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Anthony Guerra
Comprehensive interviews and panel discussions with health system IT leaders.
Episodes
Mentioned books

Oct 22, 2015 • 25min
Q&A With CHIME Board Of Trustees Chair Chuck Christian
New CHIME vision statement — “Healthcare is changing, and so our role had to change.”
Emulating Wayne Gretzky
Getting docs the right data at the right time
CIO 3.0: “Running the servers is not a core competency.”
Management By Wandering Around
“You have to be willing to walk into the storm.”
Source: Q&A With CHIME Board Of Trustees Chair Chuck Christian on healthsystemcio.com - healthsystemCIO.com is the sole online-only publication dedicated to exclusively and comprehensively serving the information needs of healthcare CIOs.

Oct 20, 2015 • 16min
Mike Canfield, VP of Operations & CIO, Firelands Regional Medical Center, Chapter 1
About Firelands Regional
Meditech 5.6.6 in acute, eClinicalWorks in practices
Looking to layer on analytics
Patient engagement struggles
MU final rule delays — “We just don’t have enough time to recover.”
Bracing for ICD-10
Ripping out the core EHR — “We’re going to have to be able to do more advanced analytics.”
Source: Mike Canfield, VP of Operations & CIO, Firelands Regional Medical Center, Chapter 1 on healthsystemcio.com - healthsystemCIO.com is the sole online-only publication dedicated to exclusively and comprehensively serving the information needs of healthcare CIOs.

Oct 12, 2015 • 15min
Russell Branzell, President & CEO, CHIME, Chapter 2
Policy leadership changes
Mari Savickis & Leslie Kriegstein — “True rock stars in the industry.”
“Critique by itself can be just construed as complaining.”
CHIME Technologies — “Focusing on new and innovative areas.”
2015 Fall Forum
“We’ve made a big effort to make it not only extremely valuable, but also extremely relaxing.”
CIO 3.0 — “Everyone has to up their game.”
Source: Russell Branzell, President & CEO, CHIME, Chapter 2 on healthsystemcio.com - healthsystemCIO.com is the sole online-only publication dedicated to exclusively and comprehensively serving the information needs of healthcare CIOs.

Oct 7, 2015 • 16min
Sallie Arnett, VP of IS, Licking Memorial Health Systems, Chapter 3
IT’s role as facilitator
Collaborating with clinicians — “We’re not just coming to them and handing them technology.”
At LMHS since 2001 — “My plan was to stay 3 years.”
“I don’t think I’ve had two days that are similar.”
Reflecting on 15 years of change
Getting through the “dark” times
Source: Sallie Arnett, VP of IS, Licking Memorial Health Systems, Chapter 3 on healthsystemcio.com - healthsystemCIO.com is the sole online-only publication dedicated to exclusively and comprehensively serving the information needs of healthcare CIOs.

Oct 6, 2015 • 14min
Mark Lauteren, CIO, University of South Alabama Health System, Chapter 3
Business continuity planning
Data housed at the university — “We have to be in lockstep.”
Learning from Dennis Sato & Rick Warren
Complexity of the CIO role — “This job is not just about the technology.”
Staff engagement — “You have to help them understand the tradeoffs.”
Giving back with Bright Beginnings
Source: Mark Lauteren, CIO, University of South Alabama Health System, Chapter 3 on healthsystemcio.com - healthsystemCIO.com is the sole online-only publication dedicated to exclusively and comprehensively serving the information needs of healthcare CIOs.

Oct 5, 2015 • 19min
Russell Branzell, President & CEO, CHIME, Chapter 1
State of Meaningful Use
Stage 2 modifications — “The relief I know the industry’s been wanting”
Focus of Stage 3: security, clinical decision support & patient engagement
Potential impact of a 90-day reporting period
CHIME’s Patient ID challenge
Crowdsourcing — “We’ve tried since day 1 for this to be 100 percent transparent.”
Source: Russell Branzell, President & CEO, CHIME, Chapter 1 on healthsystemcio.com - healthsystemCIO.com is the sole online-only publication dedicated to exclusively and comprehensively serving the information needs of healthcare CIOs.

Oct 1, 2015 • 16min
Sallie Arnett, VP of IS, Licking Memorial Health Systems, Chapter 2
Waiting to attest to MU 1 — “We wanted it to be accurate.”
“Multi-layered” approach to patient engagement
Ohio Health Information Partnership
Bringing IS security in-house with a “very controlled approach.”
Educating staff in a “non-threatening way”
2015 Most Wired
Having a “passionate” team
Source: Sallie Arnett, VP of IS, Licking Memorial Health Systems, Chapter 2 on healthsystemcio.com - healthsystemCIO.com is the sole online-only publication dedicated to exclusively and comprehensively serving the information needs of healthcare CIOs.

Sep 30, 2015 • 12min
Mark Lauteren, CIO, University of South Alabama Health System, Chapter 2
Standardization across the system — “The folks wanted change.”
Right people in the right seats
Weekly strategy sessions — “How do we get to where we need to be?”
ICD-10 — “We’ve done everything that needs to be done.”
Attesting to MU 2 & planning for stage 3
Data security — “It’s a never-ending chess match.”
Dealing with research data
Source: Mark Lauteren, CIO, University of South Alabama Health System, Chapter 2 on healthsystemcio.com - healthsystemCIO.com is the sole online-only publication dedicated to exclusively and comprehensively serving the information needs of healthcare CIOs.

Sep 29, 2015 • 13min
Bill Lewkowski, Executive VP & CIO, Metro Health, Chapter 3
A culture of innovation
Staff retention challenges
Benefits of being small — “We can empower people to use innovation as a driver.”
At Metro since 1996
CIOs & project management
Importance of ownership — “We’re all held empowered and accountable.”
Work-life balance
Source: Bill Lewkowski, Executive VP & CIO, Metro Health, Chapter 3 on healthsystemcio.com - healthsystemCIO.com is the sole online-only publication dedicated to exclusively and comprehensively serving the information needs of healthcare CIOs.

Sep 24, 2015 • 16min
Sallie Arnett, VP of Information Systems, Licking Memorial Health Systems, Chapter 1
About Licking Memorial
“We’re really driving away from the interface model.”
Structural changes to IS
3-year integration project with “staged out” clinical projects
Meditech since 1985 — “Our team is very entrenched in it.”
Benefits of being small — “We don’t have to get 100 committees together to turn the ship.”
Focus on MU 3: “I’m a strong advocate of patient engagement.”
Source: Sallie Arnett, VP of Information Systems, Licking Memorial Health Systems, Chapter 1 on healthsystemcio.com - healthsystemCIO.com is the sole online-only publication dedicated to exclusively and comprehensively serving the information needs of healthcare CIOs.


