Today’s hospitals ideally contain highly integrated systems for operating the hospital and for collecting and providing clinical information to healthcare providers. Historically, hospitals have implemented... More

A few weeks ago, something compelled me to dust off an old copy of Stephen Covey’s, “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” and reread... More

This summer, my mother entered a hospital in Virginia, and within a few days, she passed away from complications of stage 4 lung cancer that... More

As we embark on National Health IT Week, I am excited to see that expanding access to broadband and Telehealth is one of the key... More

A comprehensive revenue cycle review could be prudent to ensure your system and team are working optimally. As discussed previously in the first of a... More

Creating a robust applications portfolio is a key first step to any legacy data management project, and it’s a good tool to help keep track... More

Yesterday (September 3, 2019) ONC announced that it has awarded the Sequoia Project the cooperative agreement to serve as the Recognized Coordinating Entity (RCE) for... More

Healthcare delivery, financing and technology continue to change at an unprecedented pace. Healthcare organizations are challenged with being innovative and responding to the increase in... More

When I share with people that I am a healthcare IT consultant, I am often asked what exactly that means. In my role, I advise... More

New projects often have lengthy checklists to ensure they are implemented correctly. One to-do item that can get overlooked amid the buzz is an official... More

When implementing an EMR, the minutiae of data conversion planning can easily be overlooked with the various other tasks occurring in a complex project. You... More

With so much jargon involved in healthcare IT projects, is there any difference between operational readiness, culture, and change management? The people side of healthcare... More

There are many reasons why an organization would and should consider a data archival program. The major reasons tend to revolve around reducing costs and... More

I’ve been managing projects and programs for over 24 years and in this time I’ve seen all different types of methodologies and approaches to projects.... More

A recent survey from the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) of Chief Financial Officers (CFO’s) names “financial challenges” as their largest worry with revenue... More