Recently Zynx put me in touch with Dr. Murphy, the CMIO of Memorial Hermann regarding the Memorial Hermann deployment of the Zynx knowledge base CPOE systems.
Dr. Murphy agreed to a podcast.
Fred Trotter interviews Memorial Hermann CMIO Dr. Murphy.
Thanks to Google Voice for making this relatively painless…
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Interview with Memorial Hermann CMIO Dr. Murphy
Friday, December 4, 2009
HCHD workers are fired over HIPAA voilations
Monday, November 30, 2009
It is all over the news.
Here is the Houston Chronicle article.
Apparently, employees of the HCHD looked at a sick colleagues medical record without justification. And they got fired for it.
I wonder what will happen if this kind of thing happens over an HIE?
-FT
Memorial Hermann wins NQF award
Monday, February 2, 2009
The excellent Modern Healthcare HIT Strategist (which you should subscribe to if you do not already) writes:
Memorial Hermann wins NQF Healthcare Award
Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, Houston, was named the recipient of the National Quality Forum’s 2009 National Quality Healthcare Award. The 16th annual award recognizes a healthcare organization that successfully uses performance measures to drive […]
Houston Hospitals included in top rankings
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Three local Houston hospitals; Memorial Hermann, Methodist and St. Lukes, have been included in HealthGrades list of the top hospitals.
I cannot find the results on the HealthGrade website. Perhaps a reader might leave the link in a comment.
In any case, its great to see these local hospitals topping the charts!
I wonder what Health IT techniques […]
Memorial Hermann renames the Roger Clemens Institute for Sports Medicine
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Roger Clemens is in some hot water regarding steroid use.
The artist previously known as “Roger Clemens Institute for Sports Medicine” will now be called “Memorial Hermann Sports Medicine Institute”.
In its statement, the hospital said the decision to take off Clemens’ name was made “to better reflect its commitment to all sports and athletes” and […]
HEB, Memorial Hermann annouce largest in-store clinic
Monday, November 17, 2008
According to cnbc, RediClinic Opens 15th Greater Houston Location, in Association with Memorial Hermann New Clinic, … Largest Retail-based Convenient Care Clinic in the U.S.
What is interesting about this, besides it being huge. Is that it also features the fact that athenahealth has been selected as the EHR provider for the site. From what I […]
Harris County Hospital District employee loses PHI
Monday, August 11, 2008
The Houston Chronicle reports:
“A low-level Harris County Hospital District administrator probably violated federal law when she downloaded medical and financial records for 1,200 patients with HIV, AIDS and other medical conditions onto a flash drive that later was lost or stolen, legal experts said Thursday.”
-FT
Houston HIE conference featured in ADVANCE for Nurses
Monday, June 2, 2008
ADVANCE for Nurses has an article covering the Houston HIE conference.
-FT
Dr. Valdes to speak at Houston HIMSS
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Ignacio Valdes, MD, MS, Founder of Linux Medical News, Associate Professor at the University of Texas Health Science Center Houston’s School of Health Information Sciences
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When: Friday May 23rd, 2008 - 11AM to 1PM (Don’t come late, or you’ll miss something)
Where: MD. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Faculty Center Conference Room — […]
Rediclinic, Memorial Hermann, and HEB
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
You have been living in the dark in Houston medical care if you did not know that Memorial Hermann is co-branding retail clinics with Rediclinic inside several HEB stores. What is interesting and relevant from an IT perspective is that Rediclinic is advertising the service via Google Ads. Rediclinic is currently the only advertiser when […]