IT Strategy Council

• Implementing Kanban in Hospital IT Departments

  May 15, 2012 | Research Note

  Examine the results of two hospitals that used Kanban—a Japanese method of aligning inventory or production levels with consumption or demand—to cut backlog and improve throughput in their IT department.

• IT Performance Management: Delivering Value to the Organization

  May 15, 2012 | Research Note

  Today's CIO must deliver value to the entire organization, not just contain costs. So how do you know if you are choosing the right projects? And where do you allocate resources?

• CMS Proposes One Year Extension to ICD-10 Compliance Date In Combined Notice of Proposed Rule

  April 10, 2012 | Research Note

  HHS has proposed a new rule with a new compliance date of Oct. 1, 2014 for ICD-10. Read our analysis of what this new date means to your organization.

• New Survey Shows EMRAM Stage 6 and 7 Hospitals Target and Achieve Many EMR Benefits

  April 5, 2012 | Research Note

  Hospitals with advanced EMRs report a broad range of benefits, including clinical quality enhancement, patient safety improvement, and operational efficiencies. Learn about the strategies these organizations use to achieve those benefits.

• Maximizing Your CMIO's Effectiveness 

  April 3, 2012 | Research Note

  Ensure your CMIO's effectiveness by carefully examining his or her role in your organization—a strong, collaborative partnership with the CIO is key to success.

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• Realize the potential of clinical decision support systems

  Jan. 6, 2012 | Infographic

  Apply five principles to realize the full potential of CDS.

• First Look at the Proposed Rule on Stage 2 of Meaningful Use 

  March 1, 2012 | Research Note

  CMS has released its proposed rule for Stage 2 of the EHR incentive program. We've read through the 455-page proposal and broken out 10 takeaways.

• EMR Benefits and Benefit Realization Methods of Stage 6 and 7 Hospitals 

  February 17, 2012 | Research Note

  Hospitals with advanced EMR systems report achieving a wide range of EMR adoption benefits, including clinical quality enhancement, patient safety improvement, and operational efficiencies.

• The New Performance Standard—IT Implications

  March 9, 2012 | Research Note

  Explore how IT supports health care organizations in their efforts on meaningful use, ICD-10, and accountable care.

• BI Strategies for the Small to Mid-Sized Health Care Enterprise

  January 18, 2012 | Research Note

  Learn how business intelligence—supported by an enterprise data warehouse—can help measure and manage clinical quality and costs.