June 30, 2020
Thought Leader Podcast: Virtual Care in the Age of COVID-19 and Beyond
For our latest Thought Leader podcast, I spoke with Dr. Andy Burchett, CMIO of Avera Health, about his organization’s rapid response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
June 23, 2020
Is the “New Normal” all that new to nurses?
Recently, I was fortunate enough to return to speak at my second MEDITECH Nurse Forum. But this one was a bit different, because when I say “return” I actually didn’t go anywhere, unless you count the walk down the hall to my guest room. I missed seeing you all as I am sure you all missed spending ...
June 18, 2020
Q&A: A conversation with Dr. Doug Kanis about MEDITECH Expanse
Recently, MEDITECH's Carol Bird had an opportunity to sit down with Dr. Doug Kanis, an Internist and CMIO at Pella Regional Health Center (Pella, IA). They discussed how Expanse's intuitive design, mobility, and interoperability helps physicians increase efficiency and improve patient care. The ...
June 11, 2020
Is telehealth the new normal?
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth has gained recognition as an effective and sustainable step for slowing the spread of the virus. Bridging the gaps between patients, physicians, and health systems, telehealth enables communication through virtual channels, protecting the public and the ...
June 4, 2020
Reflections from the frontlines: combating COVID-19 in Boston and NYC
The COVID-19 pandemic has called for everyone to do their part to keep others safe and healthy. For many, this means staying at home as much as possible and practicing social distancing. For me, as CMIO of the Beth Israel Deaconess community hospitals, this has meant deploying numerous initiatives ...
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June 2, 2020
What it means to survive cancer, 10 years later
There’s nothing quite like a pandemic to get you to reflect on your ten-year cancer anniversary. I became a self-taught expert in navigating the U.S. healthcare system beginning around February 2010, when I was 35. I was sitting at work one morning and I felt an explosive pain in my abdomen. A ...
May 27, 2020
Embracing innovation and virtual training in a pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic is changing the way we all do things. How we work, communicate, and problem solve looks quite different from what most of us are used to. However, what I’ve seen over the past several months reminds me that necessity really is the mother of invention — and reinvention. The ...
May 21, 2020
Providing communication support for patients during COVID-19
The power to speak and communicate our needs clearly is something that most of us take for granted. It is only when these abilities are compromised that we begin to recognize their true value. Communicating with patients suffering from COVID-19 has presented a new set of challenges for healthcare ...
May 19, 2020
How cloud infrastructure supports our business and customers during the COVID-19 pandemic
In the midst of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, I have found great comfort in seeing the best of humanity unfold — the resilience of spirit and our collective resourcefulness. These early stages of the outbreak have been an extreme test of adjusting to new ways of doing things before even considering ...
May 14, 2020
Interoperability amid the COVID-19 pandemic
In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, the secure and accurate sharing of patient data is more critical than ever. Healthcare organizations need the ability to access up-to-date information about any patient who enters their doors, especially in urgent care settings.