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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]
 

Thompson Offers a Nursing Perspective on Value of EMRs, CPOE

In this video, Reanna Thompson, chief nursing officer of Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital, shares a nursing perspective on electronic medical records and CPOE with the editor of www.whatismeaningful.com. Below is the video and a transcript of the interview. What is Mea... [MORE]
 

Summa's Dr. Ross Shares CPOE Experiences, Insights

In this video, Charles Ross, chief medical information officer of Summa Health System, shares his experience with CPOE implementations and the value of meaningful use with the editor of www.whatismeaningful.com. Below is the video and a transcript of the interview. What is Meaningfu... [MORE]
 

RAC-style Audits for Health IT?

Health care providers need to take some giant IT steps—quickly—if they want to cash in on $46 billion in Medicare and Medicaid incentive payments intended to promote electronic health records. Hospitals will likely be required to use CPOE for 10 percent of all patient care orders in 2011... [MORE]
 

Nothing Small About CPOE (Insights from IHI)

Hospitals planning to purchase a computerized provider order entry system should be forewarned: Think big. Real Big. “CPOE is not plug and play,” Jan Gibson-Gerrity told an IHI session. “It’s a major, complex transformation for an organization, and it will take years.  ... [MORE]
 

Insights from IHI: Magical Thinking in IT

A fifth of all medication doses are administered in error, according to data cited at a session Sunday titled “Medication Safety Technology: Lessons for All.” The consensus among health care quality leaders is that bar coding, CPOE and the like are critical tools to cut those numbers. Ye... [MORE]
 

CPOE Adoption Best Practice: Collaboration & Involvement

With CPOE, one of the key factors in Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital achieving the high success rate that we’ve had, has really been the collaboration among all the stakeholders involved at the hospital – from administration to the medical staff to the nursing and an... [MORE]
 

Set Goals for Meaningful HIT Outcomes

What is the key to achieving meaningful outcomes with all the IS technologies that are being installed at Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital? It definitely goes back to understanding what you are trying to achieve, starting with your goals and objectives in mind. The projects we [a... [MORE]
 

Phoenix Children's Bridges IT-Clinical Gap

Here in the Southwest, population growth outpaces that of other regions and is most pronounced among children. By 2030 the number of children in metropolitan Phoenix alone is projected to reach 1.5 million. This explosive growth has placed increasing demands on pediatric care.  Recognizing thi... [MORE]
 

Secret of Successful CPOE Adoption

Before revealing the secret, let me establish credibility. I first implemented electronic health records in 1995. A few years later, while CIO at University Hospitals, we achieved a 95 percent CPOE rate at our academic medical center. Currently, with 12 of our 14 hospitals implemented at Texas ... [MORE]
 
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