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 […]
You can learn a lot about the IT community by just asking a few questions. Like how much money they earn, what they like about their jobs, and whether their employers are hiring. The answers to these types of questions (and more) can be found in some recent annual surveys from leading tech websites and […]
Completing an Epic certification is a great milestone, but it’s not the finish line in terms of your Epic education. Until recently, New Version Training (NVT) was the primary requirement for continuing your Epic learning and retaining your certification in a given application. But new requirements—issued near the end of 2016—update the Continuing Epic Education […]
If you are part of the Epic leadership team in your hospital or health system, then Epic UGM 2017 (Sept 25-28) should be on your calendar. Unlike the Epic XGM meetings, geared toward the analyst and trainer communities, the annual Epic UGM (Users’ Group Meeting) is designed for executives, directors, clinical staff and others with […]
There are plenty of ways to share information across a large healthcare organization during an EHR implementation. One of the most effective, in my experience, are Town Hall meetings where users can ask questions and hear directly from leadership about the status and goals of the implementation. When done well, Town Halls should result in […]
Healthcare IT Leaders, a leading healthcare IT staffing and consulting services company, was recognized today by Forbes, as one of America’s Best Professional Recruiting Firms. To compile its rankings, Forbes worked with analytics firm Statista to identify and review close to 4,000 U.S. recruiting companies. Then it invited thousands of recruiters, employees who have worked with […]