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 medical information officer, Orlando Health, "I think the key to obtaining meaningful use out of any clinical technology is to make sure that you put the patient first. I think if you use that as your guide, then I think everything follows from that."
Jeff St. Clair, president and CEO, Springhill Medical Center, "For us here, it’s about the patient. And meaningful use means a good outcome for the patient. And if you can get – derive other benefits like a better business bottom line, more flexibility, better relations with the medical staff, that’s great. But a meaningful relationship with us means that you help us do better by the patient."
Dr. Dale Murphy, vice president of medical affairs, Summa Health Systems, "Well, our critical definition of the word 'meaningful' is that it is – clearly has to be useful in patient care and not an impediment to it."
Dr. Rosalio Lopez, chief medical officer, Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital, "As a physician, the use of technology’s going to be very meaningful in allowing patients as they flow from the outpatient setting to the inpatient setting to have access of information across the whole spectrum."
Paul Reed, vice president and chief nursing executive, Springhill Medical Center, "I enjoy what I do. I love nursing. I love people. I love taking care of people. I love utilizing technology to be able to give me the advantage to deliver care better than my competitors down the street."
Dr. Davis Lee, medical director of informatics, Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital, "What’s meaningful is really when the hospital and the vendor have common goals, basically, which is focus around patient care, improving the quality, safety and efficiency of the overall patient care. And when both the vendor and hospital have that common goal, then it really goes a long way in achieving the success that you have laid out for you."
Dr. Charles Ross, chief medical information officer, Summa Health Systems, "And I think the other thing that’s extremely important is that we have tied ourself very closely to quality."
Anne Eubanks, nurse manager, cardiac care unit, Springhill Medical Center, "I do what I do to help people. And having the technology that helps me do that to my best ability is definitely a great thing."
Pam Banchy, systems director clinical information systems, Summa Health Systems, "I guess meaningful to me in my day-to-day job would be at the end of the day that I go home feeling that I have made a difference."
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