Healthcare IT Leaders, a KLAS-rated provider of health IT workforce and consulting solutions, has been named one of Atlanta’s Best Places to Work by the Atlanta Business Chronicle. The honor, announced today, is based on independent employee surveys collected from hundreds of metro area businesses. “As Atlanta has grown, so has our company,” said Bob […]
Equipment breakdowns occur regularly in most hospitals. But the maintenance of these assets is often divided among multiple stakeholders within a hospital. Biomedical engineers may be responsible for keeping medical devices running, while IT staff has domain authority over most software and hardware. Responsibility for other assets, ranging from refrigerators to televisions in waiting rooms, […]
When faced with a long list of competing priorities at work is your first instinct to check your Facebook feed or head out to lunch? Yup, you are a procrastinator. Almost all of us procrastinate sometimes—putting off a difficult task by substituting another activity that may be more enjoyable or distracting. But a reported 20 […]
For the third year in a row, Healthcare IT Leaders is highly ranked on the Inc. 5000, an exclusive ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies. The 36th annual Inc. 5000 list is the most prestigious ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies. Microsoft, Dell, Domino’s Pizza, Pandora, Timberland, LinkedIn, Yelp, Zillow, and many other […]
As a past Epic training manager and current consultant to hospitals that implement training programs, one of my critical responsibilities is hiring. A new Epic implementation requires an influx of training personnel to teach users about their new system, and that means looking at a lot of resumes to find capable new hires for the […]
Healthcare IT Leaders, a leading national provider of Healthcare IT workforce solutions, is again ranked among the fastest-growing staffing firms in the U.S., according to a new report from Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA). SIA’s annual ranking of the fastest-growing staffing firms is based on compound average growth rate (CAGR) from 2012 through 2016. With a […]
When we first introduced our blog readers to Pam, she was a freshly-minted Epic consultant starting her very first assignment. Her advice to other new consultants ranks as one of our most read posts. Now Pam has over a year and a half of consulting experience and a couple of client projects under her belt. So […]
A new KLAS report cites Healthcare IT Leaders as one of only five HIT consulting firms performing a full breadth of implementation services across four categories, including business solutions implementation, enterprise implementation leadership, support and staffing, and go-live support. For its specialty report “Implementation Services 2017” KLAS spoke with 660 organizations who provided insights on […]
Resource planning for an Epic implementation is a tremendous undertaking and estimating the “right” number of Epic trainers required for organizational success is a common challenge. Epic Systems guides all of its customers on resource planning and their tools for gauging customer training needs are simple to use and provide a good baseline number as […]
As a HIT consultant and road warrior, organizational skills are a key to your success. But one of your simplest organizing tasks can also be one of the most vexing: receipt management. No one likes completing expense reports. It’s a job that is made that much more frustrating by the daily accumulation of receipts of […]
Change management is a critical—and often misunderstood—component of most Epic implementations, and indeed, most software projects. If you’re an Epic Build Analyst, you may not think about change management much, except when it seems like an annoyance. But understanding and working effectively with the change management team is a huge part of being an Epic […]
Accenture's 2017 forecast for Digital Health envisions a brave new world of healthcare bots, virtual workers and a vast ecosystem of tech partnerships and platforms. If the future sounds a bit cold and impersonal, Accenture cautions that a "People First" approach to technology will be critical for healthcare organizations along their digital transformation journey. Brian Kalis, Managing Director, Accenture […]