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When it comes to nurses, a couple things go without saying. First,
they're absolutely essential to good care delivery. Second -- and this
follows from the first -- they're "very, very, very busy people," says
David Holland.
"When you're in the hospital, I know physicians make a lot of decisions about your care, but it's really nurses who deliver your care," says Holland, vice president and CIO at Southern Illinois Healthcare, a three-hospital system based in Carbondale, Ill.
In Holland's case, the CIO stands for chief innovation officer, he says. "I not only have IT in our hospital, I have process improvement, all our Lean activities, etc." Read More
"When you're in the hospital, I know physicians make a lot of decisions about your care, but it's really nurses who deliver your care," says Holland, vice president and CIO at Southern Illinois Healthcare, a three-hospital system based in Carbondale, Ill.
In Holland's case, the CIO stands for chief innovation officer, he says. "I not only have IT in our hospital, I have process improvement, all our Lean activities, etc." Read More
