Bernie Monegain
The new health IT jobs that were promised as part of the government’s big push toward digital medical records are there, and there are plenty of job seekers to fill them, but are they the right people for the jobs?
St. John's Medical Center in Joplin, Mo., will rebuild and come back stronger, its executives pledged in a news conference held earlier this week. Part of the rebuild is putting the EHR – installed less than a month ago – back online.
Loss of productivity is the top worry for doctors thinking about switching from paper medical records to electronic ones, according to a new survey by the Medical Group Management Association.
Health plans are stepping up to become key players in forming accountable care organizations.
Ochsner Health System, with eight hospitals and 40 health centers in Louisiana, is deep into the deployment of a new Epic electronic health record system.
Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., recognized for its research, clinical trials, prevention, care and personalized medicine, is about to get even more personal – powered with new analytics technology that will enable researchers to zero in on individual cells in a way they never could before.
Kudos to David Blumenthal, MD, as he returns to his academic work after what many in the health IT realm view as a stellar two-year run (and we do mean run) as the nation’s health information technology chief.
With salaries rising as everyone pursues "the same pool of people," a veteran recruiter talks hospital hiring tactics.
Meaningful use incentives, HIPAA and ICD-10 conversion are combining to create a high demand for healthcare IT professionals in the marketplace. Eric Marx, vice president of healthcare IT services for IT staffing and recruiting firm Modis, discusses what hospitals and other healthcare organizations are doing to find the right people for the right jobs.