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Picis Podcast Features Hot Issues Facing Hospital CIOs Today

CIO panel debates issues and top priorities in 2008 and over the next 3-5 years

WAKEFIELD, Mass. — March 10, 2008 — Picis, the leading provider of high-acuity care information systems, today announced that it has released a podcast and executive summary of “Forward-Thinking CIOs Debate Hot Issues Facing Hospitals in 2008.” This Picis-sponsored event, moderated by Dave Garets, CEO of HIMSS Analytics, brought together chief information officers (CIOs) from renowned healthcare institutions to discuss top-of-mind issues, such as interoperability, quality improvement, new regulatory and reimbursement regulations, and use of scorecards, portals and other technologies in healthcare.

The panelists -- each representing a Picis customer from different geographic areas of North America -- addressed the challenges their institutions face and speculated on what the future will hold for CIOs and hospitals everywhere. The event featured: Richard McKnight, CIO, Novant Health, Winston-Salem, NC; William Spooner, CIO, Sharp HealthCare, San Diego, CA; Joseph Sullivan, CIO, Saint Barnabas Health Care System, Toms River, NJ; and Judy Middleton, CIO, William Osler Health Center, Brampton, Ontario.

“In the near future, reimbursement will link more closely with clinical indicators and conceptually it may make sense that your revenue cycle systems ought to be tightly integrated with your clinical system,” predicts William Spooner, CIO, Sharp HealthCare. According to Richard McKnight, CIO of Novant Health, “The most pressing issue I have is delivering a higher level of automation for doctors, nurses, etc so that the patient information is available wherever the patient is, by whoever needs that information — and computers make that happen.”

Click here to download an executive summary or to hear what these leading CIOs in the industry had to say about today's most pressing challenges and their plans for leveraging technology.

About Picis
Picis is a global provider of innovative information solutions that enable rapid and sustained delivery of clinical, financial and operational results in the acute care areas of the hospital. These high-acuity areas include the emergency department, operating and recovery rooms, and intensive care units. Picis offers the most advanced suite of integrated products focused on these life-critical areas of the hospital where the patients are the most vulnerable, the care process is the most complex and an increasing majority of hospital costs and potential revenue are concentrated. Headquartered in Wakefield, Massachusetts, Picis has licensed systems for use in more than 1,300 hospitals in 19 countries. More information is available at www.picis.com.

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