By David Burda, Editor June 09, 2008 Modern Healthcare and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society would like to thank the following five senior healthcare executives for serving as the judges for the 2008 CEO IT Achievement Award competition. We appreciate their important and essential contributions in making this year’s sixth annual program another success. ... FULL STORY
By Fawn Lopez, Publisher June 09, 2008 Two weeks ago, the CMS launched an unprecedented advertising campaign in more than 50 U.S. newspapers advising patients to comparison shop using three dozen quality measures posted on a federal Web site (May 26, p. 8). The campaign and its message underscores the increasing financial and public pressure on healthcare providers to reduce costly, harmful inefficiency and errors. ... FULL STORY
June 09, 2008 It is with great honor that the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, and our members, recognize the recipients of the 2008 CEO IT Achievement Award, co-sponsored by Modern Healthcare and HIMSS. ... FULL STORY
By Linda Wilson June 09, 2008 When MultiCare Health System in Tacoma, Wash., launched an integrated electronic medical record at three of its hospitals in June 2007, President and Chief Executive Officer Diane Cecchettini watched as nurses hovered over computer screens.On a more routine basis, Cecchettini scrutinizes all patient safety and clinical outcome statistics that cross her desk, looking for clues to needed refinements in care processes. ... FULL STORY
By Elizabeth Gardner June 09, 2008 To Douglas Hawthorne, chief executive officer of Texas Health Resources, a healthcare organization is like a coat. And information technology is the lining.“It has to permeate the organization, and that’s been the most difficult thing to advance,” he says. “It impacts the entirety of the system.” He’s a dedicated advocate of using information technology to achieve “systemness” within an organization, and eventually to connect all the healthcare providers in a community to improve care. ... FULL STORY
By Elizabeth Gardner June 09, 2008 Sometimes a carrot alone isn’t enough. Sometimes you need the stick. When James Mongan took the helm of Partners HealthCare System in Boston in 2003, he set a top priority on getting 4,300 physicians in its physician network, Partners Community HealthCare, to adopt electronic medical records. ... FULL STORY
June 09, 2008 Modern Healthcare and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society would like to thank the following senior healthcare executives who were nominated for the 2008 CEO IT Achievement Awards competition.Download a PDF of this year’s nominees ... FULL STORY
June 09, 2008 Modern Healthcare and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society created the CEO IT Achievement Award in 2003. Since then, 15 chief executives have received the award.View PDF of the previous winners ... FULL STORY
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