Healthcare IT News - January 2009 - (Page 27) www.HealthcareITNews.com News January 2009 two large hospitals. “We’re extremely passionate and committed to providing the highest quality patient care,” said Thomas Gonzalez, senior vice president and chief quality officer for Valley Baptist. “Implementing EMR technology is a major undertaking, and The Breakaway Group will enable more than 3,000 users at Valley Baptist to adopt the technology efficiently, quickly and thoroughly.” In a growing field, among The Breakaway Group’s competitors ■ Healthcare IT News 27 obama Continued from page 1 lININg Continued from page 1 different payment scheme for chronic illness. Systems are tools that are used to meet business needs. To try to solve the problem by pushing systems, without changing the business rules would probably result in a waste.” John Glaser, vice president, CIO, Partners HealthCare, Boston “First, the government should restructure Medicare reimbursement to incent the adoption and effectice use of EHRs. Second, the government should turn to states to develop state-wide adoption and interop- John Glaser erability plans, providing funds to states that develop good plans, Third, the government should fund, and make permanent, the AHIC successor, HITSP, CCHIT and ONC.” William Spooner, senior vice president, CIO, Sharp HealthCare, San Diego “These past few years we have discussed many required enablers for health information exchange – strong leadership in the form of a permanent National Coordinator, aggressive adoption William Spooner of interoperability standards, reconciliation and rationalization of conflicting privacy regulations, a patient identifier, etc. Mr. Daschle should move boldly on these fronts. As to massive spending, my best advice to Secretary Daschle would be to proceed cautiously.” Jane Olds, chief operating officer, Louisiana Health Network, New Orleans “Government should push for an individual, national health ID number for all Americans that will enable easier exchange of data across disparate systems. It is a major glitch that comes up in discussions of community connectivity that has put major partnerships in data exchange on hold.” Paul Tang, MD, vice president, CMIO, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Palo Alto, Calif. “I think the administration is absolutely focusing on the right things - providing universal coverage and reforming the payment system to align incentives for health and wellness. Adoption of interoperable health IT (electronic health records and personal health records) is not only an enabler of those top priorities, it’s a requirement. I think the idea of a politically independent health board patterned after the Federal Reserve to set health policies may be the right approach.” ■ For more on these responses and more responses from other leaders go to healthcareitnews.com and enter the eConnect code below. More at HealthcareITNews.com e Connect: obaMa 0109 For a subscription-based fee, the company installs the technology, trains staff, attends the go-live and is on hand for three years to handle changes or updates and train new personnel. The Valley Baptist Health System in south Texas selected The Breakaway Group last August to implement the Information Management for Physician and Patient Access with Clinical Transformation (IMPACT T) initiative, which includes GE Healthcare’s Centricity Enterprise electronic medical record system, Streamline Health’s document imaging, management and workflow software, Picis’ perioperative information management software and ImageCast’s radiology information system. The company will use online simulators and more than 200 “change agents” to get Valley Baptist’s new system up and running and train more than 3,500 users spread over is CTG HealthCare Solutions of Cincinnati, which signed a $1.7 million contract last October to implement Epic Systems software at a major children’s hospital with a large pediatric research program. James R. Boldt, chairman and CEO of parent company CTG, said the healthcare arm represents 25 percent of the company’s total revenue and is its fastest-growing subsidiary. ■ More at HealthcareITNews.com e Connect: liNiNg 0109 ● I use it every day. 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