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"Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.”—Unknown
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Last month, our hospital attested for Stage 1 meaningful-use incentives. Years of work, requiring the focus and determination of the entire organization, were integral to meeting this big milestone.
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Our organization has an informal climbing team made up of administrators and clinicians who tackle a couple of summits each year. We have lofty aspirations—the ultimate goal is to climb six of the "Seven Summits." Self-funded, the team's previous climbs have included Mount Kilimanjaro, Mount...
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You might think that as a career matures, things would slow a little and afford some opportunities for activities that are not directly connected to work. Sadly, this is not the case.
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Call it a health information network, a regional health information organization or a health information exchange—the concept of exchanging health records has been around for more than a decade. Unfortunately, by any name, it hasn't become mainstream, and records-exchange challenges persist.
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Hardly a day passes without a conversation about innovation.
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Every now and then, I find it useful to sit back, relax a bit and ponder what awaits us as health information technology leaders. If you believe the "relax" part or the "now and then" part, you completely missed my cynicism and semi-sarcasm. I find myself thinking about this all too often.
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I was a pretty good student in high school and generally brought home a fine report card. When I showed my report card to my grandfather, he would ask, "Well, what did you learn?"
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"Horsepower was a wonderful thing when only horses had it."—UnknownI remember the first time I heard someone use Thomas Paine’s quote "Lead, follow or get out of the way."
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Information technology is now indispensable to the success of your organization. Market leaders are those who best take data and turn it into actionable and strategic information. How well data is harvested and information managed will define winners and losers.
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