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Road to Digital Pathology Smoother with Enterprise IT Partnership: An In-Depth Discussion with Mustafa Yousif, MD, Director of Digital Pathology, Michigan Medicine

Welcome to healthsystemCIO’s interview with Dr. Mustafa Yousif, Director of Digital Pathology, and Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology, at Michigan Medicine. Dr. Yousif has been at the forefront of a groundbreaking digital transformation in pathology at Michigan Medicine, leading efforts to implement a comprehensive digital pathology system over the past 24 months. In […] Source: Road to Digital Pathology Smoother with Enterprise IT Partnership: An In-Depth Discussion with Mustafa...

Aug 21, 2024•41 min

Understanding Availability of Consulting Resources is Critical in Workday ERP Implementation Plan, Says Zafar Chaudry, MD, SVP, Chief Digital & Information Officer, Seattle Children’s

Welcome to healthsystemCIO’s interview with Dr. Zafar Chaudry, Senior Vice President and Chief Digital and Information Officer at Seattle Children’s. In this conversation, we dive into Seattle Children’s journey to modernize their ERP system, exploring the rationale behind this transformation, the decision-making process that led to choosing Workday, and the unique strategies employed to optimize […] Source: Understanding Availability of Consulting Resources is Critical in Workday ERP Implementa...

Aug 20, 2024•35 min

KLAS Report Finds Picking the Right Implementation Partner Takes Time & Planning

In a recent interview with Anthony Guerra of healthsystemCIO, Kaleb Harris, Research Director at KLAS, discusses the importance of selecting the right partner for go-live support. Harris emphasizes the critical role that consulting services play in ensuring successful EHR activations, particularly in high-stakes environments involving major vendors such as Epic, Oracle/Cerner, and Meditech. The complexity […] Source: KLAS Report Finds Picking the Right Implementation Partner Takes Time & Pla...

Aug 14, 2024•23 min

Exploring Opportunities for IT to Help the Enterprise Reduce Costs, Increase Value & Improve Margins

Health systems are struggling with major financial headwinds that have shrunk already thin operating margins. IT can and must take a multi-pronged approach to help organizations pursue the Quadruple Aim -- reducing costs, improving population health and patient experience, and improving team well-being. First off, IT must look internally at its own budget to make sure any bloat is removed; secondly it must look throughout the organization to ensure deployed applications and other assets aren't d...

Aug 13, 2024•57 min

Cybersecurity, Telemedicine & AI Some Key Items on CHIME’s Policy Watchlist

CHIME’s policy wonks are reveling in the details of healthcare IT-related regulations and laws (all in varying stages of promulgation) so you don’t have to; that’s the message from the organization’s VP of Public Policy Mari Savickis. But what she does need from members is the willingness to keep CHIME up to date on just […] Source: Cybersecurity, Telemedicine & AI Some Key Items on CHIME’s Policy Watchlist on healthsystemcio.com - healthsystemCIO.com is the sole online-only publication dedi...

Aug 13, 2024•28 min

Helping the Help Desk Fend off the Latest Wave of Cyberattacks

Help desks are being inundated with cyberattacks, most of which are parried, a few of which find their mark, but all of which impact productivity and service. Why? Because agents on high alert must take more time to verify identity before they can even listen to a complaint. So what's a health system to do? What policies can CIOs and CISOs put in place to help their help desk agents protect the enterprise while not alienating frustrated clinicians who've taken the time to reach out for assistanc...

Aug 08, 2024•59 min

KLAS Looks at Vendors Aiming to Help Clinicians Get the Most of of their EHRs

There’s a ton of information in the EHR, but if clinicians have to spend their precious time digging around for it, the benefits can be lost. KLAS recently decided to take a look at a set of vendors focused on making it easier to surface such data. In this interview with healthsystemsCIO, Jackson Tate, Research […] Source: KLAS Looks at Vendors Aiming to Help Clinicians Get the Most of of their EHRs on healthsystemcio.com - healthsystemCIO.com is the sole online-only publication dedicated to exc...

Aug 07, 2024•20 min

Partner Perspective: Clear Roles of Responsibility & Constant Communication Keys to Staying Abreast of Dizzying Privacy Landscape

Health system executives are faced with a dizzying kaleidoscope of constantly evolving privacy regulations, making compliance a full time job that spans multiple roles. In this interview with healthsystemCIO Founder & Editor-in-Chief Anthony Guerra, Teresa Burns, Director of Privacy Operations and Privacy Officer with Protenus, suggests strategies for staying up on what’s going down, as […] Source: Partner Perspective: Clear Roles of Responsibility & Constant Communication Keys to Stayin...

Aug 05, 2024•34 min

Q&A with Anika Gardenhire, CDIO, Ardent Health Services: “Innovation Doesn’t Need to Be Flashy.”

“As we understand the things we want to do from a front-end perspective, the backend becomes mission critical,” said Anika Gardenhire of Ardent Health Services. In this interview, she talks about the importance of a solid infrastructure – especially with AI initiatives, her leadership philosophy, and the true goal of innovation. Source: Q&A with Anika Gardenhire, CDIO, Ardent Health Services: “Innovation Doesn’t Need to Be Flashy.” on healthsystemcio.com - healthsystemCIO.com is the sole onl...

Aug 01, 2024•26 min

How IT Departments Can Battle Clinician Burnout with Presence, Transparency & Action

Considering doctors and nurses constitute the lifeblood of a health system — and any workforce report will show they are in short supply — it follows that they must be treated with the proper support and care. So when other reports come out revealing many are struggling with burnout, healthcare executives must ask why, and look to ameliorate any part they may be playing in it. For healthcare IT executives, that part may be best addressed by ensuring that clinicians have a voice in things like ve...

Jul 30, 2024•1 hr

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