Healthcare IT Today

Cheap Recognition is Worse Than No Recognition

Posted on29. Jul, 2011 by Tim Tolan.

3

Recognition programs are used by employers to drive performance and achieve certain goals that are important to the overall success of the organization. Done correctly, a well-defined recognition program can drive extra effort from employees who love recognition, and see it as a way to track their personal performance. Set a high watermark and watch [...]

Continue Reading

2011 Electronic Medical Records (EMR) Systems “Have come a long way, baby” – Thanks to Nurses!

Posted on25. Jul, 2011 by Shirley Corsey.

4

Dear Cassie Thiessen: I just completed reading your post Patient Health IT Observations and Thanks to Nurses! …Kudos to you Cassie regarding this salute to nurses! You have inspired me to spend a couple hours this morning in writing this blog (also related to thanking nurses, but from my perspective as a “non-clinical” Healthcare IT (EMR) [...]

Continue Reading

Patient Health IT Observations and Thanks to Nurses!

Posted on22. Jul, 2011 by Cassie Thiessen.

7

I often have an overwhelming sense of guilt that I work in the healthcare industry, but am not a clinician nor have I ever had an Inpatient experience to gain a clinical perspective. There are many out there that will say I am ill-equipped to do my work because of this; however I do my [...]

Continue Reading

How-When to Ask For a Salary Raise

Posted on20. Jul, 2011 by Erin Kennedy.

0

Throughout your Healthcare IT career, you are definitely going to encounter a situation where you feel entitled to a salary raise but have not been offered one. Learning how and when to ask for a raise is the first step towards taking control of one’s future and career. Unfortunately in these tough economic times, raises [...]

Continue Reading

The Chicken or The Egg – What came first? The EMR Job or EMR Vendor Certification – What came first?

Posted on19. Jul, 2011 by Shirley Corsey.

3

The EMR Job came first! I know, I know this is a long blog title (and hold on folks, this is also a very lengthy blog article as well) – but I felt there was no getting around it. Especially based on the most current blogger audience replies to my most popular (and Healthcare IT Today’s most [...]

Continue Reading

Personal Branding Starts Young

Posted on18. Jul, 2011 by Joe Lavelle.

1

Every person you have ever met, or even has just witnessed your behavior or your words from across a room, has formed an impression of you and carries that with them. When your name is mentioned or seen on a name tag, what will be the first thoughts that people have?