Helen Figge

Submitted by jthompson on Mon, 06/27/2011 - 08:54

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Career Services, HIMSS

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Helen Figge is Senior Director of Career Services at HIMSS. She blogs about healthcare IT workforce-related issues and developments.

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Reliability in the Cloud - Shifting email responsibility to hosted exchange provider

Cloud-based Microsoft Exchange service features all the mission critical enterprise-class communication and collaboration capabilities of an in-house solution without the unpredictable costs and management headaches. With flexible customization options, healthcare organizations can seamlessly move to a cloud-based solution without compromising security or altering their current encryption approach. Learn More

Meaningful Use - Now or Never

Tips and tools to help healthcare professionals on the path to MU and beyond. Learn More

Improve the patient experience. Improve your technology!

Visit this resource center for IT trends, predictions and priorities for 2013 and beyond. In addition, access case studies and interviews with your peers so you can learn how to deliver the best patient care possible. Learn More

How to Get Paid for Meaningful Use: 7 Tips from the EHR Trenches

If your vendor does not provide a strong level of support, the process of Meaningful Use attestation may be much more difficult and costly than your practice can afford - and perhaps even impossible to achieve. Read this whitepaper for important advice on the difficulties involved in meeting meaningful use requirements and how to overcome them. Learn More

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Clinical Spotlight Episode 5: Samir Damani, MD

Tom Martin from mHIMSS sits down with Samir Damani, MD, founder and CEO of MD Revolution to discuss mobile health, chronic disease prevention, and engaging doctors at the mHealth Summit 2012.

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Blogs

Is the End of Search the Beginning of Personalized Prevention?

May 24, 2013 | Joseph C. Kvedar

The vision, as described by Amit Singhal, who is in charge of search for Google, is that instead of typing words into a box, we will have conversations with Google, enabling a much more personalized experience. If you apply this thinking to healthcare, several controversies/topics come to the fore. More

Using Technology to Engage Patients

May 21, 2013 | Charlie Jarvis

In the “computer world” in which we live today, patients are using technology to address their healthcare needs in ways that we have never seen before. More

The Star Thrower, or How Healthcare Looks to Consumers

May 20, 2013 | Lisa Suennen

It is always interesting how events find ways of connecting themselves together even when they seem so unrelated. More

Who Writes Clinical Notes?

May 20, 2013 | Keith W. Boone

This question was the fundamental question being addressed in a recent Structured Documents Workgroup meeting. At the root of it is whether or not a patient authored note belongs, or doesn't belong in the CDA Consolidation Guide as it is further developed by HL7. More