April 12, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
news
U.S. healthcare providers need to rethink their approach to hiring and retaining the experienced information technology (IT) professionals they need in the new healthcare environment, according to new research by Cherry Hill, N.J.-based global professional services company Towers Watson.
March 3, 2013 Mark Hagland
article
On a day focused on leadership challenges for CIOs and other healthcare IT executives, Stephen M.R. Covey, a noted motivational speaker and son of the famous Stephen Covey who wrote The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, delivered an address on March 3 at the CHIME/HIMSS Forum in New Orleans that focused on both the “quantitative and qualitative” benefits of trust-driven organizational performance.
February 27, 2013 Gabriel Perna
news
In healthcare, there is often a reported divide in health IT adoption between smaller, critical access hospitals (CAHs) and large, urban-centered multiple-hospital health systems. According to a new study conducted by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME), that divide carries over into CIO compensation as well.
February 18, 2013 Tim Tolan
blog
Last week, after months of minimal to no travel, I booked a business trip to NYC. I adore NYC and love to spend time there any time I get the chance. It's such an electric city, and I feel its energy every time I step out of a taxi – like clockwork. I've had that same charged feeling since I first visited as a teenager. But I digress...
February 12, 2013 Gwen Darling
blog
Networking skill is not a natural ability that some people are “just born with.” All those outgoing, clever, popular people who make it all look so effortless? Don’t be fooled - it’s not effortless, not by a long shot, but they have mastered the art and now actually have fun doing it. That’s right – fun. And you can, too! Here’s how:
February 4, 2013 Gwen Darling
blog
Whether it's your first time to attend the HIMSS conference, your fifth (as in my case), or your umpteenth, if you are heading to HIMSS13 as an active job-seeker, there are a few items you should not leave home without. For the rest of us who are passive job-seekers (and that should include all the rest of us), this list may prove to be useful, as well.
January 15, 2013 Tim Tolan
blog
I have seen lots of really bad outreach messages over the years, but the ones that really stick with me are when a candidates are attempting to build a relationship with our firm and decide to take, well... let’s just say 'a different approach'. Using any of the following strategies will guarantee your chance of making that all-so-important good first impression is usually dead on arrival. In no particular order, these are some of my favorites.
December 18, 2012 by Tim Tolan
article
Taking shortcuts and lowering the hiring standards of short-term temp employees could be a problem when it comes to how smoothly some organizations function.
December 18, 2012 by Jennifer Prestigiacomo
article
As healthcare moves toward a future in which providers will handle more population level risk, the chief integration officer will play a central role in helping hospitals integrate and align with physicians to build a broad-based care management platform.
December 3, 2012 Pete Rivera
blog
The fun begins when you look at the various CIO personalities out there. They don’t always fit the corporate climate or mesh well with the CEO’s personality. Personalities and stress factors all contribute to decision making and if you take a step back, you often can get an education, as well as some entertainment value out of it.
November 30, 2012 Gwen Darling
blog
Since Thanksgiving, I have heard the same comment from countless Healthcare IT employers. “Well…we do have several critical needs, but with the holidays and all…we’re just going to wait until January to post the positions.” If you're interested in attracting the best of the best, you'll rethink that strategy, and here's why.
November 7, 2012 Joe Bormel
blog
Should physicians stay in clinical practice full-time, part-time, or not at all? The non-clinical hassles around caring for patients—administrative, technological and workload combined with compensation issues—are causing many physicians to re-examine their career paths.
