Persuasion principles. CMIOs move forward to help guide their colleagues forward on meaningful use.

Nationwide, CMIOs in every type of hospital organization are developing strategies for leading their clinical, IT, and administrative colleagues forward through the complex area of quality data reporting under meaningful use. Those CMIOs in organizations at various stages along the journey agree that it will require a subtle combination of persuasion, sharing evidence and data, and a lot of granular hard work in order to get their clinician colleagues fully on board.