healthsystemCIO – Strategies for Hospital IT Leaders

Approximately 30% of patient demographic data is out of date or incomplete. As a result, 1 in 5 patients may not be linked with the correct records, and analytic insights — such as those needed for an effective Covid-19 response — lack credibility. This disconnect reduces physician adoption and increases likelihood of patient harm. As such, overcoming this pain is a high priority at healthcare org...

The Covid-19 pandemic constitutes one of the greatest crises to hit the US healthcare system in history. As such, there’s no playbook that instructs IT professional on what to do. But that hasn’t stopped CIOs and other executives from figuring things out as they go along, on the front lines, in the trenches with their teams. In this timely webinar, we’ll hear leaders share their unfolding Covid-19...

The Covid-19 pandemic hasn’t just transformed the way care is delivered – it has also dramatically changed the way people work, says Franciscan Health CTO Chuck Christian, who believes “we may never go back to the way things were.” Source: Podcast Interview with CTO Chuck Christian, Part 2: “You Literally Have to Overcommunicate.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System I...

Sometimes the best decisions are made – and the best work is done – when leaders don’t “have time for overthinking, having multiple meetings, and bringing multiple areas together,” says Dr. Stephanie Lahr. In this interview, she discusses her team’s pandemic response. Source: Podcast with Dr. Stephanie Lahr: “There Are Hidden Opportunities to Innovate and Create.” on healthsystemcio.com - Intervie...

The delicate balance healthcare IT leaders face during the COVID-19 pandemic? Deciding how much change can be absorbed at once, says Chuck Christian, who talks about the strategy his team has adopted. Source: Podcast Interview with CTO Chuck Christian, Part 1: “We’ve Learned Together.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

The best laid plans to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic will depend on the technological backbone supporting them. To that end, it’s critical to know what your infrastructure can handle, how to shore it up, and what to do if things go wrong. In this timely webinar, you’ll learn best practices around everything that must be done to keep your applications up and running smoothly. Source: Infrastructu...

During a situation like COVID, the ability to be agile and move quickly isn’t a nice-to-have; it’s essential, says James Wellman, who believes the pandemic is “shining a light” on organizations that can’t adapt. Source: Podcast Interview with CIO James Wellman, Part 2: “You Can’t Hide from This.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

When organizations are in crisis mode, it longer matters what lane individuals are usually in, says Stephanie Lahr, MD, CIO and CMIO at Monument Health. “We have to cross over and help people.” Source: Podcast Interview: Discussing Monument Health’s 4-Phased COVID-19 Strategy on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Due to the combination of onerous technologies and over-prescriptive regulations, physicians had been at their breaking point even before Covid-19 ratcheted the pressure up to unimaginable levels. In this timely webinar, we’ll hear from leaders already working to reduce burnout about how the pandemic has caused them to both increase and adjust their efforts. With everything riding on your caregive...

By taking the time to learn the culture and get to know the people, a CIO is able to build a level of trust that can pay off significantly when crisis hits, said James Wellman in this podcast interview. Source: Podcast Interview with CIO James Wellman, Part 1: “Developing Trust Is Key.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

There’s no doubt the Covid-19 pandemic constitutes one of the greatest crises to hit the US healthcare system in history. As such, there’s no playbook that instructs IT professional on what to do. But that hasn’t stopped CIOs and other executives from figuring things out as they go along, on the front lines, in the trenches with their teams. In this timely webinar, we’ll hear leaders share their u...

The best way to manage an environment in which things are constantly changing, and there is no blueprint? With a dynamic, agile approach that includes frequent huddles, says Tom Andriola, Vice Chancellor of IT at UC Irvine. Source: Q&A with Tom Andriola, Part 2: “We’ve adopted almost a wartime mentality.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

One of the CMIO’s most important roles – especially during the COVID-19 pandemic – is to “protect providers” by ensuring they’re getting useful information, and not just data dumps, says Mark Weisman, MD. Source: Q&A with CMIO Mark Weisman, Part 2: “We don’t want data; we want information.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

One of the main ways health systems are battling the Covid-19 fight is ensuring that as many clinicians and other employees can work remotely as possible. And, as anyone who has seen frightening images of Covid-19-damaged lungs knows, imaging has been and will continue to play a huge role in the fight. Taken together, those two factors mean it’s critical to optimize your remote reading capability...

When it comes to COVID-19, the problem isn’t a lack of information, but a lack of credible information, says Tom Andriola, who believes the onus is on health systems to “help people pragmatically make decisions that are going to keep them safe.” Source: Q&A with Tom Andriola, Part 1: “We Want to Be Seen as a Source of Truth.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Lea...

If the Covid-19 pandemic has shown us anything, it’s that life can change on a dime. No matter what plans or strategies CIOs had in place, they’ve all gone out the window to deal with the onslaught. That is, unless those strategies called for the organization to become more nimble and flexible. And that’s just what many say about taking applications to the cloud — it might not be cheaper, but it c...

Even during a healthcare crisis, the CMIO’s goal should remain the same: “to make sure we have the tools in place that providers need,” said Mark Weisman, MD. In this podcast, he talks about how his team at Peninsula Regional is working to achieve that. Source: Q&A with CMIO Mark Weisman, Part 1: “What can we optimize to make life easier?” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health...

Healthcare IT leaders are fighting Covid-19 through a combination of telehealth for their patients and work-from-home arrangements for their employees. Both of these dynamics, of course, bring with them new security challenges and concerns. In this webinar, we'll hear from those working in the trenches about the role identity and access management can play in ensuring bad actors and computer virus...

The key partnering with clinicians on innovation? Building enough trust so that they know you’re willing to listen to them - and to shut down an idea that isn’t working, says Richard Zane, MD, chief innovation officer at UCHealth. Source: Q&A with Dr. Richard Zane, Part 1: “It’s about helping providers make better decisions.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Lea...

Planning and implementing a new EMR, ERP, or other major application requires a thoughtful data migration strategy. If the right questions aren’t asked at the start, it may be executed in a way that doesn't meet the needs of all stakeholders, resulting in time-consuming and expensive rework or project cost overruns. In this session, panelists will share data migration perspectives, experiences, an...

On March 9, HHS and ONC published the long-awaited and hotly-debated 21st Century Cures Interoperability Final Rule which also covers information blocking and certification. While the interoperability rule may have been the most hotly debated part, an important section requiring hospitals and health systems to send electronic notifications to other healthcare providers when a patient is admitted,...

The healthcare IT industry needs more diversity on leadership teams, "but it can’t just be women helping women," says Jamie Nelson, CIO at HSS, in this podcast. "It's not a women's issue; it's an organizational issue." Source: Q&A with CIO Jamie Nelson, Part 2: “There Is a Gender Issue.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

The key to a successful implementation is remembering that the technology is the easy part, says Jamie Nelson, who talks about her team’s work at HSS. The hard part is the organizational transformation behind it. Source: Q&A with CIO Jamie Nelson, Part 1: “The Technology Is the Easy Part.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Part of the CIO’s role is to ensure initiatives can be delivered in a way that doesn’t disrupt availability. What’s just as important, however, is having the confidence to proceed even when there is some risk, says Brian Lancaster. Source: Q&A with Brian Lancaster, Part 2: “You Can’t Be Terrified of the Unknown.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Implementing EHRs is a critical step for health systems, no one doubts that. But to truly transform the way care is delivered, organizations have to do much more — especially around consumerism, says Brian Lancaster. Source: Q&A with Brian Lancaster, Part 1: “Consumerism Is a Key IT Strategy.” on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders