Archives for March 2011

Career Spotlight: 7 Steps to Leverage a Counteroffer for a Larger Salary

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Leveraging a competitive offer can be a tricky and potentially risky affair. Follow these steps to put yourself in the best position to leverage a competitive offer for a better deal or successfully retreat, if necessary.Don’t bluffIf you’re not prepared to take the counteroffer, don’t try to leverage it to obtain a raise. Be prepared for either party to refuse to negotiate or rescind the offer.Act before Day 1Your best bet to leverage a competitive offer is during negotiations with a potential
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5 ways meaningful use will change your practice (HIMSS meeting)

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Complying with meaningful use rules can earn bonus money for your practice from Medicaid or Medicare -- but it also can shake up the way your office operates and the way you interact with patients. As hospitals and practices prepare for attestation of having met the requirements, many convened at the 2011 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society annual conference in February in Orlando, Fla., to learn what they can expect after going electronic. Meeting meaningful use will
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Scribe Platform Overview

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The Scribe platform delivers digital dictation, transcription workflow, voice recognition (M*Modal Speech Understanding), apps for iPhone/iPad/iTouch dictation, secure archival and HL7 integrations with EMR/EHR systems. Scribe technologies are designed for medical transcription companies, hospitals, and practices. The following is a video is a scribe platform overview:  About Scribe Healthcare Technologies Scribe's web-based technology solutions simplify the business of
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Harvard, Boston Children’s open $5,000 app challenge to free EHR data

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Researchers at Children’s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School this week opened a previously announced competition to develop “iPhone-like” applications to help unlock data stored in electronic health records. While the focus is on Web apps, the federally funded contest is encouraging submissions for mobile tablets, with a promise of “further optimization for smaller screens” such as smartphones by summer. Children’s and Harvard will award $5,000 for the best application in June and
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Legal and Regulatory Hurdles Confronting Telemedicine

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Telemedicine encompasses the use of technology to monitor patients remotely, store clinical data, or facilitate real-time communication between patients and providers.  In this podcast we examine some of the regulatory issues and other barriers preventing the faster expansion of telemedicine in the U.S.; including licensure, Internet/telemedicine prescribing, confidentiality and privacy of patient information, reimbursement and coding, and legal liability. Greg Billings; Senior Government
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For All Job Seekers: HIT Consulting Jobs

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As a Healthcare IT Consultant myself, I recognize the importance of having a solid business network.  I believe part of that network needs to include business partners who understand the HIT marketplace and offer value to us as consultants.  HIT Consulting Jobs is a niche job board focused on matching qualified healthcare IT consultants with short and long term assignments.  You can find them at www.HITConsultingJobs.com.  Their folks (Sheila Rogers and Renee Brannan) understand the healthcare
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One on One with Ryan Howard of Practice Fusion

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Here is a great interview of Ryan Howard of Practice Fusion, a free cloud based EMR/EHR that is positioned for explosive growth in the marketplace. Ryan Howard came up with the idea for Practice Fusion in 2005. He wanted to build a new way to manage electronic records. Today, Practice Fusion is a free, ad-supported, fully cloud-based electronic medical records management package with 70,000 users. We asked him about the issues associated with managing this kind of sensitive information in
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