Would you like to learn how to successfully project manage a major multi-facility MEDITECH implementation, particularly one that results from a merger or an acquisition? During this presentation, we will help attendees understand and address IT’s importance and the role it plays in MEDITECH implementations during healthcare system mergers and acquisitions (M&A). We will introduce a roadmap / methodology / framework you can follow from acquisition to implementation and beyond that uses industry, MEDITECH, and successful healthcare organizations’ best practices. 

This educational session is scheduled for Tuesday, May 17th at 2:45pm.

Margaret is a former CIO and has 25+ years of healthcare experience including information systems management, strategic and tactical planning, software implementations, and program and project management in clinical, administrative and financial areas. Recently she served as IT Program Manager at Steward Health Care for the acquisition of five Florida hospitals and physician practices and the implementation of MEDITECH Expanse. Prior to that, Margaret program managed the MEDITECH implementation of 18 Steward Health Care hospitals across Arizona, Texas, Utah, Arkansas, and Louisiana using READY methodology and PMO standards and practices. All 18 hospitals went LIVE on MEDITECH in less than three months during COVID, with successful results that included being on-time and on-budget.