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We are in the midst of a busy fall conference season for healthcare IT. Conferences provide the opportunity for our team to re-connect with clients, provide updates on our latest solution offerings, and gain an appreciation for market intelligence, as we attempt to anticipate the needs of our clients in a shifting health IT space. This fall, we took the opportunity to exhibit and attend Becker’s Hospital Review 3^rd Annual Health IT + Revenue Cycle Conference, Chilmark Research’s Inaugural Convergence Conference, and NEHIMSS Chapter HIE Advocacy Event. We documented our impressions and insights and invite you to review in the blogs that follow below. Key themes in each of the conferences were continued consolidation through M&A in both the vendor and provider space – driving data migration & archival needs, optimization of EMR/EHR to derive untapped productivity and efficiency increase - as well as to improve clinical quality, and deeper collaboration between providers, payers & employers as the consumer/member/patient bears an ever-increasing share of costs.
 
That said, conference season is not done yet. We will be attending the MEDITECH Physician and CIO Forum in Foxborough, MA 10/18-10/19, and the CHIME Fall CIO Forum in San Antonio on 10/31-11/3. We invite you to reach out to our team if you will be in attendance, as we would relish the opportunity for a meeting and/or a potential interview as part of our series. Lastly, we invite you to attend a complimentary webinar, hosted by healthsystemCIO, on 10/19 at 12PM EST: KLAS Reports: Implementation Services 2017: Which Firms Consistently Exceed Expectations? Report author, Garrett Hall, Research Director, Cybersecurity & Implementation Services, KLAS, will share what he found when delving into the data for the top purveyors of health IT implementation services.
 
Our Newsletter also reports on:

• Continuation of our CHIME Interview Series with Briand Sterud, VP of IT/CIO at Faith Regional Health Services and Todd Rogow, CHCIO, Senior VP & CIO, Healthix.
• Considerations and lessons learned from an Allscripts, McKesson & MEDITECH transition to Epic – legacy application support & data migration.
• Patient identification, patient matching, and the potential need for a national patient identifier.

I hope that you find this information helpful, and as always, we welcome your feedback.

Steve Brewer, Chief Executive Officer

Upcoming Events

OCT 19:
KLAS Reports: Implementation Services 2017: Which Firms Consistently Exceed Expectations?

OCT 18 - OCT 19:
MEDITECH 2017 Physician and CIO Forum

OCT 31 - NOV 3:
CHIME 2017 Fall CIO Forum

ON DEMAND:
[Hosted by Healthcare Informatics] Expert Panel: Seamless EHR Transition Through Data Migration

[Hosted by HealthSystemCIO] Healthcare Data Archival Strategy

Allscripts, McKesson & MEDITECH Legacy Application Support & Data Migration Case Study 

You’re embarking on an enterprise-wide transition. You’ve decided on a new vendor. All of your physicians and staff are on board. The timeline is projected. But with most internal staff working on towards implementing your new system, who will take care of the old, to keep your organization up and running? How do you seamlessly transition? The answer may reside in a perfect pair: Legacy Application Support & Data Migration.

CHIME Interview Series: Brian Sterud & Todd Rogow

In the latest installments of our CHIME Interview series, we spoke with Brian Sterud, VP of IT/CIO at Faith Regional Health Services about the importance of security and networking, especially during times of transition. We also spoke with Todd Rogow, CHCIO, Senior VP & CIO at Healthix, the largest public health information exchange (HIE) in the nation, which delivers data of more than 16 million patients.

Patient Identification & Patient Matching: Do We Need a National Patient Identifier

Barriers to developing a National Patient Identifier persist. Congress continues to ban federal funding to develop an NPI and tech vendors are reluctant to share their proprietary information for fear of losing market share. How can we begin to solve for patient data interoperability and health data exchange if we can’t efficiently and effectively identify which patient the data belongs to?

Top 15 Impressions from the Inaugural Chilmark Convergence Conference

Chilmark Convergence highlighted challenges and opportunities for all stakeholders to prosper in the evolving landscape. Chilmark Research identified early movers in the community to share their stories as leaders and participants in the evolving healthcare landscape. This was interspersed with insights from the research team and guided discussion sessions, highlighting opportunities for success in this new paradigm.

KLAS Reports: Implementation Services 2017: Which Firms Consistently Exceed Expectations?

In this latest installment of healthsystemCIO’s quarterly webinar series with KLAS, you’ll learn about the top purveyors of implementation services. You’ll hear directly from report author Garrett Hall, Research Director, Cybersecurity & Implementation Services, KLAS, about what he found when delving into the data and what it means for you. There will also be a robust Q&A to answer all of your questions.

New England HIMSS Health IT Advocacy & Health Information Exchange Conference

We attended the New England HIMSS Health IT Advocacy & Health Information Exchange Conference: A full-day educational and networking event to discuss and learn about emerging technologies in Health Information Exchange and their impact on care coordination and policy.

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