2011 September Features

Sept. 1, 2011

COVER TOPIC – SPECIAL REPORT-HEALTHCARE CIO SALARY SURVEY

CIOs report on one of their busiest years

Healthcare CIOs have their hands full with meaningful-use missions and other priorities. But their pockets are fuller, too, with a growing compensation and healthy bonuses.
By Michael E. Hilts

CLINICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Eight ways to smooth your CIS install

Health Management Technology asked select industry experts to respond to the following question:
What are the best ways to minimize the pains associated with selecting and adopting a clinical information system?

HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE

Grassroots approach builds connected health community

Physician retention, practice survival, quality of care fuel decision.
By Rebecca Armato

RHIO stabilizes finances

Rochester RHIO committee develops revenue plan to cover $3 million annual operating cost.
By Ted Kremer

HIE: The interoperable way to deliver quality healthcare

Finally, the concept of health information exchange is being more concretely defined and accepted by the healthcare community.
By Betty Otter-Nickerson

Roadmap of a successful local HIE

The Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative provides an instructive success story.
By Dave Delano

Supporting ACOs

A flexible strategy for expanding health information exchange.
By Gregory J. Raglow, M.D.

UNIQUE DEVICE IDENTIFICATION

Making best use of unique device identification

UDI is valuable when it provides actionable intelligence to deal with critical changes in device status.
By Mary Baum

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT

Is your practice management system ready?

HIPAA 5010 and ICD-10 have implications for virtually every PM system.
By Kevin Weinstein

HMT EXCLUSIVE

The future of mobile healthcare

World Congress conference spotlights mobile health strategies.

VIEWPOINT

Taking patient advocacy to a whole new level

by Phil Colpas

THOUGHT LEADERS

Preventing network breaches

by Steven Sprague

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