Timothy Stettheimer, CIO for St. Vincent’s Health System in Birmingham, Ala., has more confidence in IT certifications than referrals and in-person interviews when it comes to hiring. “How do you know you’re hiring a good person? You can get a referral, but so what? Someone can...
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More often than not, general surveys are probably of little use to policymakers. But one community Health Information Technology policymakers might want to check in with occasionally via available surveys are CIOs who are tasked with managing the daily ins and outs of the HIT transition. What’s ...
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By Ojas Rege, MobileIron Healthcare has always been a first mover when it comes to adopting new mobile technologies, because so much of the work a healthcare worker does is intrinsically mobile. When we speak with our healthcare customers, we hear the same thing consistently: “Our physicians are ...
Read More →Whether you’re a chief medical officer (CMO) at a large hospital or a solo practitioner, there are plenty of opportunities popping up for non-techies to learn everything they need to know about health IT. Since many of these professionals don’t need to learn all the nitty-gritty tech...
Read More →While efforts at political and payment reform have so far had minimal impact on healthcare delivery systems, health information technology (HIT) has already begun to create new opportunities for revolutionary change. Where are we headed? What pivotal decisions lie ahead with respect to HIT and healt...
Read More →In the coming years, State CIOs will be asked to perform a variety of health IT tasks, particularly in the implementation of health benefit exchanges (HBEs), according to a publication released on Thursday, June 2, by the National Association of Chief Information Officers (NASCIO). The report, On ...
Read More →More than 20 per cent of healthcare CIOs say they plan to significantly increase spending on IT in 2011, eight percentage points more than last year, according to an Ovum survey. In a new report the independent technology analyst unveils the results of its latest healthcare Business Trends Survey, w...
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