Episode #44: HIMSS Davies Award Program: Writing a Winning Application
Since 1994, the HIMSS Davies Awards of Excellence has recognized outstanding achievement in the implementation and value from health information technology, specifically EHRs. In this episode, Dr. Eric...
View ArticleEpisode #45: Driving HIE Adoption with Independent Practice Physicians
Dr. C. Christopher Pittman shares his experiences with physician-led healthcare information exchange (HIE) in Florida and strategies to drive HIE adoption. This interview was conducted by Dr. Douglas...
View ArticleEpisode #46: The Nuts and Bolts of Achieving HIPAA Security Rule Compliance...
Dr. Salvatore Volpe, a solo physician practitioner, and Lee Kim, BS, JD, Director, Privacy and Security, with HIMSS, discuss risk assessments, which will not only help your organization achieve...
View ArticleEpisode #47: Health Information Technology to Transform Care in Multicultural...
Dr. Garth Graham, MD, MPH, President of the Aetna Foundation addresses the digital divide and how health IT can make a difference in underserved populations. Dr. Graham was one of the keynote speakers...
View ArticleQ&A Podcast: HIPAA’s Patient Access Requirement
(Produced by the AMA and HIMSS). Listen to Dr. Salvatore Volpe, a physician in solo practice, and Adam Greene, an attorney in Washington DC and former regulator at the US Department of Health and...
View ArticleEpisode #1: Dr. C. Martin Harris on the “Google-Cleveland Clinic Story”
In this 14-minute inaugural interview, C. Martin Harris, MD, MBA, FHIMSS, provides a description of the “Google-Cleveland Clinic Story,” a joint program that gives patients control over their...
View ArticleEpisode #2: Medical Documentation in Advance of CPOE
From the University of California San Francisco, Dr. Michael Blum, CMIO, and Dr. Russell Cucina, Associate Medical Director of IT, discuss UCSF’s employment of clinical documentation in advance of...
View ArticleEpisode #3: Using Business Intelligence to Support Better Patient Care
Dr. George Reynolds, CMIO and pediatric intensivist at Children’s Hospital of Omaha, discusses the hospital’s visionary approach clinical decision support that uses business intelligence and clinical...
View ArticleEpisode #4: Automated Adverse Event Detection
Dr. David C. Stockwell, Medical Director of Patient Safety and Dr. Brian Jacobs, CMIO ;at Children's National Hospital in Washington, DC discuss their innovative Automated Adverse Event Detection...
View ArticleEpisode #5: The Importance of the CIO/CMIO Relationship
Lac Van Tran, MD, CIO, and Julio C. Silva, MD, CMIO at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, discuss the benefits of a strong partnership between the CIO and CMIO of a medical facility. They...
View ArticleEpisode #6: Medical Informatics: An Executive Primer
Ken Ong, MD, Director, Clinical Information Systems, North Shore - Long Island Jewish Health System discusses pearls from several chapters in the HIMSS 2007 Book of the Year titled Medical...
View ArticleEpisode #7: Electronic Prescribing - Ready, Set, Help!
Patricia L. Hale, MD, PhD, FACP, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at New York Medical College and Deputy Director of the Office of Health Information Technology Transformation, New York State...
View ArticleEpisode #8: One-on-One with William Bria, MD, CMIO, Shriners Hospitals for...
Dr. Bria has been a leader in applied medical informatics for over 25 years. He was selected as one of Modern Healthcare’s 50 Most Powerful Physician Executives in 2008. He currently serves as...
View ArticleEpisode #10: Achieving EHR Excellence, Deriving Value: HIMSS Nicholas E....
This is the first in a series of Davies Award podcasts. David Collins, HIMSS Director, Healthcare Information Systems, is responsible for the oversight of the four Nicholas E. Davies Awards. In this...
View ArticleEpisode #11: An Overview of Public Health Informatics
Dr. Ray Aller, Senior Physician and Director of the Automated Disease Surveillance Section of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, provides an overview of Public Health Informatics....
View ArticleEpisode #12: An Overview of the GRADE System (Grades of Recommendation,...
Gordon Guyatt, MD, MSc, is a physician and Professor of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics and of Medicine at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. Dr. Guyatt has been a leading exponent of...
View ArticleEpisode #13: The "Meaningful EHR": Insight from the HIMSS Davies Awards of...
Eric Hartz, MD, CMIO at Eastern Maine Medical Center (EMMC), and Catherine Bruno, FACHE, Vice President and CIO at Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems, join us for a discussion about implementing a...
View ArticleEpisode #14: Complexities of e-Prescribing: Physician and Pharmacist Viewpoints
Patricia Hale, MD, PhD, Deputy Director, Office of Health Information Technology Transformation New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY and Mr. Kevin Marvin, RPh, Principal, Kevin Marvin...
View ArticleEpisode #15: TIGER Initiative - Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform
Joyce Sensmeier, MS, RN-BC, CPHIMS, FHIMSS Vice President, Informatics at HIMSS, discusses the Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform (TIGER) initiative which aims to enable practicing nurses...
View ArticleEpisode #16: The Health Record Banking Model
Jack Varga, MD, physician informaticist and consultant to federal agencies, provides an overview of Health Record Banking. Emulating commercial banking and described as a central repository, the...
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