Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)

Revisit what some hospital CIOs identified as their key challenges last year. From standardization of workflow processes to increasing compliance demands to concerns about privacy and security, CIOs had a full plate in 2014.

“We will not be attesting to meaningful use Stage 2 in 2014,” Marc Probst, chief information officer of Intermountain, told Healthcare IT News. “And frankly, most of my peers are not as well.”

Doug Fridsma, MD, Ph.D, of the ONC discusses interoperability challenges, standards, and policies at HIMSS14.

Linda Shanley, Vice President and CIO at Saint Francis Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut, discusses IT goals for 2014, including the formation of an ACO comprised of "24 different EHRs."

Paul Kleeberg discusses CCHIT and his agenda for his upcoming term as incoming chairman for HIMSS.

Mary Beth Mitchell, CNIO at Texas Health Resources, receives the 2014 Davies Award at HIMSS14.

John Glaser, Ph.D., talks about common issues for EHR customers and his top priorities for Siemens.

Dave Holland, CIO of Southern Illinois Healthcare, talks about process improvement and clinical workflows in nursing.

Phil Curran, Chief Information Security Officer at Cooper Health, shares his thoughts on trust in cloud technology, vetting vendors and crafting Business Associate Agreements in the wake of the new HIPAA Omnibus Rule.

So you are in the market for a new EMR and you quickly realize that there are hundreds of companies in this market. How do you choose?