the future of imaging informatics, and the large gap between EHR reality and medical specialist usability
August 27, 2012 Mark Hagland
article
David Weinberger's book "Too Big to Know" offers a provocative look, with some keen insights into a basic problem in today's Internet-driven society: how do we even decide who's an expert, and what’s a fact? It can all get very complicated very fast.
August 2, 2012 Mark Hagland
blog
A new Commonwealth Fund study underscores what industry-leading pioneers have always known: that the success of any EHR implementation hinges very strongly on the leadership shown by senior organizationa leadersl. What revelations in this study suggest what time-pressured leaders at non-pioneer organizations need to do now to meet MU- and reform-related mandates?
July 23, 2012 Mark Hagland
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Colin Banas, M.D., CMIO at VCU Health System in Richmond, Va., is trying to make the best of a situation facing healthcare IT leaders in integrated health systems nationwide—how to manage the inpatient-outpatient continuum issues with regard to pharmacy information systems.
