Healthcare IT News October 17, 2025
Epic Emeritus CMIO and former HIMSS Board Chair Dr. Michael H. Zaroukian offers health system IT leaders lessons from literature, frameworks for accomplishment, and an in-depth look into HIMSS Maturity Models designed to get EHRs to peak performance.
Epic Emeritus CMIO physicians can play a valuable role when it’s go-live time for health systems transitioning from legacy systems to the Epic EHR. But while a successful go-live is an important and impressive achievement, it is just the starting line.
To realize lasting ROI from new implementations, health systems would do well to take advantage of an array of Epic-specific programs to help physicians and promote EHR success – for example, its Gold Stars evaluation framework and its Diamonds recognition program....







