By David Burda, editor February 16, 2009 Welcome to Modern Healthcare’s seventh annual CEO IT Achievement Awards program, co-sponsored by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society. In this special editorial section, you’ll meet the three recipients of the 2009 award: Michael Green, president and chief executive officer of Concord (N.H.) Hospital; Edward Murphy, president and CEO of the Carilion Clinic system, Roanoke, Va.; and Anthony Spezia, president and CEO of Covenant Health, Knoxville, Tenn. ... FULL STORY
By Fawn Lopez, publisher February 16, 2009 Michael Green, Edward Murphy and Anthony Spezia, the winners of the seventh annual Modern Healthcare CEO IT Achievement Awards, co-sponsored by the Healthcare Information and Management System Society, are true leaders and innovators. ... FULL STORY
By H. Stephen Lieber, HIMSS president and chief executive officer February 16, 2009 Each year, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society joins with Modern Healthcare to honor healthcare industry chief executive officers who demonstrate leadership and commitment with the strategic use of healthcare IT to advance their organization’s strategic goals. HIMSS and our members recognize these exceptional CEOs who received the 2009 CEO IT Achievement Award. ... FULL STORY
By Shawn Rhea February 16, 2009 When Michael Green took over as president and chief executive officer of New Hampshire’s Concord Hospital in June 1992, getting hospital staff used to the idea of a paper-free existence was not among his chief challenges. In that regard he was lucky, acknowledges Green. “We were already using IT for patient admissions and for the nurses on the floor,” Green says. ... FULL STORY
By Jennifer Lubell February 16, 2009 When Edward Murphy, president and chief executive officer of the Carilion Clinic system in Roanoke, Va., decided to orchestrate one of the largest patient-data conversions ever conducted by a health system, his motivations went beyond health IT goals. ... FULL STORY
By Joseph Conn February 16, 2009 It would be no surprise if Anthony Spezia is a one-of-a-kind leader in the healthcare industry—a former turnaround consultant who became a coal company executive, also ran a health insurance company and is now heading a multihospital health system. ... FULL STORY
February 16, 2009 Modern Healthcare and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society would like to thank the following senior healthcare executives for serving as the judges for the 2009 CEO IT Achievement Awards competition. ... FULL STORY
February 16, 2009 Modern Healthcare and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society created the CEO IT Achievement Award in 2003. Since then, 18 chief executives have received the award.View PDF of the previous winners ... FULL STORY
February 16, 2009 Modern Healthcare and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society would like to thank the following senior healthcare executives who were nominated for the 2009 CEO IT Achievement Awards competition.Download a PDF of this year’s nominees ... FULL STORY
January 19, 2009 Modern Healthcare and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society are pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s CEO IT Achievement Award. The 2009 winners are: Michael Green, president and chief executive officer of Concord (N.H.) Hospital; Edward Murphy, president and CEO of the Carilion Clinic system, Roanoke, Va.; and Anthony Spezia, president and CEO of Covenant Health, Knoxville, Tenn. ... FULL STORY
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