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A Day in the Life of a CIO

By Thomas Hoffman

April 23, 2007 12:00 PM ET

Computerworld - Here’s how a recent Tuesday unfolded for John Halamka, CIO at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School:

5 a.m. Write annual IT report for Harvard Medical School

6 a.m. Work on several Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center strategic plans:

E-prescribing rollout
Radiology provisional/wet reads workflow
Ambulatory medical record support for travel clinic immunizations

8 a.m. Visit Occupational Health Office for mandated yearly TB test

8:30 a.m. Meet with senior vice president of quality to discuss plans for:

Infectious disease surveillance
Medication reconciliation in outpatient procedural

areas 9 a.m. Complete human subjects/Institutional Review Board submissions for two upcoming grants

10 a.m. Interview with Computerworld

11 a.m. Tape an e-prescribing video for the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society

Noon Write and send enterprise e-mail about daylight-saving time IT issues

1 p.m. Attend Revenue Cycle Project steering committee meeting

3 p.m. Review 2007 disaster recovery plans

5 p.m. Dentist appointment

6 p.m. Dinner with family

8 p.m. E-mail

10 p.m. Practice Japanese flute:

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