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Citrus Sweet on McKesson

Inverness, Fla.-based Citrus Memorial Health System has selected McKesson’s Paragon community HIS to be implemented on a remote-hosted basis. The hospital is also using McKesson for document management...

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Somerset Taps McKesson for Pharmacy

Somerset Hospital, a 150-bed facility in Pennsylvania, is tapping McKesson’s PROmanager-Rx to automate the dispensing of tablets, capsules, and other oral solid medications that come directly from drug...

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Ask the Pros: Best Critical Access Hospital Vendor?

QUESTION: "What vendors would you recommend for a Critical Access Hospital (CAH) of 25 beds?" That's easy: just look at vendors whose client base consists mainly of 25 bed CAHs: The "Big 3" are CPSI,...

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PODCAST: One-on-One w/St. Claire Regional Medical Center VP of IS & CIO Randy...

After 14 years with St. Claire Regional Medical Center, you might think Randy McCleese has done it all, but you’d be wrong. That’s because the CIO is just now embarking on a new core clinical install...

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Dave Souerwine, President, McKesson Provider Technologies, Chapter 1

The reorg The new Horizon/Paragon paradigm "We didn't feel like we could develop for growth two very complex product suites" Can Paragon scale? Horizon's future Source: Dave Souerwine, President,...

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McKesson Horizon, McKesson Paragon And Mental Labels

“I’m sorry, I’m not trying to be difficult, but I still don’t understand.” Though I don’t recall the year, I distinctly remember uttering those words at a past HIMSS conference during one of the...

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Dave Souerwine, President, McKesson Provider Technologies, Chapter 2

Customer concerns Helping hospitals lower costs Lessons from Horizon Enterprise Resource Manager Souerwine's approach Making the decision for change Source: Dave Souerwine, President, McKesson Provider...

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KLAS: Third Parties Edging Software Makers In Remote Hosting Race

In 2009, KLAS reported nearly all software-hosting vendors were performing better than third-party hosting firms. Since then, service firms ACS and Dell have had significantly improved satisfaction...

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KLAS: Paragon’s Large Hospital Potential In Question

While McKesson has indicated it hopes to move some Horizon customer onto the Paragon platform, a number of product gaps and weaknesses still exist and there are still questions in providers’ minds...

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Greg Kall, System VP/CIO, Summa Health System, Chapter 1

Going down the ACO road Running a best of breed health system (Allscripts Sunrise, QuadraMed, CPSI, HMS, McKesson Paragon, eClinicalWorks) Implementing Siemens Soarian at four hospitals in a move...

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Jeffrey Brown, CIO, Lawrence General Hospital, Chapter 2

Going live with McKesson Paragon Juggling multiple ambulatory EHRs — “The interoperability equation has become a lot less difficult.” Readmission prevention Forming an ICO — not an ACO Merrimack Valley...

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Jeffrey Brown, CIO, Lawrence General Hospital, Chapter 3

The “transformational” Mass HIway Merrimack Valley’s single-node model The MU 2 Bucket Eyeing 100% CPOE adoption Optimization steering committees Starting CIO role as Paragon went live “Boots on the...

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Scott Mash, CIO, O’Bleness Health System, Chapter 1

About O’Bleness Merging with Ohio Health Implementing McKesson Paragon, but eyeing Epic down the road Accelerated tracks for MU 1&2 Third CIO to lead the EHR initiative — “I was looking for a...

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Scott Mash, CIO, O’Bleness Health System, Chapter 2

Getting practice by implementing Paragon M&A trends — “Independents are going to be a thing of the past.” Tapping into Ohio Health’s buying power Wearing multiple IT hats Positioning for innovation...

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Scott Mash, CIO, O’Bleness Health System, Chapter 3

From higher ed to health IT — “I made the right choice” Enabling patient-facing technology “The light at the end of the go-live tunnel” Master’s of Science in leadership & IT Removing the...

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KLAS: Epic, Cerner Ride the Buying Wave While Others Struggle to Stay Afloat

As organizations shift their focus to the next three to five years, a significant number are looking to replace their existing acute care EMR systems. But for vendors looking to land new clients, the...

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James Wellman, CIO, Comanche County Memorial Hospital, Chapter 1

About Comanche County McKesson in acute, eClinicalWorks in ambulatory Transition from Horizon to Paragon — “It was quite an interesting challenge.” Outsourced IT & the “added layer of complexity.”...

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Steve Stanic, VP & CIO, Mississippi Baptist Health System, Chapter 1

About Mississippi Baptist McKesson clinicals & financials “Testing” Paragon at a CAH — “Standardize as much as you can.” Migrating from Horizon to Paragon Building up the clinician hub — “It’s just...

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