Posts Tagged ‘healthit’

Looking back at the last two days of meetings, panels, vendor meetings and sharing I met up with a very close colleague of mine who is one of the brightest CNO’s I have ever met. Mary Jo and I decided to grab a bite to eat and digest what we saw and learned these past […]

In the closing weeks before the Christmas holiday, I made a whirlwind tour of several large integrated delivery networks (IDNs) in search of the newest Holy Grail in healthcare: Managing Population Health. The race to Accountable Care Organizations and Shared Savings performance contracts has resulted in a new level of enterprise data integration never imagined […]

On the floor of HIMSS, day one – late afternoon and not even half way through the booths. Thus far I have felt much like Alice in Wonderland, LOST and wondering which way to go! As I made my way through the crowd, I stumbled into a booth where the banner “Follow the Money” was […]

We live in a period of time in healthcare where there is enormous pressure to analyze and compete based on the information buried in IT systems. The volume of healthcare data swells by a staggering 35 per cent per year. Worse than the volume is the fact that 80% of stored health information today consists […]

As we talk to many attendees at the HIMSS 2012 show about their strategies for meeting the ICD-10 October 2013 deadline, the American Medical Association continues its efforts to delay or stop the implementation altogether. A letter which was recently sent by AMA Executive Vice President and CEO James Madara to House Speaker John Boehner […]

Despite significant investments in healthcare IT, recent studies have found a “surprising” level of skepticism about its benefits. Many physicians are still not convinced that electronic health records or health information exchanges will improve patient outcomes, access to services or reduce unnecessary procedures. As these are the very benefits cited for driving adoption of both […]

There is no doubt that the healthcare industry is going through a tremendous paradigm shift in an attempt to get a grasp on rising costs and inefficiencies. From ACOs, pay for performance, Meaningful Use, quality measures and patient access to electronic health records the fundamental enabler to deliver on this vision is an effective interoperability […]

The dissemination of healthcare treatment through the developed world is at the inception of extending successful implementation strategies in the developing world. The implementation of healthcare is now pairing clinical expertise with technological advancements. Standard treatment in developed countries can be transferred to countries that lack in comparison efficient channeling of clinical management, but have […]

First, let me start with questions I asked at the close of Part 1. How does your organization manage security and its risks? Do you have a governance process in place, is it comprehensive, requirements driven, with the risks communicated, understood and mitigation plans developed and reviewed? Can you adequately answer these questions? If you […]

In a word: YES! A hospital’s enterprise performance management program should offer proof that comparisons of actual performance against strategic objectives enable the healthcare organization to achieve rapid and effective organizational change. There are four initiatives that may go a long way to operationalize such a program initiative: Align performance metrics with strategic initiatives Structure […]

Once upon a time, when you took a stroll down the aisle of an airplane in mid-flight, you would see lots of people playing solitaire on their Windows laptops. Today, you see many, many more people engaged in intense concentration on game of “Angry Birds.” Angry Birds is an addictive, fun, easy to play game […]

While HIE’s are gradually building up a head of steam and making significant strides in a number of areas, there is a dark horse jumping on the social media train and offering a viable low-cost alternative: SocialHIE(TM). First, let’s take a look at how the HIE landscape is changing. According to the 2011 eHealth Initiative […]