Interview

Interview with Michael Mover, CIO, Riverview Hospital

October 16, 2010

As you look at the long term requirements being driven by HITECH, what are some of the challenges you are working on to meet the data exchange requirements with both physicians and patients?  GEN I Feed

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Interview with Stephen M. Stewart, CIO, Henry County Health Center

October 14, 2010

You had several interesting insights in a recent H&HN article about CPOE. How is your hospital undertaking this initiative and gaining physician support of what needs to be done to meet Meaningful Use?  GEN I Feed

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Part 1: State of Radiology, Interview with Joe Moore, CIO, RCI

October 11, 2010

What is going on right now in radiology? In general across the industry, there seems to be a lot of consolidation of groups. I think the big concerns, or what people are focusing on, is the ability to provide 24/7 service, subspecialty capabilities, and being able to even out the workflow. There is a lot [...]

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Part 2: HIE Activity & Radiology, Interview with Joe Moore, CIO, RCI

October 7, 2010

Do you have any plans to participate in the Iowa HIE? We were recently approached by the state of Iowa to participate in a beta program for assessing readiness. We are already participating at the ground floor level of the Iowa health information exchange (HIE) through the Iowa Department of Public Health, the IDPH. We [...]

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Part 3: HITECH & Radiology, Interview with Joe Moore, CIO, RCI

October 4, 2010

How is HITECH and Meaningful Use impacting your radiology operations? When you look at the requirements of meaningful use most specialists are completely cut out. Radiologists don’t order prescriptions in the traditional sense. They might order contrast for a CT exam, but not a prescription. In all of our electronic systems, we have no way [...]

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Part 4: Integration & Radiology, Interview with Joe Moore, CIO, RCI

October 3, 2010

What has your experience been like using an integration engine? It’s been spectacular. I’ve said it many times before, without the integration engine, we wouldn’t be nearly as successful as we are today. We wouldn’t have nearly the amount of information to help us do our work today. The fact that we were able to [...]

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Part 5: The Radiology Economy, Interview with Joe Moore, CIO, RCI

October 2, 2010

How has the economy impacted the radiology industry? We’re like everybody else; we’re getting hammered both from the government and from the payers. The payers have the deck stacked in their favor, of course, both by the government and by themselves just with their sheer size and lack of competition. It has nothing to do [...]

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Part 4: Integration & Radiology, Interview with Joe Moore, CIO, RCI

September 30, 2010

What has your experience been like using an integration engine? It’s been spectacular. I’ve said it many times before, without the integration engine, we wouldn’t be nearly as successful as we are today. We wouldn’t have nearly the amount of information to help us do our work today. The fact that we were able to [...]

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Part 2: HIE Activity & Radiology, Interview with Joe Moore, CIO, RCI

September 29, 2010

Do you have any plans to participate in the Iowa HIE? We were recently approached by the state of Iowa to participate in a beta program for assessing readiness. We are already participating at the ground floor level of the Iowa health information exchange (HIE) through the Iowa Department of Public Health, the IDPH. We [...]

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