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Peach: Customization Is One Aspect to EHR Success

In this video, Anne Peach, vice president of nursing, Orlando Health and chief operating officer, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center of Orlando, talks with What is Meaningful about using, embracing and customizing EHR technology from the start. Below is the video and a transcript of the... [MORE]
 

Part 1: What Hospitals Need to Understand about Health Reform

For insights into health reform and its impact on hospitals, What is Meaningful spoke with John D'Amore, vice president of enterprise performance management, Eclipsys. In Part 1 of his two-part interview, D'Amore pinpoints three areas that he believes hospitals can actively prepare: qualit... [MORE]
 

Steltenkamp on the Value of Enterprise-wide Electronic Prescribing

Carol Steltenkamp, M.C., CMIO, University of Kentucky HealthCare in Lexington, recently spoke with Healthcare Informatics about enterprise-wide e-prescribing and supporting the use of it among affiliated community physicians in Lexington. Below are excerpts of her comments to Healthcare ... [MORE]
 

(Part 2) Video: How Orlando Health Responds to a Changing Healthcare Environment

In Part 2 of his video interview with www.whatismeaningful.com, Rick Schooler, senior vice president of information services and CIO of Orlando Health, shares his thoughts on adapting to a changing healthcare environment. Watch Part 1 of the interview with Orlando Health . Below is th... [MORE]
 

Video: Orlando Health on EHR Implementations, Value of Meaningful Use

In this video, Rick Schooler, senior vice president of information services and CIO of Orlando Health, shares his experience with EHR implementations and the value of meaningful use with the editor of www.whatismeaningful.com. This interview is the first of a two-part interview with Schooler. Be... [MORE]
 

9 Clinicians, Hospital Leaders Share What Makes Healthcare IT Personally Meaningful

What is Meaningful staff asked 9 clinicians and hospital executives to anwer the question: "What is meaningful to you in your role working with healthcare technology at your hospital?" Below is a transcript of their responses. Dr. Steve Margolis, chief medic... [MORE]
 

A New Reality: It's All About Data-Driven Quality

Building on the popularity of her blog post on this site about using clinical data to improve patient outcomes, Melissa Honour, MPH, worked with Eclipsys to develop the white paper, “Using Clinical Data in More Meaningful Ways,” — and further review the challeng... [MORE]
 

Podcast: El Camino CIO Shares Reactions to Proposed Meaningful Use Rules, Implications for Community Hospital IT Strategies

In this podcast, Greg Walton, CIO of El Camino Hospital, shares his reactions to the proposed meaningful use rules and implications for his community hospital's IT strategy with H&HN Executive Editor Alden Solovy. This interview is a part of a podcast series developed by H&am... [MORE]
 

Patient Safety & Quality Improvements: When Rurals Collide

Theft was widely endorsed at a session today examining the challenges and opportunities of patient safety in rural hospitals. The focus was the Maine Critical Access Hospital Patient Safety Collaborative, in which 14 of the state’s CAHs have come together to work on common issues around safety... [MORE]
 

"Harm Reduction is a Marathon, Not a Sprint"

Harm reduction is a marathon, not a sprint, Henry Ford Health System Chief Quality Officer James Conway said Tuesday. The Detroit-area system has been actively engaged in quality initiatives since 1989, when it began using performance improvement methods borrowed from general industry. So when Henry... [MORE]
 
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