Baptist Memorial Health Care appoints first CMIO

John Brown, MD, recently was named CMIO for Baptist Memorial Health Care, a newly created position. He will be responsible for overseeing physician input and participation in the hospital’s implementation of the EMR.

Before coming to Baptist, Brown served as director of clinical content development and director of clinical informatics at T-System, a company that specializes in emergency medicine electronic documentation. He served as the first elected chairman of the Section of Computers of the American College of Emergency Physicians. Brown also served on the Emergency Care Special Interest Group for HL7, which standardizes interoperability of health IT.


 

Around the web

The American College of Cardiology has shared its perspective on new CMS payment policies, highlighting revenue concerns while providing key details for cardiologists and other cardiology professionals. 

As debate simmers over how best to regulate AI, experts continue to offer guidance on where to start, how to proceed and what to emphasize. A new resource models its recommendations on what its authors call the “SETO Loop.”

FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, MD, said the clinical community needs to combat health misinformation at a grassroots level. He warned that patients are immersed in a "sea of misinformation without a compass."

Trimed Popup
Trimed Popup