Axial Team Blogs

Jitin's Blog

Meaningful Use: Bringing the patient into focus

The Meaningful Use Final Rule hides a critical strategic insight for hospital executives: while your operational team focuses on Stages 1 and 2, you need to start the legwork for patient-centered information exchange in Stage 3 - or risk getting caught flat-footed.

Joanne's Blog

One thing...

In the Classic Billy Crystal Comedy, City Slickers, Billy Crystal asks Jack Palance, who plays Curly, the crusty cowboy, what his secret to a good life is. Curly answers, "The secret to a good life is one thing"...

Mark's Blog

Lessons Learned

There have been moments when I was not a very good student, but after reading some things over and over and implementing what I've learned many times, it finally starts to stick. One such issue is interoperability - a hot topic for the healthcare IT market.

Matt's Blog

Why mid-sized hospitals might be the biggest meaningful use winners

It is a good time to be a CFO of an independent mid-sized hospital. Why? A mid-sized hospital stands to collect roughly the same Meaningful Use incentive payment as a hospital that is many times larger stands to receive.