Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Phasing out of this blog.
Hi all. I decided to phase out this blog for various reasons and create a new blog with fresh perspective of my various current interests. Please visit my new blog site.
Monday, October 25, 2010
Top 10 Approaches for Professional Development
I found this article in February 2010 issue of "HIMSS Clinical Informatics Insights" magazine.
I think that it works in any sector and at any level. You might be doing some of these already, but this article shows what else you can do to successfully grow professionally in any job you choose. Infact, I am testing those rules on my career too. I will let you know how succesful I am in few months time.
Also, don't forget to read my other article - Healthcare IT jobs... What should you know?.
- Cheers.
I think that it works in any sector and at any level. You might be doing some of these already, but this article shows what else you can do to successfully grow professionally in any job you choose. Infact, I am testing those rules on my career too. I will let you know how succesful I am in few months time.
Also, don't forget to read my other article - Healthcare IT jobs... What should you know?.
- Cheers.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Delighted to join HIMSS Southern California chapter
I am delighted to join Southern California's HIMSS(Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society) chapter. It is a brand new start for me in healthcare IT. I am hoping to attend the meetings and do some volunteer work.Here is my membership card.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Healthcare IT books
Here is a link for you, in case you are searching for a "Healthcare IT book store".
Monday, December 7, 2009
Choosing to solve the right Healthcare IT problem first.
I found another nice article in the "The Healthcare IT guy" blog. Instead of rephrasing it, I am just linking to the blog posting.
You must read it if you are venturing into "Healthcare IT solutions".
You must read it if you are venturing into "Healthcare IT solutions".
Healthcare IT jobs... What should you know?
I recently got very curious about this whole Healthcare sector, and started doing some research about it's current needs and the kind of IT people who fit into this sector. As I was looking around, I came across a nice blog posting from Shahid Shah.
"...
If you’re not an expert in healthcare IT, how could enter the field? It’s actually a little easier than you might think but you’ll need to be creative. Here are some ideas.
If you’ve got experience running or working in a medical office or you’re an experienced project manager you can apply for an implementation specialist or assistant at almost any healthcare IT firm like an EMR or EHR vendor, consulting firm, or systems integrator. The thing to keep in mind is that every customer that buys an EMR needs to have it installed and deployed and that’s done by implementation folks. There is a shortage of people that can take complex products like EHRs and EMRs live.
If you have a little or a lot of general IT experience but no healthcare IT experience you can start by working in a technical support or training capacity. You would get the opportunity to learn new products and use your IT experience to provide customer service, support, and training talent.
If you’re interested in the software side you can think of being a tester of software; vendors need good quality assurance and configuration management personnel and that’s a great place to begin your healthcare IT career.
If you’re good at writing, consider joining the documentation team for creating training materials, videos, screencasts, or other related artifacts necessary to teach people how to use healthcare IT.
If you’re a developer interested in writing software but you’re not experienced in healthcare, join one of the many open source projects that are out there building open source EMRs, EHRs, PHRs, and related tools. Open source is a great way to join a community of people willing to help you if you’re willing to give back to them, too.
If you’re an integration specialist (you know EAI, EDI, EII, ETL, ESBs, or other integration techniques) start to learn HL7, CCR, and CCD and you can write your own ticket almost anywhere. The majority of healthcare problems in the IT arena are integration and deployment problems so if you know scripting and HL7 you’re good to go.
..."
"...
If you’re not an expert in healthcare IT, how could enter the field? It’s actually a little easier than you might think but you’ll need to be creative. Here are some ideas.
If you’ve got experience running or working in a medical office or you’re an experienced project manager you can apply for an implementation specialist or assistant at almost any healthcare IT firm like an EMR or EHR vendor, consulting firm, or systems integrator. The thing to keep in mind is that every customer that buys an EMR needs to have it installed and deployed and that’s done by implementation folks. There is a shortage of people that can take complex products like EHRs and EMRs live.
If you have a little or a lot of general IT experience but no healthcare IT experience you can start by working in a technical support or training capacity. You would get the opportunity to learn new products and use your IT experience to provide customer service, support, and training talent.
If you’re interested in the software side you can think of being a tester of software; vendors need good quality assurance and configuration management personnel and that’s a great place to begin your healthcare IT career.
If you’re good at writing, consider joining the documentation team for creating training materials, videos, screencasts, or other related artifacts necessary to teach people how to use healthcare IT.
If you’re a developer interested in writing software but you’re not experienced in healthcare, join one of the many open source projects that are out there building open source EMRs, EHRs, PHRs, and related tools. Open source is a great way to join a community of people willing to help you if you’re willing to give back to them, too.
If you’re an integration specialist (you know EAI, EDI, EII, ETL, ESBs, or other integration techniques) start to learn HL7, CCR, and CCD and you can write your own ticket almost anywhere. The majority of healthcare problems in the IT arena are integration and deployment problems so if you know scripting and HL7 you’re good to go.
..."
Monday, November 30, 2009
Integration Concerns for Healthcare Organizations
"...
Today’s healthcare organizations face many challenges in implementing, managing and maintaining HL7 integration solutions. Integration solutions must be able to support mission-critical healthcare systems, and meet the requirements of the current regional and provincial initiatives while at the same time ensuring future EHR initiatives can be accommodated within the solution’s framework.
This event will focus on tools, methodologies and best practices to help simplify and accelerate Healthcare Integration solutions. Attend and learn from real-world success stories on how Microsoft-based technologies were applied to deliver healthcare solutions.
- EHR and HealthVault
- HL7 v2 and v3
- Regional Integration
- Patient & Provider Portals
- Paperless Clinical Operation
- Medical Device Integration
- Reporting & Analytics
- Performance Management
..."
Watch this Web cast.
Today’s healthcare organizations face many challenges in implementing, managing and maintaining HL7 integration solutions. Integration solutions must be able to support mission-critical healthcare systems, and meet the requirements of the current regional and provincial initiatives while at the same time ensuring future EHR initiatives can be accommodated within the solution’s framework.
This event will focus on tools, methodologies and best practices to help simplify and accelerate Healthcare Integration solutions. Attend and learn from real-world success stories on how Microsoft-based technologies were applied to deliver healthcare solutions.
- EHR and HealthVault
- HL7 v2 and v3
- Regional Integration
- Patient & Provider Portals
- Paperless Clinical Operation
- Medical Device Integration
- Reporting & Analytics
- Performance Management
..."
Watch this Web cast.
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