
July 20, 2021
How Google and MEDITECH are charting a new course in digital healthcare
One of the most exciting initiatives that Google has recently undertaken is expanding our support of healthcare providers and their patients. For healthcare organizations, Google’s focus is on providing them with innovative and scalable technology solutions to generate novel insights, improve care ...

July 14, 2021
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 ...

July 8, 2021
Delivering seamless, integrated care at Southern Ohio Medical Center with Expanse Labor & Delivery
After our recent Expanse implementation at Southern Ohio Medical Center, we immediately saw improved communication and clinical decision making across the organization — particularly in maternity services, where our nurses had previously been working in a siloed system.

July 1, 2021
MEDITECH’s Nurse Forum 2021: From “New Normal” to “Better than Normal”
MEDITECH’s Nurse Forum always leaves me feeling refreshed and inspired about our shared partnerships with our nursing community. But our events for 2020 and 2021 were especially memorable, as they framed this undeniably difficult, traumatic, and pivotal time for everyone.

June 23, 2021
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.

June 15, 2021
What to expect at MEDITECH’s 2021 Nurse Forum
It’s hard to believe that we are just one day away from MEDITECH’s 2021 Nurse Forum. I’m looking forward to coming together virtually with hundreds of members of our customer community who have registered to attend.

June 10, 2021
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 ...

June 8, 2021
Don’t get lost in the numbers: Making home health data actionable
Making fiscally responsible decisions and empowering efficiency are organizational commitments at Stillwater Medical Home Health Services. These efforts can be challenging when data isn’t actionable or intuitive for clinical staff. Facing changes in payment models, we adjusted our processes and the ...

June 2, 2021
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 ...

May 25, 2021
How one physician’s experience helped define Cambridge Memorial’s approach to COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a call to arms for many. In and around Toronto, and in other cities throughout Canada, the recent third wave as reported last month by CNN continues to wear on all of us, and hearing of the disastrous situation in India is beyond heartbreaking.