9 Ways to Address Healthcare Staffing Challenges using Human Capital Management

Healthcare’s biggest challenge? Finding and keeping qualified staff. According to the American College of Healthcare Executives' latest annual survey, Hospital CEOs cite personnel shortages as their top issue—ranking recruitment woes higher than financial challenges, care quality, cybersecurity, or other perennial concerns. COVID-19 burnout is fueling resignations and retirements by front-line healthcare workers, and those who […]
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Vaccine & Testing Programs: Six Imperatives for HR Professionals

The OSHA vaccinate or test mandate is officially dead, yet many questions remain for how employers can best move forward this year. Variations on the mandate remain applicable for certain businesses (see healthcare) and in select cities and states. Absent regulation, many companies are still forging ahead with vaccination and regular testing programs. The burden […]
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Meet a Leader: CEO & Principal Bob Bailey

Healthcare IT Leaders was founded on the “Be a Leader” mentality. This catchphrase was coined by our commander-in-chief, Bob Bailey. It’s a rallying cry that guides everything we do. We call everyone in our company to be leaders and show up every day, ready to do their best for others. Every leader has a backstory. […]
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3 Signs It’s Time to Partner with a Managed IT Services Provider

Often the need for managed services isn’t recognized until it’s too late, as in when: projects pile up and topple over burnt-out staff timelines run amuck, and it’s impossible to keep up with critical benchmarks financial objectives go out the window, and budgets go haywire We’re working during unprecedented times. Industry-wide, health systems and hospitals […]
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Meet Our Tesla Giveaway Winner

At Healthcare IT Leaders, we're proud of the dedicated team we’ve built since opening our doors in 2011, and much of our success is due to positive word-of-mouth and referrals from our loyal consultants. In 2021, to mark our 10th anniversary, we announced a referral contest for our consultants with a new Tesla as the […]
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Vaccine and Testing Directives: What’s Next After the SCOTUS Rulings?

While many employers are breathing a sigh of relief now that the U.S. Supreme Court has blocked OSHA’s vaccinate-or-test mandate, the difficult and daily challenge of managing COVID-19 risks in the workplace doesn’t go away. COVID-related absenteeism is on the rise, return-to-work plans are on hold, and Omicron-fueled outbreaks continue to cause short-term worksite closures […]
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Eight “Ates” for Managing Change in Healthcare IT

Heraclitus said, “You cannot step into the same stream twice.”  This metaphorical insight is frequently acknowledged but oft not appreciated. All things, both living and inanimate, are changing. We have no choice, as change is inevitable, but managing change is possible. Without planning and consideration, we may be swept away by the turbulence when we […]
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5 Science-Backed Brain Hacks to Boost Productivity

Staying productive throughout the workday can sometimes feel like an impossible feat. Indeed, numerous studies show it's highly challenging to maintain a consistently high work output throughout the day, regardless of how many cups of coffee we have in hand. But the science of productivity also offers several practical ways (besides a caffeine addiction) to […]
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4 Health IT Employment Trends for 2022

As experts in health IT staffing, we keep close tabs on the ever-evolving employment landscape. Below are a few of the emerging industry trends that we’re watching, along with our advice for job seekers navigating this unique and fluid market. Job Flexibility (WFH) One does not need a crystal ball to predict that the pandemic […]
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Season’s Greetings from Healthcare IT Leaders

‘Tis the season for giving thanks and giving back. It’s been our privilege to support a variety of charitable causes in 2021 through our employee CARES program, including: A Second Later Black Child Development Institute Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School WorkStudy program Cerner Charitable Foundation The Lionheart School WORKS program Family Promise of North […]
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IBM Digital Health Pass Integrating with Healthcare IT Leaders Healthy Returns Practice to Provide COVID-19 Digital Credentials

Today, Watson Health and Healthcare IT Leaders announced the integration of IBM Digital Health Pass with Healthcare IT Leaders Healthy Returns, a comprehensive suite of enterprise COVID-19 services. The IBM Digital Health Pass is designed to enable organizations to verify COVID-19 test results or vaccination status for employees, customers, and visitors entering their sites, such […]
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Healthcare IT Leaders and Voyce Bring Real-Time Language Interpretation to COVID-19 Contact Tracing

Healthcare IT Leaders has partnered with Voyce, a technology-driven company committed to helping people face language barriers, to enable multilingual support for its COVID-19 contact tracing services. Voyce provides real-time, on-demand access to its network of professional and medically trained language interpreters who offer interpretation in 238 languages and dialects, including American Sign Language. The […]
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