About MCHS Odessa

2-year process to select Cerner

Best-of-breed vs integrated solution — “It was overwhelming.”

Economics of integration

Selling to the board — “It’s like building a house.”

5-7 minute training intervals

“We want to make sure that we’ve built something that people will use.”

Source: Gary Barnes, CIO, Medical Center Health System, Chapter 1 on healthsystemcio.com - healthsystemCIO.com is the sole online-only publication dedicated to exclusively and comprehensively serving the information needs of healthcare CIOs.