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Geisinger Health: On the Call with John Kravitz, MHA, CHCIO

Hospital Systems, Providers, Voices

Few healthcare systems have the rich history and scope of reach as Geisinger Health. To learn more about the organization’s mission and its goals for the future, we spoke with John Kravitz, MHA, CHCIO.

Researchers to Develop Predictive Model for Opioid Addiction in High-Risk Patients

Academic Research

Opioids are a broad group of effective pain-relieving medicines that can become highly addictive in some individuals.

Infinite ROI: The Culture of Walnut Hill Medical Center

Hospital Systems, Providers, Voices

When we sought out hospitals with strong reputations for innovative healthcare IT, Walnut Hill Medical Center in Dallas was at the top of our list. After all, when it opened last year, Forbes named it The Hospital that Steve Jobs Would Have Built. We knew it had to possess a treasure trove of practices relative to dealing with the most complicated information management systems, cumbersome electronic medical records and daunting population health goals.

Targeting Instances of Sepsis at Huntsville Hospital

“Evaluating the Impact of a Computerized Surveillance Algorithm and Decision Support System on Sepsis Mortality,” appeared in the June print edition of The Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA). This study examined how clinicians at Alabama’s Huntsville Hospital decreased sepsis-related deaths by 53 percent during a 10-month period using a combination of clinical change management and electronic alerting from POC Advisor, a highly-accurate clinical decision support (CDS) software.

Seeking a Sharper Focus on Sepsis

It’s been just a few weeks since boxing legend and activist Mohamand Ali died of sepsis, a condition that still remains greatly a mystery to many outside and inside healthcare. In our previous worked focusing upon sepsis, we learned several discrepancies exist in incidence and mortality reporting due to the host of definitions and terminologies […]

Redefining the Vision of Better Patient Care: Greenway Health

By Brett Carter, Associate Editor In my previous interviews with Robin Hackney, Chief Marketing Officer, and Tina Graham, Senior Vice President, Revenue Services, Scott Fannin, Vice President of Product Management and Rob Newman, Vice President of Interoperability Services, we learned about Greenway Health’s (HIMSS’16 booth #4043) recent re-branding campaign and its first new mission pillar: serve. For the […]

Patient Engagement Gets its Close-Up: On the Call with Bob Rossi, Vice President, Healthcare Sales, CDW Healthcare

By Brett Carter, Associate Editor As part of our “Countdown to HIMSS’16” series, we spoke with Bob Rossi, Vice President, Healthcare Sales, CDW Healthcare. We contacted him to get better insights into his organization’s innovative work regarding patient engagement. In particular, we hoped to learn more about CDW Healthcare’s Patient Engagement Perspectives Study. (If you are […]

Making the Important Connections in Healthcare: Greenway Health

In my previous interviews with Robin Hackney, Chief Marketing Officer, and Tina Graham, Senior Vice President, Revenue Services, we learned about Greenway Health’s (HIMSS’16 booth #4043) recent re-branding campaign and its first new mission pillar: serve. For the third part of this “Voices of Greenway Health” series, we spoke with Scott Fannin, Vice President of […]

Heading into HIMSS’16: Three Industry Perspectives on Healthcare’s Largest Gathering

As we literally take a break from packing our bags for our upcoming trip to Las Vegas to attend HIMSS’16, we thought we would share with you some recent conversations we’ve had with healthcare IT veterans who are also making the annual pilgrimage to our industry’s largest conference and exhibition. We will share each individual’s […]

The Rise of Clinical Communications: On the Call with Jason Stanaland, Spok

While documented resources will always account for a significant part of the information flow in healthcare, growing evidence indicates that information requests by clinicians will be met more often by their colleagues via mobile synchronous and asynchronous communications. As part of our “Countdown to HIMSS’16” series, we spoke with Jason Stanaland, Mobility Solutions Consultant, Spok […]

The Promise of a New Beginning: On the Call with Ginny Kwong, MD, Vice President, Chief Medical Information Officer, Halifax Health

In a previous set of interviews with Jim O’Brien, MD, MSc, Vice President of Quality and Patient Safety, Ohio Health Riverside Methodist Hospital and Stephen Claypool, MD, Medical Director, POC Advisor, Wolters Kluwer, we learned about the ravages of sepsis and how POC Advisor’s electronic surveillance and alerts assist in sepsis detection. To continue our “Countdown to […]

HIT Across the Pond: On the Call with Dr. Charles Gutteridge

When we spoke with Dr. Charles Gutteridge, former National Clinical Director for Informatics, Department of Health, United Kingdom, and currently Chief Clinical Information Officer, Barts Health NHS Trust, we learned not only about some of the historical differences between healthcare IT in England and the United States, but also how both countries’ practices and policies are evolving […]

A New Tool for an Old Fight: Using Electronic Surveillance and Alerts to Detect Sepsis

Historically, sepsis has been one of the most important medical conditions in the United States, yet it is not properly appreciated by many in terms of its real significance. Unlike heart disease and cancer, where most people at least generally know about the tremendous number of deaths and the financial impacts they create, sepsis is somewhat […]

On the Call with Todd Rothenhaus, Chief Medical Officer, athenahealth

When we spoke with Todd Rothenhaus, Chief Medical Officer, athenahealth, he generously offered his perspective on the most significant impacts and iterations that have occurred in healthcare for the past few decades. His concise and vivid insights also provided an interesting view on athenahealth’s planned methods of operation heading into the future. Some of the […]

Words and Deeds: Greenway Health’s First Pillar to Serve

The story of Greenway Health is a story of change. It’s a story of partnerships. It’s a story of converging missions coming together to focus upon the needs of the healthcare industry. In the first interview of our “Voices of Greenway Health” series, I spoke with Robin Hackney, Chief Marketing Officer. She provided an extensive outline of […]

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