Oklahoma Heart Hospital and Their 11 Month Epic Implementation

Host
Phil Sobol
Phil Sobol

Chief Commercial Officer, CereCore

Guest
David Miles
David Miles

Chief Information Officer, Oklahoma Heart Hospital

Jim Wetzel
Jim Wetzel

Director of Clinical Systems, Oklahoma Heart Hospital

A highly customized EHR in need of costly updates challenged the new CIO at Oklahoma Heart Hospital (OHH) to evaluate the technology stack he inherited and chart a new course at this award-winning healthcare organization. In this episode, Phil Sobol, Chief Commercial Officer, talks with David Miles, Chief Information Officer of OHH, and Jim Wetzel, the facility’s director of clinical systems. The duo shared valuable insights from their recent Epic implementation that was completed in just 11 months (earlier than the 12-month goal established at the onset of the project).  

Oklahoma Heart Hospital and Their 11 Month Epic Implementation
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Oklahoma Heart Hospital and Their 11 Month Epic Implementation
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Key topics: 

  • Guiding principles for evaluating your healthcare technology stack
  • Keys to OHH’s Epic implementation timeframe
  • What’s next at OHH 

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