Sonya Christian, CIO, West Georgia Health System, Chapter 1
About West Georgia Health Being a Meditech 6.0 beta site Offering Allscripts Professional to independent docs “Lunch-and-lunch” sessions for physicians Lessons learned from attesting to MU “Pulling our...
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Developing a patient portal strategy, starting with ambulatory Piloting BYOD with select physicians and staff Using Citrix to view apps on smartphones “We’re going to have to be able to secure these...
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The value of mentoring The power of education combined with diverse experience Giving back to the industry Katrina's disaster recovery lessons
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Making disaster preparedness a priority — “We need to be vigilant” “Use it or lose it” with vacation days The challenge of keeping staff motivated Data exchange inside and outside of WGH The HIE...
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About West Georgia Health Being an early adopter — “We have the ear of the developers” Balancing her team’s “competitive spirit” with a dose of practicality The “on-ramp” to the Georgia HIN Expanding...
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Patient portal focus groups Stage 2 reporting requirements Partnering with API Healthcare to cut costs “We actually changed our methodology.” Role of analytics in population health management No ACO...
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Preparing for ICD-10 Recruiting from within Her mentoring work with the CIO Executive Council Making the transition from technical leader to “motivational leader.” The skillset today’s leaders need “I...
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