“In order to achieve true interoperability within a healthcare system, the IT leaders must consider the value of leaving physicians in the comfort zone, as well as adopting a patient-centric model, to which all data is anchored, according to a session Tuesday at HIMSS10.
Using his implementation process as a case study, Mrunal Shah, vice president of physician technology services at OhioHealth Information Systems, stressed that all the stakeholders involved in the process need to be taken into consideration. Specifically, in OhioHealth’s case, the stakeholders were the reference lab, reference radiology, marketing/communications, operations, the legal team, finance, physician leaders and key physician practices with an EMR.”
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Justine Cadet, CIO, 2 March 2010
