Connecticut Gears Up for Nation’s Largest Open Source HIE
Cost can be a major stumbling block when it comes to the long-term survival of Health Information Exchanges. By partnering in the development of an open source solution, however, healthcare leaders in Connecticut are keeping their costs affordable – and are upbeat about the sustainability of their HIE. Read more
Interoperability Appliance Offers Secure Exchange of Information, Plug & Play SimplicityCould solving healthcare’s interoperability challenge be as simple as installing a plug-and-play device in a physician’s office? The answer is “yes,” says Marc Willard, CEO of Certify Data Systems, whose San Jose, CA-based company has developed a solution that enables the secure electronic flow of clinical data between hospitals and physician practices, regardless of the EMR system being used. Read more.
Seven Tips for Managing Change in Your Healthcare Organization
During her career as a nurse and then as a hospital CIO, Karen Hollingsworth, RN, MS, CPHIMS dealt with her share of technology implementations and the challenges of integrating those new technologies into patient care. Now as an associate partner with Michigan-based Santa Rosa Consulting, she spends most of her time shring her expertise with others. She recently gave us her thoughts about managing the changes that go hand-in-hand with new technology. Read more.
Content Management Tool Provides Integration for Hospital’s MEDITECH Environment
A year ago, CIO Dimitri Cruz recognized that his hospital faced a content management challenge. Bayonne Medical Center (BMC), in Bayonne, NJ, had a document management system that its vendor was phasing out. In addition, the hospital needed a solution that would integrate with BMC’s information systems. So Cruz began his search for an enterprise content management solution. Read more.
ONC to Survey Patients’ Perceptions of EHR Use by Physicians
Our Take: It’s Time to Reaffirm the Strategic Value of Employees
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