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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Train Them Until They Quit?

Posted on04. Aug, 2011 by Joe Lavelle.

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We all know how important training is going to be in Healthcare IT the next few years as very few organizations have experience implementing and optimizing EMR systems. With that in mind I ask you, is there some merit to training your employees with the intention of having them use those skills to leave your company?

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Managing Vendors, Managing Resources

Posted on02. Aug, 2011 by Cassie Thiessen.

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It’s summer and it’s a hot one out there! And I’m not just speaking of Gwen Darling’s recent move to the capital of hot days Tulsa, OK; I’m talking about the Healthcare IT consulting market. Phew it’s hot out there! For proof, just check out the jobs listed at HealthcareITCentral.com. These babies are updated daily [...]

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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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Patient Health IT Observations and Thanks to Nurses!

Posted on22. Jul, 2011 by Cassie Thiessen.

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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 [...]