The HIMSS/AMDIS Physician Community is pleased to announce the launch of the Physician Community Podcast Series. This interview series, hosted by William Bria, MD, will focus on issues of interest to physicians involved in healthcare IT and management systems in hospital and health system settings. Dr. Bria is the Chief Medical Information Officer, Shriners Hospital for Children, and is the Chair of the HIMSS Physician Community, a joint initiative of the Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems (AMDIS) and HIMSS.
Future interviews in this series will address issues faced by chief medical information officers (CMIOs), including the evolving role of that position, goals for the CMIO, the CMIO’s relationship with the medical staff, and the CMIO as an influencer or decision maker.
Episode #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 Department of Health, discusses the recent focus on and interest in e-prescribing. Dr. Hale is also the author of the book, Electronic Prescribing for the Medical Practice: Everything You Wanted to Know but Were Afraid to Ask. She addresses the current state of implementation, the advantages of electronic prescribing, and stand-alone e-prescribing versus a full EHR. She provides an overview of the various incentives and multitude of resources available to physicians considering adoption. Dr. Hale also suggests ways to overcome some of the challenges practices may face when implementing an electronic prescribing system. The interview was conducted by William F. Bria, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer, Shriners Hospital for Children, and Chair of the HIMSS/AMDIS Physician Community.
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Additional Electronic Prescribing Tools and Resources:
Medicare’s Practical Guide to the E-prescribing Incentive Program (CMS - November 2008)
Electronic Prescribing Incentive Fact Sheet (CMS - October 2008)
E-Prescribing Fundamentals (HIMSS Website)
Implementation Challenges and Solutions (HIMSS Website)
Quick Tips (HIMSS Website)
Episode #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 Informatics: An Executive Primer. Dr. Ong addresses what the CMIO should do to get an organization ready for implementation of an electronic health record; the role of the CMIO in helping to prevent the failure of an HIT project; and his thoughts on how the results of the recent presidential election may change the landscape of healthcare as it relates to the EHR. The interview was conducted by William F. Bria, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer, Shriners Hospital for Children, and Chair of the HIMSS/AMDIS Physician Community.
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Episode #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 share how their collaboration has enabled more effective medical informatics education, technology implementation and integration in the clinical practice and the migration from a paper-based environment to an automated environment. The interview was conducted by William F. Bria, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer, Shriners Hospital for Children, and Chair of the HIMSS/AMDIS Physician Community.
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Episode #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 Consortium and it use in early or near "real-time" capture, analysis and prevention of adverse patient events. The interview was conducted by Dr. William F. Bria, Chief Medical Information Officer, Shriners Hospital for Children, and Chair of the HIMSS/AMDIS Physician Community.
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Episode #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 analytics to support better patient care. The interview was conducted by Dr. William F. Bria, Chief Medical Information Officer, Shriners Hospital for Children, and Chair of the HIMSS/AMDIS Physician Community.
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Episode #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 computerized practitioner order entry (CPOE). Dr. Blum and Cucina describe the initial requirements, success criteria, challenges and lessons learned of establishing clinical documentation prior to CPOE. The interview is conducted by Dr. William F. Bria, Chief Medical Information Officer, Shriners Hospital for Children, and Chair of the HIMSS/AMDIS Physician Community.
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Episode #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 electronic health records. This new service, according to Dr. Harris, “provides the opportunity of relieving them (patients) of being their own medical librarians.” Dr. Harris, Chief Information Officer and Chairman, IT Division of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, describes how the program works, and the myriad benefits to both patients and healthcare providers.
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