On-Demand Webinar: 
EMR Adoption (with HIMSS)

The rush is on to automate care delivery organizations. Various surveys have documented that the vast majority of healthcare organizations, including ambulatory clinics and hospitals, have yet to implement comprehensive electronic medical record systems. HIMSS Analytics data shows that that’s not completely true in the hospital environment, but by any measure, there’s much work to be done.

This presentation will describe how to prepare your organization for such an initiative:

• Understanding that executive leadership has to set the expectation that this is a business initiative with an IT component and clearly define those who are accountable for its success.
• Improving EMR adoption and demonstrating new ways to measure and improve adoption rates, productivity, and performance of this strategic investment
• Budgeting for the right resources, including an ongoing change management function, is crucial for the success of the initiative and a positive return on the investment.

Articulating the role of business continuity and disaster recovery, and the expectations that the IT infrastructure changes to a five 9’s environment to support clinicians and patient care delivery. 

About the Speakers:

David E. Garets ~ President and CEO, HIMSS ANALYTICS
Mr. Garets has 30 years of experience in information technology. He is an internationally known author and speaker on information technologies, strategies, benchmarking, and the future of healthcare. He joined HIMSS Analytics in 2004 from Healthlink where he was Executive Vice President. Prior to that, he was Group Vice President, Healthcare Industry Research and Advisory Services at Gartner, Inc. Before joining Gartner in 1998, he held a variety of management positions for leading organizations like First Consulting Group, Magic Valley Regional Medical Center and AT&T. He was a course director and on the faculty of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) Information Management Executive Courses for 11 years.

He serves on the editorial advisory boards of three healthcare IT journals and magazines and the board of directors of HIMSS Analytics and is currently an affiliate professor at the Medical College of Virginia at Commonwealth University. Mr Garets is a HIMSS Fellow, and was chair of the HIMSS Board for 2003-2004. Mr. Garets graduated with a bachelor's of business administration in marketing from Texas Tech University.

Trevor Matz ~ President and CEO, ATERNITY
Trevor Matz is the President and CEO of Aternity. Matz leads Aternity as the company scales to redefine end user experience management by providing the industry’s first Frontline Performance Intelligence (FPI) Platform. Matz has built and led world class organizations for enterprise software and services companies globally. Prior to joining Aternity, Matz served as worldwide managing director of Application Integration for InterSystems Corporation where he took Ensemble from product concept through recognition as the #1 Integration Platform in HealthCare.