Christina's Considerations

Strategic Planning and IT

I recently joined forces with some other powerful consultants at Tower, a national consulting group focused on re-defining patient experiences across all touch points (physical and virtual). I'm particularly excited to have the opportunity to leverage my many years experience... Read more →

Southern California HIMSS Annual Healthcare IT Conference

The Annual Healthcare IT Conference of the SoCal Chapter of HIMSS is coming up quickly on April 4th in Los Angeles. It is a great networking and learning event for healthcare professionals, but it is also a wonderful opportunity to... Read more →

Securing and Optimizing Your iPad Experience

The hospital risk manager in me is at it again! It has been wonderful to think through the emerging technologies and share the risks I see along with available solutions. My latest contribution to a HealthcareIT News article almost seems... Read more →

CA Nurses Can Administer Anesthetics

A state appeals court has ruled nurses who are trained as anesthetists do not need a doctor's supervision to give anesthetics to California hospital patients. I think the impact will be primarily felt in rural communities where it is often... Read more →

Making Patient Experience a Priority - Infographic

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The Gumbo Chronicles: Shedding Light on Recovery

One year ago I commented about the co-existence of oil and fisheries in my home state of Louisiana. This year I share an article that seems to cut right through to the true status of the recovery. Many times I've... Read more →

Financial Impact of Breached Protected Health Information

I believe we all realize that as the industry moves to electronic health records, patients' PHI is more susceptible to exposure. Last year, in an article on the cost of data breaches, I referenced the a project of the American... Read more →

Template RFP for App Development

mHIMSS recently shared a template RFP that can help organizations identify capable firms to provide application (app) development services. But, I'd like to back up a minute and stress the importance of the planning process and developing a clear purpose... Read more →

Hire People You Can Trust

The HBR blog has a post titled, Reward Value, Not Face Time and it brings me back around to the idea of managing a mobile workforce. I really do see more mobile healthcare workforces as an opportunity for hospital leaders... Read more →

BYOD or BYOT

Just before HIMSS12, I learned about BYOD/BYOT (Bring Your Own Device/Technology). Evidently, businesses and some healthcare organizations are encouraging, or allowing their employees, to use their latest and greatest (personal) mobile gadgets (smartphones, tablets, etc) to connect into their information... Read more →

Hospitalists: Continuing to Evolve

Not long ago I agreed to my first audio interview -- a podcast for Executive Insight. It was on the subject of hospitalists and how their role is evolving to include: nocturnists, pediatric, surgeon, intensivist, neurointensivist and other specialists, and... Read more →

Tools Help Foster Communication Between Patients and Clinicians

I'm a big fan of the AHRQ's tools and have a new one to share. I realize that some people aren't impressed by some of the tools, but overall I think that they are good -- and they are free.... Read more →

What I saw/learned at HIMSS12 - Highlights

It has taken me a while to catch up and recover from being at HIMSS12 last week, but I've finally had a chance to sit down and reflect on what I saw and learned during that busy week. So below... Read more →

Convergence of HIE and Social Media

The San Diego Beacon eHealth Community is one example of how we are starting to see the convergence of health information exchange (HIE) and social media technologies. They recently shared the details of their pilot study, which is designed to... Read more →