by
Sean Ruck, Contributing Editor | February 21, 2016
From the January/February 2016 issue of HealthCare Business News magazine
HCB News: What are the main challenges your members face today?
DA: Tracking the pace of governmental changes is one challengeour members face. Quality reporting challenges, for example, also require our attention. While there’s been an initiative to create alignment and harmonization of CMS quality reporting programs, it’s still not where it needs to be, but we’re making progress. Interoperability is another challenge, and while the ONC has published a roadmap for interoperability, multiple and complex issues remain.
HCB News: Is there more of a need to put a face to the information and management systems professional today than in years past within the facility they’re working in?
DA: The importance of information management professionals will continue to grow. We are seeing new roles evolve beyond the traditional CTOs/CIOs to include chief clinical officers (CMIOs, CNIO), Vice President of Population Health, and many others. The information management professionals of today and the future must think about the management of patients across the care continuum.
HCB News: Has the ACA impacted health care information and management professionals?
DA: Yes, the Affordable Care Act has impacted health care information and management professionals with high-tech or meaningful use, or alternative payment method (APM). We know as we launch new models of care, we’re going to need technologies and analytics to support them. But, it is the right thing to do, even with these challenges.
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