Al was a previous guest on the show and he did such a great job in May of 2020 that I brought him back for the sequel. Al is now 1 year into his CMIO role at Nuvance Health and in this episode we discuss what that year has been like, his influ

Assessing IT Culture with Adam Tallinger

Dec 22nd, 2020 32m 53s

IT culture is a unique beast, especially in healthcare where there is such a focus on safety. "Go slow and say no" seems to be a common mantra and can create a lot of tension between operations and IT. Adam has a ton of experience with assess

Interview with Ori Lotan

Sep 19th, 2020 33m 21s

Ori is a CMIO with a ton of experience. His recent blog post about training physicians really resonated with me. Train the workflow, not the functionality. Build muscle memory. Allow providers to listen to the material at home and then let

CMIO News to Know for the Week of Sept 14

Sep 14th, 2020 24m 36s

This week I cover 2 stories about health insurers pushing us more towards value than volume. Humana launched 2 new bundled payments; one for CABG and another for shoulder replacement. United Health Group CEO discusses how the COVID pandemic i

nterview with Michael Stamatinos, Healthcare Innovator

Sep 12th, 2020 32m 16s

Michael has a unique role in healthcare. He helps startups connect with health systems to solve the most pressing problems facing the system. In this episode we discuss how a CMIO is involved with innovators, what to do when a colleague prese

CMIO News to Know for the Week of Sept 6th

Sep 7th, 2020 30m 24s

Hope you enjoyed your Labor Day weekend. It was beautiful here on the east coast and the beaches were plenty busy. This week I cover some of Judy's comment about Epic's Cosmos, nursing optimization, and a bunch of articles around telehealth.

Taking Over a New Team

Sep 4th, 2020 43m 57s

Bill Russell and I discuss the first 90 days of taking over a new team. A quote from Bill: "Our problem in Health IT is we consider it a good day if nothing went down and we got our work done. The reality is every day that nothing went down ,

CMIO News to Know for the Week of Aug 31

Sep 1st, 2020 24m 38s

This week I cover the Amazon Halo wearable and all the things it can do. Toy or healthcare game changer? For you to decide. I also cover a cool AI story about uncovering illicit online pharmacies, ways to make CDS better, and AI for docume

CMIO News to Know for the Week of August 24th

Aug 24th, 2020 29m 31s

This week I cover the letter from AHA to the HHS about keeping telehealth going. We seem to be losing momentum, but we are not out of this pandemic yet and there are certainly benefits beyond COVID-19. I also cover a new tool that normalizes

Questions I get asked by doctors and the answers come from CIO Dave Lehr

Aug 21st, 2020 27m 39s

"Why does my computer lock at 8 minutes" and "How come I can't use the VPN to connect to the hospital" are questions I know you get too. So I found a CIO to help me answer them. Dave Lehr is the CIO for Lumenis Healthcare in Maryland and he j

CMIO News to Know for the Week of August 17th

Aug 18th, 2020 26m 25s

This week I cover the FANTASTIC news that CMS is delaying the penalty phase of the PAMA law that requires providers to consult with clinical decision support before ordering advanced imaging tests. The delay is for another year; perhaps someon

Interview with Dr. Craig Joseph

Aug 15th, 2020 33m 9s

Craig is now a CMO at Nordic, but has significant experience as a CMIO and with informatics. He has his own blog and I picked a few posts to dive in a little deeper on those topics. We cover "Leading the Curated Life", a post about delivering

CMIO News to Know for the Week of Aug 10th

Aug 10th, 2020 18m 44s

This week I cover how UCHealth automated prior auth processes and saved a ton of money; we should all be looking at these technologies to reduce the cost of manual data entry in healthcare. I also cover the difficulties of installing Cerner in

Interview with Dr. Gabe Charbonneau about AI speech to text

Aug 8th, 2020 32m 18s

Are we getting to the place where AI speech to text is ready to go mainstream? Gabe is a vocal proponent for fighting physician burnout and is always seeking new technologies to make charting more efficient. In this episode, we explore AI spe

CMIO News to Know for the Week of August 3rd

Aug 3rd, 2020 27m 42s

This week I cover a study from JAMIA about the completeness of problem lists; good info for you to compare how your system does versus what they found in the study for completeness and duplicates. The House approved a bill that moves us one st

Interview with Paddy Padmanabhan. What a CMIO Needs to Know About the Digital Front Door

Jul 31st, 2020 40m 1s

The Digital Front Door is an area typically covered by the chief marketing officer or perhaps a CTO or CDO, but I think there is plenty for a CMIO to be involved with in this area as well. In this episode, I interview a clear expert in the fie

CMIO News to Know for the Week of July 27th

Jul 27th, 2020 34m 40s

This week I cover the New Yorker piece on how primary care is struggling; worth reading about to help understand what is going on in private practices. Another article I like from this week is Google's announcement about BigQuery Omni, that le

Interview with Dr. Everett Weiss

Jul 26th, 2020 34m 29s

Everett has an interesting journey as a former CMIO and previous employee at Allscripts. We discuss the importance of showing value to your health system and get very tactical. We provide real life examples of where we focus to generate a pos

CMIO News to Know for the Week of July 20th

Jul 20th, 2020 18m 38s

This week I cover 6 articles, including what UC health is doing with huge data sets to help us all understand what is working and what is not with COVID treatments, a new bipartisan bill hit the House on Thursday that aims to keep telehealth al

Interview with Matt Mesnik

Jul 17th, 2020 39m 21s

Special 100th episode anniversary for CMIO Podcast. I have Dr. Matt Mesnik on the show to talk about the collaboration we have between Spok and Peninsula Regional. Matt is their CMO and has a phenomenal background in healthcare IT and is an e

CMIO News to Know for the Week of July 13

Jul 13th, 2020 20m 8s

This week I cover a story about providers predicting that their telehealth visit volumes will drop to <10% of their visits next year. I disagree and tell you why. I also cover some news about ambient AI for completing your notes, another syst

CMIO News to Know for the Week of July 6th

Jul 10th, 2020 19m 51s

We are closing in on our 100th episode! Happy July 4th weekend and I hope your holiday was safe and social distanced. This week I cover that HHS is extending the public health emergency another 90 days; telehealth payment rules are part of th

Interview with Michael Hasselberg

Jul 10th, 2020 29m 44s

Michael is from the University of Rochester and recently published an article about the digital landscape in healthcare. U of R is doing some amazing things with outcomes data to deliver meaningful insights to patients and providers. Michael

CMIO News to Know - July 6th

Jul 6th, 2020 11s

This week I cover that HHS is extending the public health emergency another 90 days; telehealth payment rules are part of this emergency. Walmart plans to expand its health supercenters; currently at 4 but plan for how you will respond before

Interview with Dr. Mark Toups

Jul 2nd, 2020 28m 43s

"And what I wanted to instill was curiosity. It was okay not to know. It was okay to be bewildered and to wonder, and to be curious and whatever we were curious about, we would come back and see could we find information about it?" Mark sent