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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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The Georgia Tech Health Systems Institute, GVU Center and the Tennenbaum Institute co-sponsor the 2010 Health Systems Distinguished Lecture "Who Moved my Chart? HIT Functionality at Geisinger" by Geisinger Health System President and CEO Glenn Steele.
About Geisinger:
Geisinger is an integrated health services organization widely
recognized for its innovative use of the electronic health record
(EHR), and the development and implementation of innovative care models
including ProvenCare® ("warranty") program and ProvenHealth NavigatorSM
(advanced medical home). The system serves more than 2.3 million
residents throughout 42 counties in central and northeastern
Pennsylvania.
Geisinger was an early adopter of the EHR, having partnered with Epic Systems since 1995. Although information technology is conceptualized as a critical component in delivering high quality/high value care, very little proof exists. Geisinger Health System has advanced its primary strategic goals by innovating how we care for our sickest hospital and community based patients by eliminating unnecessary and often times hurtful services, and by providing as much care as we can near where our patients live. Without the availability of near real-time data and dissemination of information throughout our widespread geographic markets, this care reengineering could not be accomplished.
Geisinger continues to
be a national leader in information technology because it enables us to
develop new solutions to create value and meaningful improvement in
outcomes recognized both by our patients and our providers.
Glenn D. Steele Jr., MD, PhD, is President and Chief Executive Officer of Geisinger Health System. Dr. Steele previously served as the dean of the Biological Sciences Division and the Pritzker School of Medicine and as vice president for medical affairs at the University of Chicago, as well as the Richard T. Crane Professor in the Department of Surgery.
Prior to that, he was the William V. McDermott Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School, president and chief executive officer of Deaconess Professional Practice Group, Boston, MA, and chairman of the department of surgery at New England Deaconess Hospital (Boston, MA). Widely recognized for his investigations into the treatment of primary and metastatic liver cancer and colorectal cancer surgery, Dr. Steele is past Chairman of the American Board of Surgery. He serves on the editorial boards of numerous prominent medical journals.
His investigations have focused on the cell biology of gastrointestinal cancer and pre-cancer and most recently on innovations in healthcare delivery and financing. A prolific writer, he is the author or co-author of more than 460 scientific and professional articles.
