Electronic medical records and big data go together like bricks and a finished house; the smaller parts build the framework of the larger finished product, and each day a new discovery could result within. As providers across the country have access to patient medical data beyond the desktop, physicians will be able to put together […]
Caitlin Gentry is a Consultant Advisor at Healthcare IT Leaders who has been with the company since March 2013. An Alpharetta, Ga., native, Caitlin is a graduate of DeVry University who enjoys boating, fishing, listening to live music and wood working in her spare time. Q: How did you find Healthcare IT Leaders as an employer? […]
Healthcare IT Leaders recruiters will participate in a virtual job fair for health information management (HIM) talent from 1-4 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 27. The event is hosted by the American Health Information Management Association. HIM professionals will have the opportunity to upload a resume and chat online directly with Healthcare IT Leaders recruiters to […]
Healthcare IT outsourcing will reach $50.4 billion worldwide by 2018 – up from $35 billion in 2013, according to a new report from M & M, a market research company. The firm says insurers, health systems and pharma companies are driving the market, utilizing outsourcing to "enhance their focus on core business, reduce operational and maintenance […]
When you start a new job, you must adjust to the job’s demands, as well as the workplace environment. When you begin a new healthcare IT consultant assignment, you might have to adjust to a new city, too. While the assignment may be temporary, you’ll need to find things about the city that resonate with […]
The need for ICD-10 coding experts may increase by as much as 40 percent over the next two years, according to a new report. The "State of H.I.M." survey of over 300 health information management professionals says coder demand will reach its peak between the third quarter of 2013 and first quarter of 2014, as […]
The lively healthcare IT blog community provides to-the-minute clarity in a sea of acronyms, software companies and government regulation. To help you navigate the deep HIT blogging community waters, we're giving special recognition to blogs that provide information about software systems, consultant best practices, tools of the trade and legislative changes that may impact healthcare […]
Hospital hiring in the IT category will remain steady and grow for the remainder of the year and contract healthcare jobs will surge, according to a new CareerBuilder survey conducted by Harris Interactive. The online survey of more than 200 healthcare hiring managers indicated that full-time, permanent hiring in the second half of 2013 will […]
All healthcare providers must be on the ICD-10 codes by Oct. 2014, which means ICD-10 implementation experts are in high demand over the next 12 months. Even with the one-year extension of the ICD-10 deadline, hospitals and healthcare providers are in varied states of readiness, according to recent surveys, with fifteen months to go. Training […]
At a recent HIMSS conference in Washington on big data and analytics, I found myself vividly remembering two young college students, covered in black and blue blotches and desperately struggling to live. It was years ago on a beautiful Saturday morning in June, in a college town drawn from a Saturday Evening Post cover and […]
Record-breaking EHR adoption is fueling unprecedented growth in health IT, but hospitals are also putting the brakes on some IT initiatives because of staff shortages, according to two reports released this week. In 2012, some 44 percent of hospitals reported having a basic electronic health record system, up 17 percentage points from 2011, according to […]
With 2/3 of health care employers reporting difficulties recruiting experienced IT workers for healthcare IT jobs (a number that rises to 73 percent for Epic-certified consultants), IT departments face unprecedented hiring challenges. This webinar, recorded June 5th 2013, features solutions to the HIT hiring crisis from Towers Watson, a leading global professional services firm and Healthcare […]