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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The US shortage of healthcare IT workers may be worsening, according to two new reports, and hiring challenges are especially acute for Epic-certified workers. The Towers Watson 2013 Healthcare IT Survey finds two thirds of health care employers report difficulties recruiting experienced IT workers — a number that rises to 73 percent for Epic-certified workers. […]