tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post4534929829573597328..comments2024-03-27T09:55:23.143-07:00Comments on Dispatch from the Digital Health Frontier: What will keep me up at night in 2008John Halamkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04550236129132159307noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-81976647524873924412007-11-21T19:46:00.000-08:002007-11-21T19:46:00.000-08:00Hate to nitpick John..."we use 10 Gig network conn...Hate to nitpick John...<BR/>"we use 10 Gig network connections over dark fiber"<BR/><BR/>if you use it...doesn't that mean it isn't dark fibre?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17179628000946910261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-64751139205742084982007-11-21T15:23:00.000-08:002007-11-21T15:23:00.000-08:00The reason we have insourced storage to date is th...The reason we have insourced storage to date is that we use 10 Gig network connections over dark fiber to 200 Terabytes of EMC storage, replicated across two data centers. We're able to restore function very quickly by switching to shadow storage systems rather than restoring from backup. However, there may be some customers for which a more lengthy restore would work, so I'll check out AmazonJohn Halamkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04550236129132159307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-14285063833977856582007-11-21T14:01:00.000-08:002007-11-21T14:01:00.000-08:00For your storage needs have you looked at Amazon S...For your storage needs have you looked at Amazon S3 service? I am not sure whether the SLA would hold up for your needs, but it warrants a look as a secondary offsite backup solution.chalohydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14936371830750261914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-46815204887309717052007-11-21T11:34:00.000-08:002007-11-21T11:34:00.000-08:00Interesting to see Facebook being embraced. My ho...Interesting to see Facebook being embraced. My hospital IT guys has that site blocked.<BR/><BR/>We have a discussion board, that doesn't seem to be used. It was mainly put in place for communication use during a Hurricane. We do have a classifieds section on our Intranet site, which seems slightly used.<BR/><BR/>I'll hand it to your use of blogs. Even though both your's and Paul's aren't directly linked to the hospital I think they are an interesting tool to convey ideas and discuss information. For a student like me who wants insight into a C_O's mind, your sites are treasure troves.<BR/><BR/>The blogs can offer a more human side to the executives who run your facility. I know our CEO could probably have a wonderful blog, but I doubt she has the time for it. I'm surprised any CEO would.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17179628000946910261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-5048506998497569792007-11-21T10:07:00.000-08:002007-11-21T10:07:00.000-08:00I'll blog about our decision support systems next...I'll blog about our decision support systems next week, so you'll learn about our approach in detail.<BR/><BR/>Social media is very important to me. Our new intranet and extranet will be designed with social media features baked in. I'm in the process of testing many collaboration features right now - from IM to Second Life to LinkedIn to Facebook.John Halamkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04550236129132159307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-77093958296888786202007-11-21T09:01:00.000-08:002007-11-21T09:01:00.000-08:00Ok, so I read through the Decision support section...Ok, so I read through the Decision support section of your BIDMC plan.<BR/><BR/>I have a feeling our Decision Support, and your's might differ in some ways. This may again be due to size and softwares. BIDMC seems to have a lot of home grown Decision Support software. This of course is based on your goals for the year regarding decision support, and several of it's bullet points.<BR/><BR/>Where you provide software to aid in Decision support, my department is the Decision Support.<BR/><BR/>I often describe us as the business/statistic minded IT people. Our IT department is full of good IT analysts who know computers and data, but don't understand hospitals. Our department bridges that gap.<BR/><BR/>We are often described as Internal Consulting, and as a Quality Management and Performance Improvement department.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17179628000946910261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-71150629573974475112007-11-21T07:08:00.000-08:002007-11-21T07:08:00.000-08:00Yay! You mentioned Decision Support. It's nice to...Yay! You mentioned Decision Support. It's nice to see such services in the forefront of a CIO's mind. In our organization, Decision Support falls under the COO though.<BR/><BR/>I'm a decision analyst, and I can't tell you how many people give me that "what the heck is that?" look when I say it.<BR/><BR/>I knew that offering this as a service to managers and administration would start catching on in the industry. I'm only 2 years in at this department and already I see how ingrained it is in our CQI culture. Considering the size of our facility (medium/large community hosp.) I'm surprised we have a 7 person crew in our Decision Support Department.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17179628000946910261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-88599453886730171422007-11-21T06:53:00.000-08:002007-11-21T06:53:00.000-08:00How about leveraging internet 3.0 - social media. ...How about leveraging internet 3.0 - social media. I know its not something that should keep you awake at night. but wouldn't it be interesting to leverage social networking and social knowledge to help quality of healthcare in parts of the world which do not come under your 400,000 miles of travel? :)Adityahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06168414963616606022noreply@blogger.com