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Scuba

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7. Past tense....

Reply to cbayer (Reply #6)

Tue Jan 3, 2012, 07:54 PM

Jan 2012

... I'm retired now, but I was a healthcare CIO before the term was invented.

As such, improving patient safety was always the first measurable on my list.

I had a hand in implementing provider order entry in three different hospitals at the end of my career. Challenging, yet rewarding work.

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Sounds like you are a positive cog in the wheel, Scuba. cbayer Jan 2012 #6

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