Bullying At Work A Growing Trend

Tuesday, January 25, 2010.
Original Article Posted on AOLjobs By Barbara Safani


According to an AOL Jobs Survey, 22 percent of the respondents have personally felt threatened or bullied at work. Of those, 57 percent state it was from their manager, while 47 percent say it was from a peer, and 79 percent say that the abuse they experienced was verbal. Twenty-five percent have witnessed someone being bullied at work. Out of those people who witnessed it, 59 percent reported it.

Blumenthal Cuts Ribbon On EHR Incentives Program

Friday, January 21, 2010
Original article by Anthony Guerra, InformationWeek


More than 100 healthcare organizations had already applied for federal electronic health records incentives before the program launched at an event with National Coordinator David Blumenthal.

On Jan. 10, more than 125 health IT stakeholders, including hospital executives, IT professionals, physicians, and medical and public health students convened at George Washington University Hospital to kick off the start of the government's electronic health record (EHR) meaningful use registration process.

Top 10 external factors for EHR success in hospitals

Wednesday, January 19, 2010.

Original article by Molly Merrill, Associate Editor at Healthcare IT News
 
FALLS CHURCH, VA – Meaningful use, improved patient care and competition among providers are a few of the reasons electronic health records are succeeding at hospitals, according to one expert.

David Lewis, principal at CSC Consulting, shared with Healthcare IT News his top 10 list of why EHRs are gaining more positive traction, based on what he's seeing from his hospital clients.

ONC to focus on getting interoperability right in 2011

Friday, January 14, 2010.
Original article by Mary Mosquera, Government Health IT

WASHINGTON – The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT will focus in 2011 on activities that will enable healthcare providers to perform complex exchanges of information and on the technical foundation to support secure sharing.

When You Don’t Land the Job…

Friday, January 7, 2010.
By Stowe Blankenship

Simple Fact #1:

Many experienced, skilled professionals will, at some point in their careers, progress far into the interview process for a seemingly well-suited job only to learn that the employer does not want to move forward any further with them.

Darn! So, what now?

Blumenthal Looks Back at 2010, Offers Peek Into Plans for 2011

Tuesday, January 4, 2010.
Original article by Kate Ackerman, iHealthBeat Senior Editor

From the release of the final rule on meaningful use to the launch of the temporary electronic health record certification program to the establishment of 62 Regional Extension Centers aimed at helping physicians become meaningful users of EHRs, there was a flurry of health IT activity in 2010.