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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Healthcare IT Consultants: How to Fly SW Airlines – Without Paying An Extra $10

Posted on05. Jul, 2011 by Cassie Thiessen.

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For all those of us who are or have been traveling consultants or those that have ever clicked “Road Warrior” on a job board, what is the greatest bonus you can think of in exchange for all the pain? By pain, I am referring to hours of airports with bad and expensive food and hours [...]

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Employee Recognition – I See You!

Posted on20. Jun, 2011 by Cassie Thiessen.

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Over the past years, the healthcare information technology industry has experienced an economic boom specifically correlated to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) financial incentives for Electronic Medical Record (EMR) implementation. For those of us working in companies and closely-related industries within healthcare information technology, we have also noticed. It seems as though every [...]

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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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Do You Give Them What They Ask For? Or What They Need?

Posted on25. May, 2011 by Joe Lavelle.

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As a consultant, I am approached many times a year by clients with opportunities to help them implement or optimize new systems or technology. As a result, I am often faced with the dilemma “do we give them what they ask for? or do we give them what they need?”

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Are You Considering Becoming a Healthcare IT Consultant?

Posted on06. Apr, 2011 by Joe Lavelle.

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Experts are saying that there is a need for over 50,000 Healthcare IT experts that do not exist today. This is really good news for those of us that are IT experts already. Opportunities should abound. Is all this opportunity inspiring you to want to leave the employ of your hospital or vendor and join the world of consulting? I think that’s great. I know many people that have successfully made the jump to consulting.