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How to Make a MEDITECH Expanse 2.2 Upgrade Pay for Itself

Devon Dow, BSN, RN — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 12:00:01 GMT

As MEDITECH will not seek certification for version 2.1 beyond December 2028, many organizations may find that their transition to Expanse 2.2 is arriving sooner than planned on their technical roadmap.

While system stability and compliance are essential, organizations that approach Expanse 2.2 as a technical upgrade alone risk leaving significant value unrealized. When executed with intent, the upgrade can serve as a catalyst for operational and financial optimization, recovering implementation costs, improving performance, and generating measurable near-term ROI. Most importantly, this approach transforms Expanse 2.2 from a cost of compliance into a strategic investment.

What IT Delivery Looks Like Across 13+ Hospitals: McLaren Health Care’s Tiffany Laurenz

CereCore — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:00:03 GMT

Tiffany Laurenz, Vice President of IT Delivery Operations at McLaren Health Care, has spent nearly 24 years working in healthcare IT. Her career spans small software companies, global IT service firms, and large provider organizations, giving her a broad perspective on what it takes to deliver reliable, secure technology in support of patient care.

On this episode of The CereCore Podcast, Tiffany joined host Phil Sobol to talk about her career journey, what IT delivery looks like across a complex health system, and how healthcare IT leaders can balance modernization, cybersecurity, financial pressure, and patient expectations while ensuring clinicians have dependable day‑to‑day IT support.

Listen to the full episode for practical leadership insights, real-world examples from a rapidly growing health system, and a thoughtful reminder of why healthcare IT work matters.

Driving Healthcare Innovation Without Net New Solutions

Devon Dow, BSN, RN — Fri, 29 May 2026 14:05:02 GMT

Healthcare IT leaders aren’t asking what’s possible. Instead, they’re focused on what IT efforts add to the bottom line. Priority is on practical execution: optimizing what’s already live, governing change effectively, making data usable, and proving value, both clinically and financially. With every intent on delivering value and efficiency to their organizations and their patients, these shared priorities are shaping the actions and resources of the MEDITECH community.

The impact is already tangible. One of our partner hospitals saved 640 provider hours in the first month after implementing ambient AI, a clear demonstration of how focused, operationally grounded innovation can immediately give time back to clinicians and deliver measurable organizational value.

That momentum echoed throughout MUSE Inspire 2026, where attendees reinforced the priorities, many expected: leveraging AI to boost provider efficiency and reduce administrative burden, strengthening revenue cycle capture and management, and driving greater return from existing investments rather than pursuing net-new solutions.

CereCore at MUSE Inspire 2026: Exploring New Frontiers in MEDITECH

CereCore — Fri, 15 May 2026 13:10:54 GMT

Get ready for the MUSE Inspire Conference. In this blog, we provide a sneak peek into the presentations from CereCore that will inspire you to tackle implementation challenges head-on, streamline surgical ordering workflows, and adapt MEDITECH for specialized behavioral health environments.

Partnering for Progress: How Collaboration Elevates Healthcare IT

CereCore Media Coverage — Fri, 08 May 2026 13:30:55 GMT

This podcast was originally published on the Becker's Healthcare Podcast.

This episode, recorded live at the Becker’s 16th Annual Meeting, features Phil Sobol, CCO, CereCore. Here, he explores how the right IT partnerships can stabilize operations, reduce administrative burden, and enable rural and community hospital leaders to focus on modernization, strategy, and improving patient care outcomes.

How a Community Hospital CIO Chose Independence, Modernized Its EHR, and Got AI Right

CereCore — Fri, 01 May 2026 14:59:33 GMT

When Craig Rice returned to Schneck Medical Center as CIO in 2021, he did not walk in with a predetermined answer. He walked in with a process.

Schneck is an independent, community-owned health system in Seymour, Indiana and the only organization in the state to receive the Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award. They needed to modernize their EHR. Surrounded by Epic-based health systems between Indianapolis and Louisville, the question was not just which platform to choose. It was whether independence itself was still the right strategy.

Craig joined Phil Sobol on The CereCore Podcast to walk through the full arc of that journey, from a rigorous stakeholder-driven EHR selection to early adoption of MEDITECH Traverse, managing 80+ integrations, and the responsible rollout of ambient AI with Suki.

Practical Steps To Modernizing Rural Hospital IT

CereCore — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:32:21 GMT

This webinar was originally recorded on Becker's Healthcare"Beyond Survival: How Rural Hospitals Can Build Future-Ready IT."

Rural hospitals serve roughly 20% of the U.S. population, yet they face a disproportionate share of healthcare's most pressing challenges. In a recent Becker's Healthcare webinar, Phil Sobol, CCO at CereCore, and Chris Riha, Principal Consultant at CereCore, offered an honest, experience-driven look at how rural health organizations can overcome their most persistent IT obstacles and build a foundation for long-term resilience.

What Retail Taught This Healthcare Leader About the Patient Experience

CereCore — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:16:30 GMT

Paula Blomquist spent most of her career in retail, not healthcare. And that background, she will tell you, is exactly the point.

She worked in consumer marketing learning what she calls retail magic: the ability to anticipate a customer's need before they know they have it. Today, as Chief Experience Officer at GoHealth Urgent Care, she is on a mission to bring that same instinct into clinical settings. Her conversation on The CereCore Podcast is full of practical ideas for how to do it.

Stream the full episode to hear Paula's take on:

Why the consumer mindset belongs in healthcare, and how to explain that to skeptical clinicians
How GoHealth built AI scribing, self-registration, and smarter IVR tools around what staff actually need
What joint venture technology partnerships demand from both sides
How to start improving your digital front door without creating more complexity

The Truth About How Hospital Size Shapes IT Strategy

CereCore — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 15:14:59 GMT

If you’ve ever wondered whether a health system’s bed size truly changes the way IT leaders prioritize, fund, and execute work, our 2026 CHIME survey* data says yes. Smaller hospitals (≤250 beds) and larger systems (250+ beds) share many of the same pressures, but their answers diverge in telling who is responsible for strategic decision‑making, how IT investments are allocated, which initiatives receive top priority, and where partnerships and advisory services deliver the greatest organizational value.

The Strong Partnerships and Talent Strategies Healthcare CIOs Need

CereCore — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 14:38:49 GMT

Part I of the 2026 CHIME CIO survey* explains what health systems are prioritizing; Part II reveals how they plan to execute those priorities, through people, sourcing strategies, and a renewed focus on simplifying their technology ecosystems.

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