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MoreFour years ago, St. Louis-based Metro Imaging implemented a new radiology information system at its five standalone diagnostic imaging sites employing seven radiologists and 70 other personnel. The new system from Milwaukee-based Merge Healthcare was Windows-based, a technological and cultural leap from the practice's decade-old, DOS-based radiology application.
During the last 10 years, a growing number of physicians have taken the plunge into the world of information technology, spending at least part of their time on clinical automation projects.
Being a solo practitioner isn't easy. And when you decide to open up your practice in one of the poorest cities in the country, it can be even more difficult.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts was up against an extremely tight deadline after the state legislature on April 12, 2006, mandated that by July 1, 2007, every resident must have health insurance.
Lead or follow? It's an age-old question, and hospital CIOs find themselves struggling to come up with an answer when thinking about their organizations' role with electronic health records.
The bottom line was that Misys was not effectively competing with the major acute care vendors, says Vern Davenport, executive vice president and general manager of the Raleigh, N.C.-based company. Davenport joined the company in February. The acute care sector is "very demanding from a research and development viewpoint and very competitive," he notes. "For us to compete with those guys day in and day out required more investment than we were probably making." So
As more provider organizations dive into computerized physician order entry, they are finding that integrating decision support can be an extremely complex undertaking.