Video: Interview with William Bria III, MD, President of AMDIS (05:18)
The readiness of healthcare to deploy EHRs and EMRs, supported by ARRA and the HITECH Act, is not where it needs to be, especially in small physician practices, according to William Bria, III, MD, president of the Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems (AMDIS) and CMIO at Shriners Hospital for Children in Tampa. The role of the CMIO is key to managing the process design necessary to implement and integrate EHRs and EMRs in order to attain meaningful use—and making sure balance exists between technology and the medical staff’s ability to absorb it. Please view the CMIO interview, which took place at the HIMSS10 conference this week.
