Vince Ciotti

C-Suite Attendee at HIMSS? Hmmmm …

January 12, 2011
Are you a C-level hospital executive going to HIMSS this year? If so, what should you be asking of vendors while you’re here? Short answer: nothing!

2011 Predictions

December 30, 2010
What will be the big news stories in HIT for 2011? I’m sticking my proverbial neck out with the following predictions:

Hamlet's Blackberry

December 1, 2010
Just finished a fascinating book that I heartily recommend to all CIOs: "Hamlet's Blackberry," by William Powers. It's a fascinating review of how this ubiquitous digital world threatens to take over our lives:

Frankly Speaking ...

November 15, 2010
Healthland just announced the appointment of a new CEO: Ms. Angie Franks, former VP of Sales & Marketing. Angie is a real pro in the business: over 20 years of “feet on the street” for vendors, including Lawson, probably the powerhouse in the ERP space, now that Oracle gobbled up PeopleSoft. We’ve worked with Angie a bunch over the past few years, since Healthland (previously known as Dairyland) is one of the major players in small hospital system selections.

Best Kept Secrets in HIT - Part II

October 26, 2010
My apologies to readers who lamented my last blog entry that failed to knock a vendor product. This one will tick them off even more: two bits of good news on two vendor revenue cycle products, both overturning my long-held skepticism:

Best Kept Secrets in HIT (Part I)

August 25, 2010
Most people in the HIT business know about Healthquest, McKesson’s aging mainframe product line, which as roots back to Medipac (COBOL/VSAM) in the halcyon ’70s. And many know about their aging Star and Series products, both born in the minicomputer revolution of the ’80s, and growing a little long in the tooth today. But how many people know that McKesson now has a fully modern replacement for all three of these aging products?

Goldman-Sachs To Enter HIT Consulting!

June 29, 2010
Hard on the heels of congressional testimony into their unbridled corporate avarice, executives from Goldman-Sachs announced their intention to enter the HIT consulting field. Their rationale:

"Allsys? Eclipscript??

June 10, 2010
Wow, will wonders never cease: Allscripts suddenly heard about ARRA (it's been a well-kept secret, huh?), and started looking for an acute-care EHR to buy and sell with their solid ambulatory EHR product.

Siemens Announces Invision Successor

April 30, 2010
It had to happen: with over 600 clients on Invision, Siemens was sweating out their contract renewals, so at long last, they have a new product in the wings that we are giving you advanced details of here. You might guess the name when you see all the letter “E”s in the product description:

EPIC Signs the Universe!

April 12, 2010
EPIC systems today announced the signing of their largest contact to date: the entire Universe, which has agreed to implement EpicCare throughout the galaxy. Details:

Meditech Announces Release 7

April 1, 2010
A product release issued by my imagination: Tired of waiting in line for Meditech’s Release 6? Well, hold on to your britches, ‘cause the ride’s starting again: Boston has just announced Release 7!

Janet Dillione Soars from Siemens

April 1, 2010
Effective April 1, Janet Dillone will be resigning her post as CEO for Health Solutions at Siemens Medical Solutions, Malvern, Pennsylvania. Unfortunately, executives at HIT vendors come and go on a regular basis, with long-term players like Neil Pappalardo at Meditech (40 years) and Neal Patterson at Cerner (30 years) being rare exceptions.