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Fallon Clinic’s Dr. Larry Garber on EHR + voice recognition

March 18, 2010

The Fallon Clinic in Central Massachusetts has invested heavily in electronic health records. Fallon’s deployment of Epic has been successful. However, cost-savings projections on transcription were not being met, because many physicians preferred to continue dictating their notes for transcription…

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Christus Health CIO discusses how IT supports business strategy (Part 2) transcript

March 15, 2010

This is the transcript of part 2 of my podcast interview with Christus Health SVP/CIO George Conklin. I suggest reading part 1 first.

David Williams: The 2004 to 2006 standardization initiative is very impressive.  A lot of organizations probably thought that…

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Christus Health CIO discusses how IT supports business strategy (Part 1) transcript

March 12, 2010

This is the transcript of part 1 of my podcast interview with Christus Health SVP/CIO George Conklin.

David Williams: This is David E. Williams, co-founder of MedPharma Partners and author of the Health Business Blog.  I’m speaking today with George Conklin. …

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Christus Health CIO discusses how IT supports business strategy (Part 2)

March 10, 2010

In part 1 of our podcast interview, Christus Health SVP/CIO George Conklin described describes how his 44-hospital system leverages IT to support its business. In part 2, he explains how organizational culture, psychology, technology and leadership interacted to enable the…

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Christus Health CIO discusses how IT supports business strategy (Part 1)

March 8, 2010

In this podcast interview, Christus Health’s SVP/CIO George Conklin describes how his 44-hospital system leverages IT to support its business. The overall organization has a three-part strategy:

  1. Revamp acute care to lower costs and boost quality
  2. Shift toward non-acute settings including mall-based…
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Google tightens policy on ads for online pharmacies

March 2, 2010

Received this interesting tip from medical writer Brian Bujdos:

U.S.-based pharmaceutical companies may see a subtle spike in revenue due to Google’s revised policies that no longer allow Canadian pharmacies, as well as many “rogue” pharmacies to advertise on Google through…

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Podcast interview with Quantros CEO Dr. Sanjaya Kumar (transcript)

February 5, 2010

This is the transcript of my recent podcast interview with Quantros co-founder and CEO Dr. Sanjaya Kumar.

David Williams: This is David E. Williams, co-Founder of MedPharma Partners and author of the Health Business Blog.  I’m speaking today with Dr. Sanjaya…

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Podcast interview with Quantros CEO Dr. Sanjaya Kumar

February 4, 2010

Quantros provides software and services to the health care industry, with a focus on safety, risk management, quality and performance improvement. I spoke recently with Dr. Sanjaya Kumar, CEO and founder about a number of current topics, including:

  • The impact of…
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A conversation with Practice Fusion CEO Ryan Howard (transcript)

January 21, 2010

This is the transcript of my recent podcast interview with Practice Fusion CEO Ryan Howard.

David Williams: This is David E. Williams, co-founder of MedPharma Partners and author of the Health Business Blog.  I’m speaking today with Ryan Howard, CEO of…

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The meaning of meaningful use

January 20, 2010

Software Advice has prepared a chart on meaningful use, illustrating:

  • The definition of meaningful use
  • What EHR software features are required to achieve it
  • How the government will measure it

Incentive for achieving meaningful use will be available soon, so there’s no excuse for…

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