Category Archives: Health Information Systems
A position I held in Health Information Technology in the US Army
Presentation to grad school on my position Lots of interesting pictures from around the world and interesting facts and figures.
•I wanted to serve my country from a very early age….Father said: “It’s the only profession left”
•BA in History from The Citadel, 1991, commissioned as an Army officer the same year
•Led medical units, supervising 26 to 140 individuals, for my first eight years in the military
•Completed MS in Instructional Technology in 1997
•Worked in fixed-medical units for the next eight years in the field of Health Information Systems
•Currently a “consultant” to an executive physician responsible for managing Army Healthcare in Southwest Asia
Automating a Pharmacy business processes
pharmacy upgrade the intergration of technology
The Pharmacy in any military medical facility is at least 30% of the business. Two of my main customers have always been the pharmacy and family practice. I remember meeting with the two department chiefs when I was first CIO at Fort Benning. Their mouths dropped when I asked them what I could do for them.
Top 25 “Most Wired” Small and Rural Hospital’s in US
most wired news article CIO of facility that was select as top 25 in US
The best thing about this hospital winning this award was two of our folks, who where choosen by their peers were able to travel to San Diego, CA to recieve the award.
Stage 1 Standards for Meaningful Use
Federal Register Online [Page 2026] lol…is my favorite page because it starts the objective criteria for what your EHRs have to have to get the Medicare – Medicaid dollars. Most of the folks that put this together are from the Boston area and have been leaders in the field for decades. These items seem basic, but its taken years to get this far. I like it. I love the drug safety alerts. The federal government health care system has been doing this many years. I know avoiding one sentinel event makes this capability cheap. Another fun weekend reading the FR.
