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There’s no doubt the Covid-19 pandemic constitutes one of the greatest crises to hit the US healthcare system in history. As such, there’s no playbook that instructs IT professional on what to do. But that hasn’t stopped CIOs and other executives from figuring things out as they go along, on the front lines, in the trenches with their teams. In this timely webinar, we’ll hear leaders share their unfolding Covid-19 war stories — both the battles they’ve won and lost — so you can be better prepared for your fight. Source: Covid-19 Update: Stories & Lessons From the Front Lines of IT on healthsystemcio.com - healthsystemCIO.com is the sole online-only publication dedicated to exclusively and comprehensively serving the information needs of healthcare CIOs.

The best way to manage an environment in which things are constantly changing, and there is no blueprint? With a dynamic, agile approach that includes frequent huddles, says Tom Andriola, Vice Chancellor of IT at UC Irvine. Source: Q&A with Tom Andriola, Part 2: “We’ve adopted almost a wartime mentality.” on healthsystemcio.com - healthsystemCIO.com is the sole online-only publication dedicated to exclusively and comprehensively serving the information needs of healthcare CIOs.

One of the CMIO’s most important roles – especially during the COVID-19 pandemic – is to “protect providers” by ensuring they’re getting useful information, and not just data dumps, says Mark Weisman, MD. Source: Q&A with CMIO Mark Weisman, Part 2: “We don’t want data; we want information.” on healthsystemcio.com - healthsystemCIO.com is the sole online-only publication dedicated to exclusively and comprehensively serving the information needs of healthcare CIOs.

One of the main ways health systems are battling the Covid-19 fight is ensuring that as many clinicians and other employees can work remotely as possible. And, as anyone who has seen frightening images of Covid-19-damaged lungs knows, imaging has been and will continue to play a huge role in the fight. Taken together, those two factors mean it’s critical to optimize your remote reading capability for radiologists and others who need access. In this timely webinar, we’ll hear imaging experts offer guidance on how to ensure those who want to care for patients at home can do so. Source: Optimizing Your Imaging Approach for the Covid-19 Fight on healthsystemcio.com - healthsystemCIO.com is the sole online-only publication dedicated to exclusively and comprehensively serving the information needs of healthcare CIOs.

When it comes to COVID-19, the problem isn’t a lack of information, but a lack of credible information, says Tom Andriola, who believes the onus is on health systems to “help people pragmatically make decisions that are going to keep them safe.” Source: Q&A with Tom Andriola, Part 1: “We Want to Be Seen as a Source of Truth.” on healthsystemcio.com - healthsystemCIO.com is the sole online-only publication dedicated to exclusively and comprehensively serving the information needs of healthcare CIOs.

If the Covid-19 pandemic has shown us anything, it’s that life can change on a dime. No matter what plans or strategies CIOs had in place, they’ve all gone out the window to deal with the onslaught. That is, unless those strategies called for the organization to become more nimble and flexible. And that’s just what many say about taking applications to the cloud — it might not be cheaper, but it certainly puts them in a position to respond quickly to events. In this timely webinar, we’ll hear from those in the trenches about how their cloud approach has put them in a good position to deal with the ever-changing circumstances of today. Source: Covid-19 & The Cloud: How Life Off-Prem is Helping Health Systems Fight the Pandemic on healthsystemcio.com - healthsystemCIO.com is the sole online-only publication dedicated to exclusively and comprehensively serving the information needs of healthcare CIOs.

Even during a healthcare crisis, the CMIO’s goal should remain the same: “to make sure we have the tools in place that providers need,” said Mark Weisman, MD. In this podcast, he talks about how his team at Peninsula Regional is working to achieve that. Source: Q&A with CMIO Mark Weisman, Part 1: “What can we optimize to make life easier?” on healthsystemcio.com - healthsystemCIO.com is the sole online-only publication dedicated to exclusively and comprehensively serving the information needs of healthcare CIOs.

Healthcare IT leaders are fighting Covid-19 through a combination of telehealth for their patients and work-from-home arrangements for their employees. Both of these dynamics, of course, bring with them new security challenges and concerns. In this webinar, we'll hear from those working in the trenches about the role identity and access management can play in ensuring bad actors and computer viruses don’t inhibit their ability to battle the current pandemic. Source: Leveraging Identity & Access Management to Secure the Covid-19 Fight on healthsystemcio.com - healthsystemCIO.com is the sole online-only publication dedicated to exclusively and comprehensively serving the information needs of healthcare CIOs.

The key partnering with clinicians on innovation? Building enough trust so that they know you’re willing to listen to them - and to shut down an idea that isn’t working, says Richard Zane, MD, chief innovation officer at UCHealth. Source: Q&A with Dr. Richard Zane, Part 1: “It’s about helping providers make better decisions.” on healthsystemcio.com - healthsystemCIO.com is the sole online-only publication dedicated to exclusively and comprehensively serving the information needs of healthcare CIOs.

Planning and implementing a new EMR, ERP, or other major application requires a thoughtful data migration strategy. If the right questions aren’t asked at the start, it may be executed in a way that doesn't meet the needs of all stakeholders, resulting in time-consuming and expensive rework or project cost overruns. In this session, panelists will share data migration perspectives, experiences, and scenarios encountered. Best practices and considerations for data governance, scope, mapping, matching, testing & validation will be discussed. Panelists will also weigh the merits of data migration and data abstraction, addressing the objective and subjective ROI from those approaches. Source: Data Migration Strategies to Enable Successful Application Transitions on healthsystemcio.com - healthsystemCIO.com is the sole online-only publication dedicated to exclusively and comprehensively serving the information needs of healthcare CIOs.