Relocation and Your Pets: Top Six Tips

Thursday, December 23, 2010.

By Tiffany Crenshaw, President and CEO of Intellect Resources

In the chaos of moving it is important not to overlook your non-human companions. Pets are very sensitive to changes in their environment, so consider these tips to help make their transition—and yours—smooth.

Blumenthal to Set Aggressive Pace for Health Data Exchange

Monday, December 20, 2010
Original article by Mary Mosquera for Government Health IT


Dr. David Blumenthal, the national health IT coordinator, expects to aggressively pick up the pace on health information exchange following the recent call from the White House for a common language and format for exchanging data between electronic health records systems.

Survey: Top 5 reasons providers not ready for meaningful use

Monday, December 13, 2010.
Original post by Molly Merrill, Associate Editor of Healthcare IT News

NEW YORK – About 90 percent of healthcare providers that purchased electronic medical records technology are off track to meet their meaningful use implementation goals, according to the 2011 Black Book Ranking's user survey.

Ask A Recruiter : Selecting Your Professional References

Thursday, December 8, 2010.
by Brenda Witkemper

We’ve been conducting a lot of references here at IR lately, and it seems this might be a great time to review best practices in selecting appropriate professional references. So, here’s my advice…

First, identify your advocates! A reference is worth little value to you, if he’s not your champion. Please steer clear of using anyone you may have had strong differences with. Likewise, don’t reach-out to anyone who’s ethics you question. True story – I once had a reference say to me, “Well, she’s OK, but I’m better. I feel I’d be a much stronger candidate for this job. Would you like to see my resume?” Ouch.

Survey Projects Growth in Hiring for Health IT Industry During Q1

Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Originally posted on iHealthBeat

Hiring in the health care IT industry is projected to grow in the first quarter of 2011, according to a new report from industry group Robert Half, Healthcare IT News reports (Merrill, Healthcare IT News, 12/6).

The report is based on interviews with more than 1,400 CIOs across the nation.

8 Key Roles to Incorporate Into an Excellent Health IT Team

Monday, December 6, 2010.
Written by Jaimie Oh and originally on Becker's Hospital Review

Through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, hospitals and healthcare organizations have the opportunity to become eligible for incentive payments upon demonstrating meaningful use of electronic medical records. However, a shortage of health IT workers in the healthcare industry has added another challenge to healthcare leaders scrambling to implement health IT solutions in their respective organizations. Because of this, it is becoming now more important than ever for hospitals to hire health IT staff members who can serve as veritable support to hospital leaders, specifically CIOs. Here are seven of some of the top health IT leadership and support roles hospitals should hire into their organizations.

Top 25 Clinical Informaticists - 2010

Wednesday, December 1, 2010
By Maureen McKinney, originally posted 11/8/10 on ModernHealthcare.com


Richard Ambrosino

Richard Ambrosino, 51, is medical director, clinical decision support and reporting, at 12-hospital University of Pittsburgh Medical Center health system, where he has worked in various informatics leadership roles for nearly a decade. He has led the system's efforts to improve functionality, rules and reports within its electronic health-record system. Before joining UPMC, Ambrosino, a physician, was co-director of the clinical informatics team at the Pittsburgh VA Healthcare System, where he helped design and implement a computerized physician order entry system. His background also includes 20 years as a primary- and emergency-care physician.