Healthcare IT Today

The Six Degrees of EMR Healthcare IT Consultants – It’s A Small World After All!

Posted on01. Nov, 2011 by Shirley Corsey.

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One of the MOST interesting things I have discovered is how there is a human connection to just about every hospital and/or clinic location I have been assigned over these past 7 years as a nationwide, traveling Electronic Medical Records (EMR) Consultant. It’s like the Six degrees of separation and the game it’s based on, [...]

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

Posted on25. Jul, 2011 by Shirley Corsey.

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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) [...]

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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.

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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 [...]

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Healthcare IT Job Search – “Life Is like a Box of Chocolates…”

Posted on06. Jun, 2011 by Shirley Corsey.

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“You Never Know What You’re Gonna Get!” – Forrest Gump. I’m a ”seasoned” Healthcare IT “Road Warrior” with over 25 years of Healthcare IT experience (these past six and a half years my career is focused on Epic Systems, Inc. Electronic Medical Records (EMR) Software, as a Certified EMR Consultant). From mid 2009 through to 2010 I was on contract assignment with the [...]

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A “How To” Guide for EMR Vendor Certification – 2011 Webinar

Posted on05. Apr, 2011 by Shirley Corsey.

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Epic Systems Corporation makes software for mid-size and large medical groups, hospitals, and integrated healthcare organizations – working with customers that include community hospitals, academic facilities, children’s organizations, safety net providers and multi-hospital systems. Epic® has again been named the #1 Overall Software Vendor for 2010 by KLAS*. For their healthcare organization clients, Epic Systems provides [...]

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Hooray for the New Year and New Healthcare IT Job Opportunities!

Posted on10. Jan, 2011 by Shirley Corsey.

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Yes, I just love the New Year! After the end of last year’s holidays and all the New Year’s Eve hoopla, here we are in the first weeks of the New Year. While some folks get the post holidays blues, I have always, always loved January…maybe because since I was a little girl, I knew [...]