Episode #1: Why Value? Why Now?
In the inaugural episode of STEPS to Value, Rod Piechowski, Senior Director, Health Information Systems at HIMSS, serves as host and moderator. His first guest is Pat Wise, Vice President, HIS at...
View ArticleEpisode #2: Know Your STEPS: Satisfaction
In this episode, we begin our exploration of the HIMSS STEPS value framework, starting with the topic of satisfaction. We talk with Greg Wolverton, CIO for ARcare, a Davies & EMRAM Stage 7...
View ArticleEpisode #3: Know Your STEPS: Treatment/Clinical Value
In this episode, we examine the "T STEP" of the HIMSS HIT Value STEPS framework, Treatment and Clinical. This category is well-represented in Value Suite data collection, and covers topics such as...
View ArticleEpisode #4: Know Your STEPS: Electronic Secure Data
In this episode, we continue our exploration of the HIMSS STEPS value framework, looking at the topic of electronic secure data. We talk with Lisa Gallagher on the importance of data security when...
View ArticleEpisode #5: Know Your STEPS: Patient Engagement & Population Management
In this episode, we continue our exploration of the HIMSS STEPS value framework, looking at the topic of patient engagement & population management. We talk with thought leaders from Hawaii Pacific...
View ArticleEpisode #6: Know Your STEPS: Savings
In this episode, we complete our exploration of the HIMSS STEPS value framework, looking at the topic of savings. We talk with Hilo Medical Center and their Davies award winning efforts to drive...
View ArticleEpisode #7: How mHealth Is Driving Value
In this episode, we begin to look at how mHealth is transforming care delivery and how organizations are driving value from their mHealth investments. We speak with Dr. Ricky Bloomfield Jr., Director...
View ArticleEpisode #8: The Importance of Trust: Health Data Security
In this episode, we focus on the role data security & privacy management plays in driving trust amongst clinicians and patients alike. We speak Sriram Bharadwaj, CISSP, CLSSBB, CPHIMS, Director,...
View ArticleEpisode #9: The Hidden Value of Your Supply Chain
While almost eighty percent of items used by a hospital cost less than $20 each, thousands of dollars are spent capturing consumption of those items. Have you untapped the hidden value in your supply...
View ArticleEpisode #10: Teaching Value
Paradigm shifts often are the strongest when they start from the bottom up. As the healthcare industry transforms, how does health & technology education transform in response? In this episode, we...
View ArticleEpisode #11: The Value of Exchange: How HIEs Drive Value
With over 70% of doctors’ offices now utilizing electronic health records, the important first steps involved in laying the groundwork for true interoperability of protected health information have...
View ArticleEpisode #12: The Value of the HIMSS Conference: Tips for Conference Attendees
The HIMSS Annual Conference connects, educates and informs 40,000+ health IT professionals, clinicians, executives and vendors from around the world each year. With hundreds of education sessions,...
View ArticleEpisode #13: The Value of the HIMSS Conference: Tips for Conference Participants
The HIMSS Annual Conference connects, educates and informs 40,000+ health IT professionals, clinicians, executives and vendors from around the world each year. With hundreds of education sessions,...
View ArticleEpisode #14: The Value of the HIMSS Conference: Tips for Covering the Conference
The HIMSS Annual Conference connects, educates and informs 40,000+ health IT professionals, clinicians, executives and vendors from around the world each year. With hundreds of education sessions,...
View ArticleSpecial Episode: Jennifer Horowitz on the 2016 HIMSS Value of Health IT Survey
In this short episode of STEPS to Value, Jennifer Horowitz, MA, CPHIMS, FHIMSS Senior Director, Research at HIMSS describes the findings of the 2016 HIMSS Value of health IT Survey. All respondents to...
View ArticleEpisode #15: Being Accountable: The Evolution to Value-based Care
The shift from a fee-for-service to a value-based reimbursement model represents as big of a change for the healthcare industry as the shift from paper to electronic medical records. As policy &...
View ArticleEpisode #16: How the Davies Award Drives Value at Your Organization
Since 1994, the HIMSS Nicholas E. Davies Award of Excellence has recognized outstanding achievement of organizations who have utilized health information technology to substantially improve patient...
View ArticleEpisode #17: How Ransomware is Impacting Health IT
We’ve all seen stories of hospital operations impacted by ransomware over the past few months, and in this episode of STEPS to Value we examine this particularly troublesome variant of malware and...
View ArticleEpisode #18: The Imperative of the Nursing Voice in HIT
The conversation between clinicians and designers is integral when developing effective digital clinical technologies. A health IT super user and key voice in that conversation is the nurse. What...
View ArticleSpecial Episode 1: Ten-Minute MACRA: What’s MACRA?
This episode reviews the structure of the proposed rule, including its Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) component & its Alternative Payment Models (APM) component. We will also discuss...
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