Comments for Candid CIO http://candidcio.com This is the Blog of Will Weider, CIO of Ministry Health Care and Affinity Health System. This is the place where I share what I have learned through my mistakes and other crazy things in the life of a healthcare CIO. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:07:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU Comment on To Do 2.0 by sumit http://candidcio.com/2008/05/27/to-do-20/#comment-9331 sumit Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:25:58 +0000 http://candidcio.wordpress.com/?p=164#comment-9331 howdy - still sticking with it? about to give this a whirl. have you figured out the line between this and any tool you use to manage tasks/todos that apply to more than one person? thanks! howdy - still sticking with it? about to give this a whirl. have you figured out the line between this and any tool you use to manage tasks/todos that apply to more than one person? thanks!

]]> Comment on To Do 2.0 by Faisal Khan http://candidcio.com/2008/05/27/to-do-20/#comment-9330 Faisal Khan Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:40:56 +0000 http://candidcio.wordpress.com/?p=164#comment-9330 Thanks for sharing. Looks promising, but only time will tell if I do actually end up using it. Thanks for sharing. Looks promising, but only time will tell if I do actually end up using it.

]]> Comment on Ministry’s EHR Announcement by Henry R http://candidcio.com/2008/06/20/ministrys-ehr-announcement/#comment-9327 Henry R Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:58:47 +0000 http://candidcio.wordpress.com/?p=166#comment-9327 Hi Will; You say that "We are also very excited about their willingness to include Ministry as equal partners in the development of the product, even before the contract was signed. " The press release says that: "As part of this agreement, Marshfield Clinic will provide planning, project management, implementation, training, customer service and technical support services to facilitate the installation of these clinical software applications." Is Ministry a co-owner of the software or will it have staff directly developing the software going forward? I'm trying to determine what Ministry IT's ongoing involvement is, other than the completed due diligence and vendor selection of Cattails. Hi Will;
You say that

“We are also very excited about their willingness to include Ministry as equal partners in the development of the product, even before the contract was signed. ”

The press release says that:

“As part of this agreement, Marshfield Clinic will provide planning, project management, implementation, training, customer service and technical support services to facilitate the installation of these clinical software applications.”

Is Ministry a co-owner of the software or will it have staff directly developing the software going forward? I’m trying to determine what Ministry IT’s ongoing involvement is, other than the completed due diligence and vendor selection of Cattails.

]]> Comment on Contact Me by Michelle Fong http://candidcio.com/contact-me/#comment-9322 Michelle Fong Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:58:09 +0000 http://candidcio.com/?page_id=145#comment-9322 Dear Will Weider, Actuate Corporation is in the process of researching blogs and found your blog of interest. We would like to blog on topics that pertain to our business such as business intelligence, enterprise reporting, financial services, web 2.0, rich internet applications, etc. We are writing you to find out ff you accept topics for blogging or if we can submit articles to you. Please let us know if these options are possible and if there are any costs associated. About Actuate: Actuate Corporation is dedicated to increasing the richness, interactivity and effectiveness of enterprise data, for everyone, everywhere. Actuate delivers the next generation RIA-ready information platform for both customer and employee-facing applications. Its proven RIA capabilities and highly collaborative development architecture are backed by the world's largest open source information application developer community, grounded in BIRT, the Eclipse Foundation's only top level Business Intelligence and reporting project. The company has over 4,200 customers globally in a diverse range of business areas which have a long history of deploying Actuate-based solutions for dozens, or even hundreds of their mission-critical applications. For more information visit: http://www.actuate.com Looking forward to hearing from you. Thanks, Michelle Fong Market Development Intern Actuate Corporation 2207 Bridgepointe Parkway, Suite 500 San Mateo, CA 94404 Office: 650-645-3474 Cell: 415-254-8577 Email: mfong@actuate.com Dear Will Weider,

Actuate Corporation is in the process of researching blogs and found your blog of interest. We would like to blog on topics that pertain to our business such as business intelligence, enterprise reporting, financial services, web 2.0, rich internet applications, etc. We are writing you to find out ff you accept topics for blogging or if we can submit articles to you. Please let us know if these options are possible and if there are any costs associated.

About Actuate:
Actuate Corporation is dedicated to increasing the richness, interactivity and effectiveness of enterprise data, for everyone, everywhere. Actuate delivers the next generation RIA-ready information platform for both customer and employee-facing applications. Its proven RIA capabilities and highly collaborative development architecture are backed by the world’s largest open source information application developer community, grounded in BIRT, the Eclipse Foundation’s only top level Business Intelligence and reporting project.

