Achieving healthcare excellence through patient safety and equity [Podcast]
On our most recent episode of the MEDITECH podcast, I was joined by Jennifer Zelmer, PhD, President and CEO of Healthcare Excellence Canada to discuss this new organization, as well as Jennifer’s passion for patient safety and equity, and what the new normal looks like for healthcare and IT.
How Citizens Memorial stayed connected with patients during the pandemic [Podcast]
How did one small rural hospital maintain the personal contact that’s so important to providers and patients in the midst of a global pandemic — and how is healthcare technology transforming how they deliver care? These are some of the questions I explore with Citizens Memorial Hospital's CIO ...
HIMSS CMIO Roundtable preview: How COVID-19 changed telehealth
Among the many societal changes wrought by COVID-19, the pandemic accelerated adoption of telehealth at a rate unthinkable just a year earlier.
Addressing mental health in Ontario during the pandemic [Podcast]
For the newest MEDITECH podcast, I recently spoke with Sanaz Riahi, RN, PhD, Vice President, Practice, Academics and Chief Nursing Executive at Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences in Whitby, Ontario, about how her organization responded to the region’s mental health crisis amid ...
How The Valley Hospital used surveillance technology to move nurses from the computer to the bedside [Podcast]
On our most recent episode of the MEDITECH podcast, I was joined by two IT leaders from The Valley Hospital (Ridgewood, NJ), Alicia Brubaker, RN, Director of Clinical Informatics and Chris Neumann, Clinical Analyst for Surveillance, to discuss how they used surveillance tools to cut documentation ...
How data brought ‘new life and new hope’ amid COVID-19 [Podcast]
As healthcare organizations assess their response to COVID-19, two key indicators seem to determine the success of their efforts: How well their staff was prepared, and how effectively they leveraged data to adjust to changing conditions.
How St Luke’s doubled patient portal enrollment during the pandemic [Podcast]
While patients are often satisfied with using their patient portal, it can often be difficult for organizations to get patients to take the initial step of signing up. But for many organizations, the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a surge of enrollment, as patients look to the portal for everything ...
A Conversation with Carl Smith, CIO, King's Daughters Medical Center
Earlier this year, Carl Smith, Chief Information Officer at King’s Daughters Medical Center (Brookhaven, MS), was recognized by the IT research and advisory company Info-Tech Research Group in their annual Info-Tech CIO Awards. We took the opportunity to discuss the significance of the award and ...
How to plan for and successfully launch a COVID-19 vaccination campaign [Podcast]
In part 2 of our podcast with Phoebe Putney Health System (Albany, GA), we’ll look at how they planned out a vaccine strategy, months before doses were even shipped. If you missed part 1, you can listen here to find out how they addressed the initial COVID-19 surge in the spring of 2020.
Different than a tornado: How Phoebe Putney Health System navigated the disaster response challenges of COVID-19 [Podcast]
Recently, I was able to sit down with CMIO Dr. William Sewell, and VP and CIO Jesse Diaz, from Phoebe Putney Health System (Albany, GA), a not for profit healthcare network in southwest Georgia. In 2020, Albany became a COVID-19 hotspot, and Phoebe was at the center of the crisis. One year later, ...