Thoughts on MU — “It’s given us better information on the patient.”

Using health coaches

Meds reconciliation — “It was wrong about 98 percent of the time”

Reducing readmissions & ED visits

Standalone hospital in a large IDN world

Being a “major economic force” in the area

Source: Michael Martz, CIO, Meadville Medical Center, Chapter 2 on healthsystemcio.com - healthsystemCIO.com is the sole online-only publication dedicated to exclusively and comprehensively serving the information needs of healthcare CIOs.