Though there is a surge in COVID-19 cases, many organizations are adjusting to the ‘new normal’ or at least the ‘normal for now’. Many of us are now going back to revisit what was on our list of 2020 projects. I would hazard a guess that many have ‘EHR optimization’[…]
Advancing your Healthcare IT Career – Leading in the Time of COVID-19…and Beyond
Last September I wrote a blog post about advancing your healthcare IT career that focused on three ingredients for success: understanding the business, understanding technology and understanding yourself. Life certainly changed dramatically since I wrote those words last September. Still, those three areas have relevance, regardless of the impact of[…]
Closing the Gap on Disaster Preparedness – A More Efficient Way to Flatten the Curve
The coronavirus pandemic has revealed a significant gap in disaster management at many facilities, including those who treat in place and those who set up alternate treatment sites. To triage, treat, and manage the overwhelming volume of urgent and emergent patients, many provider organizations are passing on the opportunity to[…]
Creating a Story of Value About Your EHR
A message from StarBridge Advisors: As we have learned from disruptive and unanticipated disasters of the past, the initial reactions are often shock, fear of uncertainty, concern over the loss of control, and a strong desire to get back to “normal.” The reactions to COVID-19 are all of these and[…]
10 Steps to Prepare for 2020 – Big Challenges – Bigger Opportunities
It’s that time of year again when prognosticators and futurists compile a top 10 list for the upcoming year. Please joining me in welcoming 2020 with a call to action for our wonderfully challenging and opportunity rich healthcare IT environment. Before starting the list of recommended actions, I suggest that[…]
Changes in the C- Suite
As seismic shifts in Healthcare continue to accelerate, and disruption becomes more the status quo, health systems are creating new C-Suite roles, demanding new capabilities in existing roles, and seeking new non-industry talent to fill those roles. Creating New C-Suite Roles is one way that organizations are assigning focus and[…]
Aligning IT with business strategy: Be engaged!
By Erik Kubinski, MBA, ACHE There is a lot of literature available to us in books and elsewhere on how to better align IT with the business strategy. A classic book that we still discuss today from the 1990s, is “Practical Steps for Aligning Information Technology with Business Strategies,” even[…]
Who am I? Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) can help.
Who am I? Let’s assume that we’ve solved the positive person identification problem and we know with 100% certainty the identity of the person who’s come for a health or care interaction. Do we really “know” them? I think not. Even today with the proliferation of electronic records and the[…]
Who Belongs at the Center of Everything We Do?
Ask a healthcare system leader where they focus and the answer will generally be the same, “We put the patient at the center of everything we do.” Laudable, but examine how budgets are spent, where efforts are focused, and you’ll find that providers are more often at the center. This[…]
When an interim CIO makes sense
The demand for interim management in IT is high and takes many forms. When there is an unexpected vacancy in a senior IT leadership position and no obvious interim person to step up, the executive team must act quickly. They often start with their trusted network or turn to a firm that specializes in interim management[…]