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Newsletter
JULY 2017
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Solving for Today.
Preparing for Tomorrow.
With the weather heating up and improved use of EMRs top of mind for Healthcare Delivery Organizations (HDOs), we've intensified our resource development to assist groups in deriving more value from their EMR investment. We’ve surveyed industry thought leaders and gathered they’re invaluable perspectives, as they’ve successfully navigated optimization to transform their EMR from required repository to strategic asset. It’s clear that above and beyond ROI, improved usability and clinician engagement are the keys to success when it comes to EMR optimization.
Following this theme of EMR optimization, we recently had the privilege of collaborating Jim Boyle, Vice President of Information Services, St. Joseph Heritage Healthcare and Sue Schade, Principal, StarBridge Advisors; Interim CIO, Stony Brook Medicine to author a whitepaper on the topic. Our goal is to provide a resource for your organization to tackle the broad initiative of EMR optimization, and to also understand how to put these concepts into practice through perspectives, expertise & experience.
In addition to the whitepaper, we are also excited to announce newly published resources to help HDOs tackle EMR optimization:.
Our Newsletter also reports on:
- MUSE International conference re-cap & Project Claire[IT] presentation recording
- The latest in the CHIME interview series, featuring David Parker, CIO/VP of IT, Magnolia Regional Health Center and Sue Schade, Principal, StarBridge Advisors, LLC
- Continuation of our #IAmGalen blog series, featuring Jason Carmichael, Co-Founder & Chief of Staff, and Matt Woodside, VP of Professional Services
I hope that you find this information helpful, and as always, we welcome your feedback.
Steve Brewer, Chief Executive Officer
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This Issue
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Deriving ROI from Data-driven EMR Clinical Optimization
The first in our EMR optimization blog series as featured on Healthcare Scene. As the capabilities and sophistication of EMRs continue to grow, there is a widening divide between HDOs that harness the capabilities for a competitive advantage and those that are crippled by poor usability, workflows, and adoption. According to a recent survey conducted by KPMG in collaboration with CHIME, 38% of 112 respondents ranked EMR/EMR optimization as their top choice for the majority of their capital investments for the next three years.
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Recapping 2017 MUSE & Operation NerdyWork Presentation
Last month Galen attended the 2017 International MUSE conference in Dallas, TX. As always, there was a lot of anticipation and excitement leading up the 2017 MUSE, and it did not disappoint! Principal Consultant, Kelly Del Gaudio presented with Cathy Alvarez from Uvalde Memorial Hospital on Operation NerdyWork: A MEDITECH Rules Revolution, which focused on Project Claire[IT] and optimizing the MEDITECH system with rules. The presentation was so well received we held a webinar version of it.
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Your Data Migration Questions Answered: Ask the Expert Q&A Panel
Data migrations are complicated. If the right questions aren’t asked at the start of the project, it may be executed in a way that does not meet the needs of all stakeholders, resulting in time-consuming and often expensive rework or project cost overruns. We want to simplify the migration process by giving you the chance to drive the content of our upcoming webcast. Submit any of your data migration questions and we’ll answer them live!
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CHIME Interview Series: David Parker & Sue Schade
Our CHIME Interview Series continues with David Parker, CIO/VP of IT, Magnolia Regional Health Center and Sue Schade, Principal , StarBridge Advisors, LLC. We discuss everything from physician engagement, to EHR transition best practices, and workflow optimization.
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Top 10 Tweets from EHR Optimization HITsm Chat
Galen Healthcare Solutions recently moderated a #HITsm (healthcare IT social media) community chat on Twitter. Justin Campbell (@tjustincampbell) and Julie Champagne (@JulieEChampagne) held the discussion on EHR optimization where we weighed optimization against replacement, discussed EHR optimization opportunities and barriers, and considered EHR optimization levers, effort, KPIs, and ROI.
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#IAmGalen: Jason Carmichael & Matt Woodside
In the latest installment of #IAmGalen we chat with Jason Carmichael, Co-Founder and Chief of Staff, and Matt Woodside, VP of Professional Services. From building snowboards to electronic health record software, Matt has a knack for improving user experience, and now leads our team as the VP of Professional Services to help HDOs improve their products and services; Jason discusses founding Galen and shares how Galen became the problem solving consultancy it is today.
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