Christina's Considerations

Display of Health Data

Question: Do you know of any of the 600+ RHIOS now under development or even the few already operational that have standardized and clinically integrated the format (at the user interface) in order to efficiently display cumulative diagnostic test results... Read more →

Problem Escalation Process Language

I'm working on some language for an IT agreement and want to see if any of my readers want to volunteer an example or two. I have language to triage problems but need to incorporate how conflicts and unresolved issues... Read more →

Embarking on a New Adventure

Well, it finally happened! I've returned to the hospital at the Chief Operating Officer at Ventura County Medical Center. I've been there for a couple of weeks and it is truly a wonderful place with people who love their workplace!... Read more →

Back to School

As we prepare to head back to school, we need to be mindful of the need to insuring children and their families. Covering Kids and Families is the nation's single largest initiative to reduce the number of eligible, uninsured children... Read more →

Best Workplaces for Commuters

What a timely find! The Best Workplaces for Commuters report showcases the positive impact the program has had on greenhouse gas emissions, energy consumption, air pollution and traffic congestion. Read more →

Empowing Consumers with Health IT

Information Technology in healthcare isn't just about making the lives of doctors, nurses and administrators easier. It is also about improving the lives on the consumers of heathcare and we are seeing this trend in the nation's 100 Most Wired... Read more →

Blogger Resource

If you are looking for tools to build a better weblog, you might want to visit Flyte Blog. The site includes some great papers on topics such as increasing traffic to your blog and writing to your audience! Read more →

South Central Center for Public Health Preparedness

Tulane University and the Univeristy of Alabama, Birmingham have partnered to create the South Central Center for Public Health Preparedness. This project, supported by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, offers free, self-paced online courses created specifically for hospital administrators.... Read more →

Medication Reconciliation: 2007 Patient Safety Goals

My earlier post including medication reconciliation tools is extremely popular and found when readers search for "medication reconciliation". So, I've decided to post a follow up and include the actual JCAHO 2007 Patient Safety Goals. Goal 8: Accurately and completely... Read more →

Which Way RHIO?

Now here is a good question for all of you thinking about forming a RHIO... Where do you want to store your data? Dagmara Scalise of Hospitals and Health Networks Magazine had a nice little article on centralized vs federated... Read more →

Request for Information: Hospital Information Technology

I'm starting the process of assessing the IT needs of a 200+ bed hospital and exploring options to help the organization move toward an electronic health record. One ultimate goal is to link this teaching hospital with records at ambulatory... Read more →

Arizona's RHIO Roadmap

Strong leadership and a committed community lead to Arizona's Roadmap! Read more →

Tulane Cares for Day Laborers

The Tulane Latino Health Outreach Project has been started to address a new need in New Orleans. It is something familiar to many communities in California and other areas, but fairly new to New Orleans and its surrounding areas. During... Read more →

Pay for Performance Programs

Ever since Jeff Flick, Regional Administrator for CMS, spoke at my February HCE Program, I've been learning more about Pay for Performance Programs. For the last two years I've followed them as a result of my work with RHIOs and... Read more →