April 20, 2021
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 ...
April 14, 2021
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.
April 13, 2021
How Southern Ohio Medical Center uses MEDITECH Expanse Toolkits to provide safe, high quality care
At Southern Ohio Medical Center, our mission is to make a difference. We serve our community and keep our patients at the center of all the things we do through teamwork, and offering the safest and highest quality care at the best value. For this reason, it made perfect sense to include MEDITECH’s ...
April 8, 2021
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, ...
March 30, 2021
One physician’s reflection on National Doctors’ Day
Like most of you, I’m breathing a cautious sigh of relief as the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines continues. It’s been quite a year for all of us, and healthcare workers in particular. Today, on National Doctors’ Day, I can’t help but reflect on the wide range of experiences my physician colleagues and ...
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March 23, 2021
How MEDITECH and Google deliver frustration-free access to the cloud
With an ongoing pandemic and heightened cybersecurity threats stretching healthcare to its limits, there may be no better time to embrace the potential that cloud-based EHRs can offer.
March 16, 2021
What the pandemic taught me about patient safety
Last year, we celebrated Patient Safety Awareness Week (PSAW) the week before the world shut down and life as we knew it came to a halt. So I would be remiss to discuss this year’s observance without reflecting on the impact of COVID-19. The theme for 2021’s PSAW is “Together we are better, ...
March 11, 2021
Innovation in times of crisis: Delivering healthcare at home to your acute patients
Imagine being able to offer patients the sophistication of a modern hospital, coupled with the convenience of a house call. This scenario has become a reality for some, especially as rising patient volumes during the pandemic and recent CMS regulations have been accelerating the industry's trend ...
March 9, 2021
Tips for successfully participating in CHIME’s ‘Digital Health Most Wired’ survey
The CHIME “Digital Health Most Wired” program conducts an annual survey to identify, recognize, and certify the adoption, implementation, and use of IT by healthcare organizations. During a recent webinar, we shared a model that has helped Avera Health on our journey to reaching Level 10 ...
March 2, 2021
4 strategies for enabling more efficient, safer, quieter nursing at the point of care
If you’ve ever rolled a nursing WOW into a patient’s room (and if you’re reading this, odds are you have or know someone who has), you know how noisy, bulky, and obtrusive they are. And good luck navigating tight spaces or a room packed during visiting hours. Nurses and patients deserve a better ...