About this episode

Craig Rice discusses how Schneck Medical Center successfully modernized its EHR and embraced AI while maintaining independence.

What does it take for a community hospital to modernize its EHR, stay independent, and embrace AI responsibly? Craig Rice, Vice President and CIO at Schneck Medical Center in Seymour, Indiana, has a lot to say about it. Schneck Medical Center is the only organization in Indiana to receive the Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award. They made a deliberate choice to stay independent and stay on MEDITECH, even while surrounded by Epic-based health systems between Indianapolis and Louisville. Craig walks through the full arc of their Expanse journey, from a rigorous open selection process to early adoption of MEDITECH Traverse for interoperability, managing 80+ integrations, and the lessons that only come from going live. He also talks about how Schneck recently launched Suki for ambient AI documentation and what responsible AI governance looks like for a community hospital that knows it can not afford to get it wrong. Key topics include: - Why Schneck chose MEDITECH Expanse over Epic's Community Connect program - Early adoption of MEDITECH Traverse and the interoperability challenge of staying independent - Managing 80+ integrations and what Craig would do differently - How fast…

People in this episode

Host: Phil Sobol

Guest: Craig Rice

Topics covered

• EHR modernization
• community hospital independence
• AI in healthcare
• interoperability
• responsible AI governance
• health system integration

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Schneck Medical Center, MEDITECH, Epic, Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award

Products: MEDITECH Expanse, MEDITECH Traverse, Suki

Places: Seymour, Indiana

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