AMDIS: Lessons from a first year CMIO

Wayne Fellmeth, MD, CMIO of Hunterdon Healthcare in Flemington, NJ, shared his experience as a first-timer in the role during a presentation at the AMDIS 22nd Annual Physician-Computer Connection Symposium in Ojai, Calif., on June 27.

Among his advice: Don’t be the Lone Ranger. Someone else has already done this, so learn from them. Meaningful Use and using it meaningfully are not the same thing. You can do either but you need to do both. Implement EHRs and other health IT as a clinical project with IT support, not the other way around.


Click here to access the presentation.

 

 
Beth Walsh,

Editor

Editor Beth earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism and master’s in health communication. She has worked in hospital, academic and publishing settings over the past 20 years. Beth joined TriMed in 2005, as editor of CMIO and Clinical Innovation + Technology. When not covering all things related to health IT, she spends time with her husband and three children.

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