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 11, 2013 Joe Bormel
blog
Recently, I participated in medical grand rounds at several hospitals. The primary topics of all these grand rounds were focused on delivering better care. One of these sessions was presented on the topic of coaching, something I have blogged about in the past to help advance the acceptance and use of HIT. Case in point, a physician I spoke with contended that the net of HIT applications was negative for both patient and provider satisfaction. I contend this is why some non-IT related behaviors, like coaching, are now receiving new and overdue attention. But are we doing enough?
February 6, 2013 Mark Hagland
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On Feb. 6, the Chicago-based American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) announced that it had appointed Deborah Green as executive vice president, operations and chief operating officer, and had promoted Denise Froemming to the role of executive vice president and chief financial officer.
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.
December 18, 2012 by Tim Tolan
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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
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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 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.
August 22, 2012 Tim Tolan
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During an interview it’s fairly common to discuss your career successes, and where you have made a meaningful difference along the way. What’s amazing is that so many candidates are too humble to talk about why they just might be one of the top CIOs in the country. I’m not pontificating that anyone should boldly walk into an interview spouting off their greatness and providing dozens of career accomplishments from recent decades. I am, however, suggesting that you really think about how you would answer a question about a time or situation where your leadership—one single key decision you made—had a considerable impact on your organization.
May 30, 2012 Gabriel Perna
blog
At the 9th Annual MIT Sloan CIO Symposium, one theme that really stood out to me was how CIOs, in all areas, need to transition from simply “doing the dishes” to taking a larger role at the business table. CEOs talked about the importance of data, and why as a result, CIOs must be strategically involved within the company. However, some CIOs are still perceived as mainly those who “do the dishes.” So which is it?
April 23, 2012 Tim Tolan
blog
Between December 2007 and June 2009, the US economy spiraled (ok, crashed), and almost everybody suffered some fallout from the biggest economic downturn since the Great Depression. During that downward spiral, the unemployment rate more than doubled from 4.9 percent to 10.1 percent, even higher in some states. If you experienced a layoff or were negatively effected by the recent economic downturn, you were - for all intents and purposes (technically speaking) - “Off the Grid”. There's no need to be ashamed or to try and hide your job-world absence.
March 28, 2012 Charlene Marietti
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I’ve covered a lot of conferences over the years and they have served as sources of expertise, wisdom, and new ways of thinking. Many are repeat events and I have a good idea of what to expect, but this spring my schedule has a new addition.
