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Embrace the Cloud
October 20, 2009 4:59 PM by Edward Marx
The views and opinions expressed in this blog are mine personally, and are not necessarily representative of Texas Health Resources (THR) or its subsidiaries. Friends of mine recently returned from a trip abroad. The advanced wireless infrastructures Read More...
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The Politicalization of Health Information Technology
September 22, 2009 4:26 PM by Edward Marx
The views and opinions expressed in this blog are mine personally, and are not necessarily representative of Texas Health Resources (THR) or its subsidiaries. Admit it. Health information technology (HIT) deployment is headed nowhere fast. Despite the Read More...
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Health Care Passion Refueled
September 8, 2009 10:55 AM by Edward Marx
The views and opinions expressed in this blog are mine personally, and are not necessarily representative of Texas Health Resources (THR) or its subsidiaries. My passion for health care sprouted in high school while working in environmental services at Read More...
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Secret of Successful CPOE Adoption
August 26, 2009 11:59 AM by Edward Marx
Before revealing the secret, let me establish credibility. I first implemented electronic health records in 1995. A few years later, while CIO at University Hospitals , we achieved a 95 percent CPOE rate at our academic medical center. Currently, with Read More...
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Social Networking: Why Every CIO Must Open the Gates
June 30, 2009 10:56 AM by Edward Marx
The views and opinions expressed in this blog are mine personally, and are not necessarily representative of Texas Health Resources (THR) or its subsidiaries. As the printing press fueled a transition from the Dark Ages to the Renaissance, Social Networking Read More...
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Health Information Exchange Begins at Home
April 21, 2009 7:09 PM by Edward Marx
The views and opinions expressed in this blog are mine personally, and are not necessarily representative of Texas Health Resources (THR) or its subsidiaries. To date, I've had the privilege of holding three CIO positions. First, for a physician managed Read More...
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Does IT Matter…Five Years Later?
December 22, 2008 11:41 AM by Edward Marx
The views and opinions expressed in this blog are mine personally, and are not necessarily representative of Texas Health Resources (THR) or its subsidiaries. In Nicholas Carr's 2003 opinion piece for the Harvard Business Review , he threw a grenade on Read More...
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Now It’s Personal -- The EMR Imperative
December 8, 2008 11:09 AM by Edward Marx
The views and opinions expressed in this blog are mine personally, and are not necessarily representative of Texas Health Resources (THR) or its subsidiaries. Given my affinity for pushing myself physically (some would say punishing), I am proactive with Read More...
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Got Clinicians?
June 13, 2008 3:42 PM by Edward Marx
The views and opinions expressed in this blog are mine personally, and are not necessarily representative of Texas Health Resources or its subsidiaries. If you don't, you should. How many credentialed clinicians should a healthy IT department have? We Read More...
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My Journey to CIO
December 3, 2007 10:30 AM by Edward Marx
The views and opinions expressed in this blog are mine personally, and are not necessarily representative of Texas Health Resources or its subsidiaries. As a 16-year-old sanitation engineer (they called us janitors back in the 80s) working the evening Read More...
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