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James Leonard

Chief Information Officer
The Regional Medical Center at Memphis
Member of the Healthcare Council

James Leonard is the Chief Information Officer (Outsourced) of the Regional Medical Center at Memphis, Tennessee, a 450 bed Level 1 Trauma Center. Mr. Leonard has implemented physician practice management system and both Fuji and CareStream (Kodak) PACS as well as other clinical and Revenue Cycle Management systems. He has worked in the Healthcare IT field for over 20 years, and is knowledgeable in ambulatory and acute care electronic medical record systems, medical records imaging, and physician and clinical portals. Mr. Leonard is also responsible for technical and operational oversight of four smaller facilities for Computer Sciences Corporation that are unaffiliated with Regional Medical Center at Memphis. He has a background in implementation and operation of systems from many of the major vendors in the industry including McKesson, Cerner, Meditech, Misys, Fuji, Kodak, and Sunquest. (This is me - Update Profile)


Employment History
2006 - present Chief Information Officer
The Regional Medical Center at Memphis
2001 - 2006 Chief Information Officer
Mary Black Health System
1999 - 2001 Technical Support Manager
Mary Black Health System

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CMS Core Measures success is about documentation | 06-23-2008
Analysis of: Good is Never Enough for P4P | www.hhnmag.com
Author: James Leonard, Chief Information Officer, The Regional Medical Center at Memphis

P$P programs, like CMS Core Measures, while a valuable goal, are primarily about documentation. Documenting the proper activities occurred, within the accepted timeframes is what Core Measures is all about. Did you give the AMI patient aspirin soon enough to be effective, did the pneumonia patient get...

What is the likelihood of real Healthcare Reform? | 06-23-2008
Author: James Leonard, Chief Information Officer, The Regional Medical Center at Memphis

What is the chance of real Healthcare reform in the US when major insurers turn huge profits and support a massive lobbyist effort in Washington? Hospitals and doctors are presented as the main cause for spiraling healthcare costs. As modality vendors release newer products like 256 slice scanners,...

A bit misdirected? | 06-20-2008
Analysis of: Billing System Needs Under Consumer Directed Health Plans | www.phoenixservice.net
Author: James Leonard, Chief Information Officer, The Regional Medical Center at Memphis

A small article that really doesn't do justice to the topic and makes a few misdirected comments.     

A need for cost effective ASP model EHR solution | 06-20-2008
Author: James Leonard, Chief Information Officer, The Regional Medical Center at Memphis

Slow EHR adoption by small to medium sized Physician practices, those with fewer than 100 providers, clearly shows a market niche for a cost effective, Web-based delivery of these systems. This will remove the primary pain point in adoption by smaller practices and groups.

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