Caffeine might be the typical way you start your day, but you may need stronger methods to greet the day when traveling to a new location as a traveling IT consultant. Changing time zones can present you with serious jet lag. Jet lag symptoms can vary, but if you'd like to avoid the flying-related feelings […]
Job growth in 2016 is being sparked by the healthcare and technology sectors, and some of the biggest and best-known employers in health IT are leading the way. Below are five major health IT companies with aggressive expansion and hiring plans for tech jobs. Cerner Corporation Cerner Corporation’s ongoing expansion of its headquarters is being called […]
Average salaries, bonuses and contract rates for technology professionals in the U.S. rose year-over-year, according to the annual Dice Salary Survey. YOY technology salaries saw the biggest leap since the survey began more than a decade ago, up 7.7% to $96,370, and bonuses increased 7% from 2014, with the average bonus at $10,194. In 2015, […]
In case you missed it, the 2016 HIMSS Conference and Exhibition was Feb. 29 – March 4 in Las Vegas, where 41,885 health IT professionals and enthusiasts descended on the Venetian, Palazzo and Sands Expo Center to hear industry leaders speak on the past, present and future of health IT. The event kicked off as […]
With millions of impressions, 143,164 Tweets by the beginning of day three and even encouraging a national Twitter trend, attendees at 2016 HIMSS Annual Conference and Exhibition were all a-twitter on Twitter about what the conference had to offer, from keynote speakers Michael Dell and Peyton Manning to the HealthTech Demo Zone to those ever-increasing lines for caffeine. Download our Free eBook: […]
“Home isn’t a place, it’s a feeling,” said author Cecelia Ahern in her novel, “Love, Rosie.” Evoking the warm feeling of home couldn’t be more important than when you’re on the road as an IT consultant. The combination of jet lag, a new location and missing personal connections with family and friends all can cause […]
So you’ve followed our eight easy tips for improving your resume, eliminated these 35 words from your resume and added these 20 words to it instead. What’s next? You may not be surprised to hear this, but go over your resume again, this time for its formatting. Great resumes use a lot of white space, […]
Connect to your patients in a whole new way with Salesforce Health Cloud, the first Salesforce product built specifically for healthcare. Salesforce Health Cloud is a cloud-based patient relationship management solution that enables proviiders to gain a complete view of the patient with integrated data from EMRs, wearables and more; make smarter care decisions, engage […]
While the first HIMSS conference debuted in 1962 with only 54 attendees (and the exhibition didn’t debut until 1983 with ten exhibitors), the present-day HIMSS Conference and Exhibition draws in a lot more healthcare IT industry interest. The conference, held Feb. 29 – March 4 in Las Vegas, Nev., will have more than 500 speakers […]
With HIMSS 2016 right around the corner (Feb. 29 – March 4 in Las Vegas, NV), the health IT world is placing its bets on what the hot industry topics will be at the annual conference. Healthcare IT News recently compiled a list of more than 35 great healthcare IT leaders who will be engaging […]
While the words “healthy planet” may conjure up images of blue recycling bins, Captain Planet characters and a smiling Mother Earth, the Epic Healthy Planet module has everything to do with helping the people inhabiting the earth, versus keeping the planet green. Epic Healthy Planet is Epic Systems’ accountable care and population management system module, […]
If your New Year’s resolution involved eating better or losing weight, as a consultant, you may have found that flying all the time for work doesn’t always support those goals. Even if you’re not a consultant but have springtime travel plans, know what food you should eat on which airline to keep your health grounded, […]