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Sep 13, 2020

CMIO News to Know for the Week of Sept 14th

This week I cover 2 stories about health insurers pushing us more towards value than volume. Humana launched 2 new bundled payments; one...

Sep 6, 2020

CMIO News to Know for the Week of Sept 6th

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...

Aug 31, 2020

CMIO News to Know for the Week of August 31

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...

Aug 23, 2020

CMIO News to Know for the Week of August 24th

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...

Aug 18, 2020

CMIO News to Know for the Week of August 17th

This week I cover the FANTASTIC news that CMS is delaying the penalty phase of the PAMA law that requires providers to consult with...

Aug 10, 2020

CMIO News to Know for the Week of August 10th

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...

Aug 2, 2020

CMIO News to Know for the Week of Aug 3rd

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...

Jul 27, 2020

CMIO News to Know for the Week of July 27th

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...

Jul 19, 2020

CMIO News to Know for the Week of July 20th

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...

Jul 12, 2020

CMIO News to Know for the Week of July 12th

This week I cover a story about providers predicting that their telehealth visit volumes will drop to <10% of their visits next year. I...

Jul 5, 2020

CMIO News to Know for the Week of July 6th

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...

Jun 29, 2020

CMIO News to Know for the Week of June 30th

I am back after a 1 week break, although I did record a show with Bill Russell from This Week in Health IT that will air on June 30th. I...

Jun 14, 2020

CMIO News to Know for the Week of June 15th

This week I cover stories about patients finding errors in their medical records; a lot of errors and some are scary. I go on a minor...

Jun 8, 2020

CMIO News to Know for the Week of June 8th

This week I cover an article about inequities in digital healthcare, either due to lack of internet access or lack of devices. I also...

Jun 1, 2020

CMIO News To Know for the Week of June 1

Welcome to the first week of June and another episode of CMIOPodcast News to Know. This week I talk about non-contact patient monitoring...

May 25, 2020

CMIO News to Know for the Week of May 25th

Happy Memorial Day. This week I cover 7 articles CMIOs should know about; bedside smart speakers to improve patient satisfaction and...

May 18, 2020

CMIO News to Know for the Week of May 19th

This week I continue to work from my home office (also called the kitchen table depending on the time of day) and hope all of you are...

May 3, 2020

CMIO News to Know for the Week of May 4th

This week I cover a lot on telehealth, because it is finally coming to center stage in healthcare. I discuss Epic's foray into the...

Apr 12, 2020

CMIO News to Know for the Week of April 13th

This week I cover more about the Coronavirus outbreak. The article concerns me the most is about the Mayo Clinic anticipating a $3...

Apr 5, 2020

CMIO News to Know for the Week of April 6th

More Coronavirus news this week. ONC basically suspends HIPAA so states and health departments can get the data they need without...

Mar 29, 2020

CMIO News to Know for the Week of March 30th

Of course I cover Coronavirus, but it's from a CMIOs point of view. Telehealth is the big thing this week as systems try to stand up...

Mar 22, 2020

CMIO News to Know for the Week of March 23rd

The Coronavirus is in the center stage and all the news stories are touching on this unprecedented times. Today I will cover the changes...

Mar 16, 2020

CMIO News to Know for the Week of March 17th

Coronavirus is the main topic in every podcast, blog, or other news medium so I can't really avoid it. But I promise not to overwhelm...

Mar 8, 2020

CMIO News to Know for the Week of March 9th

The absolute most important thing to read this week is....My interview with Jackie Drees in Becker's about physician builders. Came out...

Mar 2, 2020

CMIO News to Know for the Week of March 2nd

This week I cover 2 articles relating to difficult EMR installations, healthcare IT and coronavirus (no great options here), who is going...

Feb 23, 2020

CMIO News to Know for the Week of Feb 24th

News this week: ONC releases its plan to reduce documentation burdens. Training investments paid off for OrthoVirginia (and measuring...

Feb 16, 2020

CMIO News to Know for the Week of Feb 17th

This article from Academic Medicine: (https://journals.lww.com/academicmedicine/Abstract/publishahead/Commercial_Interests_in_Continuing_...

