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Anthony Guerra
Comprehensive interviews and panel discussions with health system IT leaders.
Episodes
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Aug 26, 2015 • 16min
George Hickman, EVP & CIO, Albany Medical Center, Chapter 2
Playing “the giving back role” as a reference site
Serving on the MedAllies board
SHIN-NY (NY’s HIE)
Connectivity standards — “We’re seeing the march continue”
Pilot for ONC direct standard in 2009
“Heroic effort” required to meet MU
Patient engagement in acute vs ambulatory
Source: George Hickman, EVP & CIO, Albany Medical Center, 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.

Aug 25, 2015 • 16min
Joe Bengfort, CIO, UCSF Medical Center and Campus, Chapter 3
Keys to change management — “Move swiftly.”
“Transparency has everything to do with trust.”
Working with Ross Perot
From consultant to CIO — “It scared the hell out of me.”
“High stakes” at UCSF
Evolving CIO role — “The infrastructure aspect has to be automatic.”
Source: Joe Bengfort, CIO, UCSF Medical Center and Campus, 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.

Aug 19, 2015 • 14min
George Hickman, EVP & CIO, Albany Medical Center, Chapter 1
About Albany Medical Center
Being a Soarian development site — “There were a lot of fits and starts.”
Siemens-Cerner merger
“There’s a direction there and an investment pattern that’s going to continue.”
Meeting with John Glaser & Kent Gale — “They gave us an early preview of the intended roadmap.”
Source: George Hickman, EVP & CIO, Albany 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.

Aug 18, 2015 • 18min
Joe Bengfort, CIO, UCSF Medical Center and Campus, Chapter 2
UCSF’s analytics approach — “We’re incrementally moving and maturing the data model.”
Early adopter of Epic Cogito
Creating dashboards to ID and solve issues
Two-tiered governance structure — “You can’t throw big, heavy governance at this.”
Lean — “It’s a culture first.”
Consolidating IT departments
Source: Joe Bengfort, CIO, UCSF Medical Center and Campus, 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.

Aug 17, 2015 • 11min
Gary Barnes, CIO, Medical Center Health System, Chapter 3
MU as a catalyst—“It has forced us to go to a whole new level.”
Analytics & decision support department
Goal: consistency throughout the organization
CIO role — “There’s a lot more to the position than IT.”
Physician engagement — “It’s a give and take.”
Working on the CHCIO certification process
“It keeps me learning.”
Source: Gary Barnes, CIO, Medical Center 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.


