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IT Leaders Should be ‘Less Superman, More Clark Kent’

Jennifer Prestigiacomo
Drexel G. DeFord, board chairperson, CHIME, and senior VP and CIO at Seattle Children’s Hospital & Research Institute urged CIOs and other healthcare IT leaders to be ‘less Superman and more Clark Kent’ in their daily work, on May 8 at the HCI Executive Summit, held at the World Center Marriott in Orlando, Fl. DeFord said that being more like Clark Kent meant standardizing processes and eliminating wasteful practices so that IT leaders didn’t have to constantly swoop in like a superhero to fix IT problems.

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Survey: IT is Top Spending Priority at Nonprofit Hospitals

May 17, 2012    
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According to a survey conducted by Fitch Ratings, a New York City-based global rating agency, the majority of nonprofit hospitals expect capital spending to either increase, and most of them are going to spend their money on IT. The survey said factors influencing capital plans, such as potential decreases in reimbursement levels, shifting clinical practice patterns from inpatient settings to outpatient settings, and the possible implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), have lead to this increase in IT expenditures.

Allscripts Adds Two to Board of Directors

May 17, 2012    
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On the heels of an eventful two-week stretch where it dismissed its Chairman of the Board, Paul Pead and replaced him with a new one, Dennis Chookaszian, a few days later, and saw three other board members resign, as well as dealt with a stock price dip, Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. has appointed Paul M. Black, former chief operating officer of Cerner Corporation, and The Hon. Robert J. Cindrich (Ret.), former senior vice president and chief legal officer for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), as directors. Black will serve on the Board's Compensation Committee and Cindrich will serve on the Board's Audit Committee.

Wolters Kluwer and MEDITECH Collaborate on CDS

May 16, 2012    
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Wolters Kluwer Health, a Minneapolis-based provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, has signed an agreement with MEDITECH (Westwood, Mass.) to offer clinical decision integration between MEDITECH version 5.64 (Client/Server and MAGIC) and Wolters’ ProVation Order Sets.

“Be Nice”: Who Knew??

May 16, 2012     Mark Hagland
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Seattle Children’s Hospital’s Drex DeFord, in his closing keynote address to the HCI Executive Summit, last week shared with Summit attendees his philosophy of leadership. Refreshingly, DeFord, the current chairman of the CHIME board of directors, believes that CIOs need to get—and stay—outside their comfort zones.

TriZetto Subsidiary Acquires Physician Reimbursement Management Vendor

May 15, 2012    
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The Denver-based TriZetto Group’s wholly owned subsidiary, Gateway EDI, has acquired NHXS, a software company that aims to help medical practices manage physician reimbursement and minimize the administrative cost of recovering lost revenues. The Sacramento-based NHXS’s capabilities will be integrated into Gateway EDI’s solutions, which include EDI and revenue cycle management services for reportedly more than 100,000 physicians.

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HIMSS Uses Commemorative Week to Support Nursing Informatics Day

May 11, 2012     Jennifer Prestigiacomo
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National Nurses Week, May 6-12, will culminate tomorrow in a day that will honor nurse informaticists nationwide. The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) will be recognizing Nursing Informatics Day by updating its Nursing 101 document, an introductory primer for those new to nursing informatics.

Kaiser Permanente Adds Health Management iPhone App

May 11, 2012    
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Kaiser Permanente (Oakland, Calif.) has launched an iOS health management app, offering its members access to all of the same tools available through My Health Manage. This includes provider details, lab test results, order prescription refills, and manage appointments.

O! C Suite can you see!

May 10, 2012     Pete Rivera
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Reach back to all your old quality training, Deming, Toyota, whatever and at the core it’s the same message; your front line workers really know what’s going on and what workarounds they are using because the existing system is so bad. They are also the first ones to create new workarounds because the brand new system now takes five mouse clicks to do what the old one did in two.

Reinvention - A Personal Story

May 10, 2012     Tim Tolan
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Many of us dream of what it would be like to wake up one day and do something entirely different (and…I don’t mean doing the same sort of job with a different logo and address). I’m talking about a role unlike anything you’ve ever done. For some, it’s a mid-life crisis that forces us to think about the true meaning of life. Why are we here? For others, it’s a forced lay-off or downsizing event that forces their hand. But for most, it’s the same role year after year.

IT Leaders Should be ‘Less Superman, More Clark Kent’

May 9, 2012     Jennifer Prestigiacomo
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Drexel G. DeFord, board chairperson, CHIME, and senior VP and CIO at Seattle Children’s Hospital & Research Institute urged CIOs and other healthcare IT leaders to be ‘less Superman and more Clark Kent’ in their daily work, on May 8 at the HCI Executive Summit, held at the World Center Marriott in Orlando, Fl. DeFord said that being more like Clark Kent meant standardizing processes and eliminating wasteful practices so that IT leaders didn’t have to constantly swoop in like a superhero to fix IT problems.

Time to Go Pinocchio

May 8, 2012     Gwen Darling
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In case you missed it, it's been discovered that Scott Thompson, the new CEO of Yahoo, has allowed what he calls an "inaccuracy" to be reflected in his official bio. It seems that Scott didn't feel his (legitimate) degree in business administration with an emphasis in accounting was impressive enough so he fabricated an additional degree in computer science to make himself a better catch.

Allscripts Protects Investors from Hostile Takeover

May 7, 2012    
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Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc., a Chicago-based EHR vendor, still reeling from poor first quarter earnings, an executive shake-up and sharp decline in its stock, has adopted a stockholder rights plan, commonly known as a "poison pill," which, the company says, aims to enable all stockholders to realize the long-term value of their investment in Allscripts and protect it “from unfair or coercive takeover attempts.”
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