The October 1, 2014, ICD-10 conversion deadline is 12-plus months away, so why does it feel like two minutes until midnight? Only in healthcare and government does such lead time convert to last-second, bug-eyed panic. Our anxiety will surely worsen before it improves. The months ahead will bring more hand-wringing and an increasing volume of […]
Epic Consultant Advisor Christine Woods' bubbly personality is a result of her child actor days and years spent in news, media and communications roles before becoming a recruiter four years ago. Christine graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Communication, Broadcasting and English Literature from the University of Tennessee and enjoys volunteering, running and spending time […]
Fly out Sunday, fly back in Thursday; lather, rinse, repeat. A healthcare IT consultant is often on the road – or in the air – twice a week while he or she is on a job, and all of that hard work means travel mealtimes may be infrequent, unhealthy or incomplete. You know how to […]
One sign of success for EMR software giant Epic Systems is the continued expansion of its sprawling campus in Verona, Wis., just outside of Madison. As reported in the Wisconsin State Journal, Epic recently opened three new office buildings that “have the appearance of a bucolic farm. “A white farmhouse with a wrap-around porch leads […]
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 […]