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Podcast with Dr. Stephanie Lahr: “There Are Hidden Opportunities to Innovate and Create.”

It’s funny; one of the key challenges for healthcare IT leaders during the COVID-19 pandemic is a lack of time. There simply aren’t enough hours in the day. And yet, it’s that time crunch that has fo…

00:15:59 | Wed 13 May 2020

Podcast Interview with CTO Chuck Christian, Part 1: “We’ve Learned Together.”

As healthcare IT leaders grapple with the day-to-day challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, while keeping a close eye on the strategic goals established by the organization, it’s important t…

00:15:41 | Wed 06 May 2020

Infrastructure for a Remote Workforce, Telemedicine & Increased Patient Load

The best laid plans to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic will depend on the technological backbone supporting them. To that end, it’s critical to know what your infrastructure can handle, how to shore …

00:52:16 | Fri 01 May 2020

Podcast Interview with CIO James Wellman, Part 2: “You Can’t Hide from This.”

During a time as challenging as the one in which healthcare finds itself, agile isn’t a buzzword. It’s a means of survival. And as leaders face an onslaught of hurdles — some of which are constantly …

00:12:01 | Thu 30 Apr 2020

Podcast Interview: Discussing Monument Health’s 4-Phased COVID-19 Strategy

It’s funny; one of the key challenges for healthcare IT leaders during the COVID-19 pandemic is a lack of time. There simply aren’t enough hours in the day. And yet, it’s that time crunch that has fo…

00:13:55 | Wed 29 Apr 2020

Physician Burnout Update: Covid-19 Special Edition

Due to the combination of onerous technologies and over-prescriptive regulations, physicians had been at their breaking point even before Covid-19 ratcheted the pressure up to unimaginable levels. In…

00:52:23 | Fri 24 Apr 2020

Podcast Interview with CIO James Wellman, Part 1: “Developing Trust Is Key.”

During a time as challenging as the one in which healthcare finds itself, agile isn’t a buzzword. It’s a means of survival. And as leaders face an onslaught of hurdles — some of which are constantly …

00:15:41 | Thu 23 Apr 2020

Covid-19 Update: Stories & Lessons From the Front Lines of IT

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. Bu…

01:01:14 | Fri 17 Apr 2020

Q&A with Tom Andriola, Part 2: “We’ve adopted almost a wartime mentality.”

As technology becomes more strategic to the mission of an organization — especially in the areas of research, education, and patient care — information technology needs to be represented at the cabin…

00:13:28 | Thu 16 Apr 2020

Q&A with CMIO Mark Weisman, Part 2: “We don’t want data; we want information.”

During the past few weeks, so much has changed because of the COVID-19 outbreak. One thing that hasn’t changed — one thing that can’t change — is the CMIO’s core objective: to make life easier for pr…

00:18:59 | Tue 14 Apr 2020

Optimizing Your Imaging Approach for the Covid-19 Fight

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 imag…

00:52:48 | Fri 10 Apr 2020

Q&A with Tom Andriola, Part 1: “We Want to Be Seen as a Source of Truth.”

As technology becomes more strategic to the mission of an organization — especially in the areas of research, education, and patient care — information technology needs to be represented at the cabin…

00:12:04 | Wed 08 Apr 2020

Covid-19 & The Cloud: How Life Off-Prem is Helping Health Systems Fight the Pandemic

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. …

01:00:48 | Tue 31 Mar 2020

Q&A with CMIO Mark Weisman, Part 1: “What can we optimize to make life easier?”

During the past few weeks, so much has changed because of the COVID-19 outbreak. One thing that hasn’t changed — one thing that can’t change — is the CMIO’s core objective: to make life easier for pr…

00:17:03 | Tue 31 Mar 2020

Leveraging Identity & Access Management to Secure the Covid-19 Fight

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 t…

00:51:15 | Wed 25 Mar 2020

Q&A with Dr. Richard Zane, Part 1: “It’s about helping providers make better decisions.”

Finding the right innovation partner is not easy. In fact, the reality is that when you vet as many companies as UCHealth has as part of its ongoing goal to disrupt and reinvent healthcare, you’re go…

00:12:51 | Wed 18 Mar 2020

Data Migration Strategies to Enable Successful Application Transitions

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 …

00:50:45 | Fri 13 Mar 2020

Partner Perspective: Final Rule Means CIOs Must Share ADTs, But Had Better Know Where They’re Going

On March 9, HHS and ONC published the long-awaited and hotly-debated 21st Century Cures Interoperability Final Rule which also covers information blocking and certification. While the interoperabilit…

00:32:22 | Thu 12 Mar 2020

Q&A with CIO Jamie Nelson, Part 2: “There Is a Gender Issue.”

It’s not about getting things done quickly; it’s about getting things done right. Doesn’t exactly sound like the type of statement one might expect from a leader in healthcare IT, one of the most rap…

00:13:04 | Thu 05 Mar 2020

Q&A with CIO Jamie Nelson, Part 1: “The Technology Is the Easy Part.”