The job market in Healthcare IT is heating up. Between the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the 10th revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10) coding system rolling out this year, healthcare organizations will...
A few weeks ago, we wrote about the shockingly low number of healthcare organizations that have demonstrated meaningful use of Electronic Health Records (EHRs). But according to a recent article on Bloomberg.com, some of the organizations that have begun to digitize patient health records are...
If so, you'll be ahead of nearly all healthcare organizations in the United States. According to a report published by the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, most physicians are lagging behind in digitizing patient health records. The survey of 1,820 primary-care and specialty physicians found that...
Chances are, if you began your career as a healthcare clinician, you never thought about transferring those skills into a career in health IT. But, it just might be something to consider. With healthcare organizations, hospitals and practices nationwide scrambling to meet the EMR conversion deadline,...
Do you know the quickest way to advance your career in health IT? The answer is to specialize. In almost any industry--not just health IT--specialists are in higher demand and command higher salaries because of their expertly-focused knowledge. As a health IT professional, you've already...
Not surprisingly, the use of Smartphones and other mobile devices has taken the health IT industry by storm. According to a December 2011 study by the Ponemon Institute, 81% of doctors use a Smartphone to access patient information; that's up from 72% in 2010. The...