The company has over 4,200 customers globally in a diverse range of business areas which have a long history of deploying Actuate-based solutions for dozens, or even hundreds of their mission-critical applications. For more information visit: http://www.actuate.com

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Thanks,

Michelle Fong
Market Development Intern
Actuate Corporation
2207 Bridgepointe Parkway, Suite 500
San Mateo, CA 94404
Office: 650-645-3474
Cell: 415-254-8577
Email: mfong@actuate.com

]]> Comment on Ministry’s EHR Announcement by Rob Petershack http://candidcio.com/2008/06/20/ministrys-ehr-announcement/#comment-9321 Rob Petershack Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:55:59 +0000 http://candidcio.wordpress.com/?p=166#comment-9321 Will - Thanks for this. I look forard to hearing the details of your experience. Will - Thanks for this. I look forard to hearing the details of your experience.

]]> Comment on Ministry’s EHR Announcement by Art_Vandelay http://candidcio.com/2008/06/20/ministrys-ehr-announcement/#comment-9319 Art_Vandelay Sun, 22 Jun 2008 11:40:15 +0000 http://candidcio.wordpress.com/?p=166#comment-9319 Will - thanks for sharing. From the interview re: St. Clare's, GE was the core inpatient vendor coupled with Cattails. I assumed Cattails was the ambulatory record and catch-all clinical data repository. I'd be interested to hear the details of the approach for your organization. Will - thanks for sharing. From the interview re: St. Clare’s, GE was the core inpatient vendor coupled with Cattails. I assumed Cattails was the ambulatory record and catch-all clinical data repository. I’d be interested to hear the details of the approach for your organization.

]]> Comment on Ministry’s EHR Announcement by starrydynamo http://candidcio.com/2008/06/20/ministrys-ehr-announcement/#comment-9317 starrydynamo Sat, 21 Jun 2008 05:17:28 +0000 http://candidcio.wordpress.com/?p=166#comment-9317 Did Horizon Physician Portal ever come into consideration? Did Horizon Physician Portal ever come into consideration?

]]> Comment on Ministry’s EHR Announcement by Jared http://candidcio.com/2008/06/20/ministrys-ehr-announcement/#comment-9316 Jared Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:19:24 +0000 http://candidcio.wordpress.com/?p=166#comment-9316 I think this is wonderful! My only question for you is from the point of view of a medical consumer. As one of the many people in the state/nation who regularly experience a shift in health care providers, I often experience a great deal of difficulty having my records transferred effectively and timely from one system to another. It looks like your system is far-reaching, but is also not a national (or even state-wide) standard. That said, I'm not actually suggesting it needs to be, I'm merely wondering if part of what our system has built up, allows for the need to efficiently transfer records out or in, and how it allows for the dirrerences in the way the data is stored? I think this is wonderful! My only question for you is from the point of view of a medical consumer. As one of the many people in the state/nation who regularly experience a shift in health care providers, I often experience a great deal of difficulty having my records transferred effectively and timely from one system to another.

It looks like your system is far-reaching, but is also not a national (or even state-wide) standard. That said, I’m not actually suggesting it needs to be, I’m merely wondering if part of what our system has built up, allows for the need to efficiently transfer records out or in, and how it allows for the dirrerences in the way the data is stored?

]]> Comment on Killing Projects - Embrace The Concept by Simon Stapleton http://candidcio.com/2008/05/07/killing-projects-embrace-the-concept/#comment-9315 Simon Stapleton Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:51:09 +0000 http://candidcio.wordpress.com/?p=160#comment-9315 Killing projects is a brave move that few have the guts to do - I find that a lot of (dare I say cowardly?) PMs would rather continue throwing good money after bad in the hope of saving the day rather than suffering what will be in relative terms some egg on face. Governance is the key, isn't it? Show me effective governance though! Simon Killing projects is a brave move that few have the guts to do - I find that a lot of (dare I say cowardly?) PMs would rather continue throwing good money after bad in the hope of saving the day rather than suffering what will be in relative terms some egg on face. Governance is the key, isn’t it? Show me effective governance though!

Simon

]]> Comment on Killing Projects - Embrace The Concept by Peter Dunkley http://candidcio.com/2008/05/07/killing-projects-embrace-the-concept/#comment-9314 Peter Dunkley Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:29:52 +0000 http://candidcio.wordpress.com/?p=160#comment-9314 There's an expression over here in the UK that "it's no use crying over spilt milk". Any investment (cash / resource / effort) incurred in a failing project has gone to the great accountant in the sky - but most business and IT managers can't see this, with the inevitable result of greater losses. Killing a project is a critical business skill - good post! There’s an expression over here in the UK that “it’s no use crying over spilt milk”. Any investment (cash / resource / effort) incurred in a failing project has gone to the great accountant in the sky - but most business and IT managers can’t see this, with the inevitable result of greater losses.

Killing a project is a critical business skill - good post!

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