Healthcare IT Today

Changing Your Healthcare IT Sellable Skill Set

Posted on25. Nov, 2011 by David Kushan.

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As a consultant, you need to know your sellable skill set or knowledge base. And just as importantly, you have to be able to package yourself in a way that the people who are buying your services will be comfortable in engaging you. I decided to write this particular post because of the same question [...]

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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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When Did You Last Take a Test?!

Posted on10. Aug, 2011 by Cassie Thiessen.

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So, dear readership, when is the last time you took a test? Oh I know it; I’m laughing, too. Hold up, didn’t I finish up taking exams when I finished college (Go Vandals!)?! Not in the Healthcare IT industry! We’ve got Masters and PhDs, MDs, RNs, CPHIMSS, MS, PMP, CPC, RHIA, AHIMA, certificates, etc, etc, [...]

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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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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 [...]