Feb 9, 2020

CMIO News to Know for the Week of Feb 10th

This week I cover the AMA's article about the increase in physician adoption of technology, One Medical's IPO and the impact on primary...

Feb 2, 2020

CMIO News to Know for the Week of Feb 3rd

This week I cover some of the hype that is starting for HIMSS including an article about 5G and AT&T, Microsoft has an article too. ...

Jan 27, 2020

CMIO News to Know for the Week of Jan 27th

News stories this week touch on a variety of things Epic is up to. The letter from Judy to health system CEOs made the news and if you...

Jan 20, 2020

CMIO News to Know for the Week of Jan 20th

This week I review the 5 year strategic plan presented by the ONC, and the lobbying fight that is ensuing. The mud slinging is far more...

Jan 13, 2020

CMIO News to Know for the Week of Jan 13th

This week I cover a few stories about performance in pop health, including the announcement about the NextGen ACOs not creating enough...

Jan 6, 2020

CMIO News to Know for the Week of Jan 6th.

Starting the year off with some important topics. Seeing some early adoption of AI and I believe we will see AI become more mainstream. ...

Dec 23, 2019

CMIO News to Know for the Week of Dec 23rd

This week I cover the ONC data revealing safety issues in our EHRs, the limited data in the literature about how we should train medical...

Dec 17, 2019

CMIO News to Know for the Week of Dec 16th

This week I cover 5 articles. The first is about a Florida medical group that got fined y the OCR for not releasing records to a patient....

Dec 9, 2019

CMIO News to Know for the Week of Dec 9th

This week I cover a story on the patient safety risks of the EHR, The difficulty of getting adoption for value based payments, a study on...

Dec 1, 2019

CMIO News to Know for the Week of December 2nd

Hope you had a great Thanksgiving! This week I cover an article about chatbots, GE entering the AI healthcare space (a bit late if you...

Nov 25, 2019

CMIO News to Know for the Week of Nov 25th

This week Google and Ascension have been in the news. I cover what their doctors are saying they are doing and it sounds like they can...

Nov 18, 2019

CMIO News to Know for the Week of November 18th

Interesting article from HISTalk that shows a CMIO earning 770K while the CIO is at 500k (you don't see that every day); the article is...

Nov 11, 2019

CMIO News to Know for the Week of Nov 11th

This week I cover 2 articles out of KLAS. The first confirms what we already knew - EHR training improves provider satisfaction and...

Nov 4, 2019

CMIO News to Know for the Week of Nov 4th

This week I cover 6 articles from the HealthIT space. Two are editorials written by doctors about their dislike of Epic. Optum buys...

Oct 28, 2019

CMIO News to Know for the Week of October 28th

News review for the week: A 312 page report from the National Academy of Medicine on clinician burnout makes into the Washington Post...

Oct 20, 2019

CMIO News to Know for the Week of Oct 21st

Does the Information Blocking Rule in the 21st Century Cures act basically require systems to release their provider notes via their...

Oct 14, 2019

CMIO News to Know for the Week of Oct 14th

Lots of activity from HHS this week. I review the proposed rule change to the Stark law which has significant impact for CMIOs. Also,...

Oct 6, 2019

CMIO News to Know for the Week of Oct 7th

Today I review the news about how Providence/St. Joe's tackled master data management for their 20,000 provider network, some tech...

Sep 30, 2019

CMIO News to Know for the Week of Sept 30th

This week I cover the new FDA guidance for CDS tools, the new CMS rule for reducing burdens in healthcare, Yale's experience with cost...

Sep 22, 2019

CMIO News to Know for the Week of Sept 23rd

This week I cover recent studies about medication alerts, the latest hospital taken down by ransomware, a physicians impact on patient...

Sep 16, 2019

CMIO News to Know for the Week of Sept 16th

This week I picked 2 articles about telehealth, 2 on AI, one about hospital coding, and I wrap it up by highlighting the Becker's column...

Sep 9, 2019

CMIO News to Know for the Week of Sept 9th

Cerner lays off some people in an effort to maintain 22% margins, physicians write more narcotics late in the day or when they run...

Sep 2, 2019

CMIO News to Know for the Week of Sept 2

This week I cover ZocDoc for online scheduling (why do we need this?), a fancy new command center in Orlando, price transparency, and...