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One on One with Kern Medical Center's Bill Fawns

laith@laithsinawi.com (Laith Sinawi) — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 22:10:18 +0000

County Hospital CIO Discusses Unconventional Choice

This conversation between HealthsystemCIO.com Editor Anthony Guerra and Kern Medical Center CIO Bill Fawns focuses on the county hospital's OpenVista implementation, the benefits and challenges of open source EHR technology, what a CIO should consider in choosing an open source EHR system, and the health IT sector compared with other industries.

Part One

Part Two

Part Three

Making ‘Best Care Anywhere’ Available Everywhere

laith@laithsinawi.com (Laith Sinawi) — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 22:10:18 +0000

A conversation with author Phillip Longman

Best Care Anywhere author and VA healthcare expert Phillip Longman talks with Medsphere COO Rick Jung about the health risks inherent in the American healthcare system, how the VA became the gold standard for quality care and what healthcare in the U.S. looks like after reform legislation.

A prizewinnning journalist and former deputy assistant managing editor at U.S. News & World Report, Longman is a senior research fellow for the New America Foundation's Economic Growth Program and research director of NAF's Next Social Contract Initiative.

Part I: Mortality and contact with the U.S. healthcare system {play}http://www.medsphere.com/media/audio/MSC_community-MortalityAndContactWithTheUSHealthcareSystem948.mp3{/play} 6:25

Part II: The VA uses VistA to ring Vioxx alarm bells {play}http://www.medsphere.com/media/audio/MSC_community-TheVAUsesVistAToRingVioxxAlarmBells376.mp3{/play} 12:22

Part III: A process, not a program {play}http://www.medsphere.com/media/audio/MSC_community-AProcessNotAProgram222.mp3{/play} 12:36

Part IV: Better quality care for less money {play}http://www.medsphere.com/media/audio/MSC_community-BetterQualityCareForLessMoney754.mp3{/play} 16:51

Can I really get an EHR for $47.16?

laith@laithsinawi.com (Laith Sinawi) — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 22:10:18 +0000

Lutheran CIO weighs in on initial costs, support and affordability

Steve Art

Lutheran HealthCare CIO Steve Art and Medsphere Chief Medical Officer Edmund Billings, MD, discuss selection of an EHR, reasonable costs for a comprehensive system and why it’s so hard to find out how much most EHR systems actually cost.

{play}http://www.medsphere.com/media/audio/MSC_community-CanIReallyGetAnEHRFor4716517.mp3{/play} 14:10

Why OpenVista Made Sense for Kern Medical Center

laith@laithsinawi.com (Laith Sinawi) — Wed, 19 May 2010 22:10:18 +0000

Hospital CEO discusses EHR decision and benefits of open source

Kern Medical Center CEO Paul Hensler, FACHE, a Medsphere customer partner, and Medsphere COO Rick Jung discuss EHR adoption, associated cost savings and how open-source health IT makes it possible to achieve “meaningful use” of health IT in time to maximize federal incentives.

Click here for a transcript of this podcast.

{play}http://www.medsphere.com/media/audio/MSC_community-EMRAdoptionAndAssociatedCostSavingsChoosingOpenSourceAn269.mp3{/play} 20:55

Calculate your Stimulus ROI

laith@laithsinawi.com (Laith Sinawi) — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:10:18 +0000

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