Workforce Management

The healthcare market is considered resistant to economic recession, but that doesn't mean it's any easier to hire and keep good workers when dollars are in short supply. Hospitals and clinics often outsource business processes such as clinical documentation and billing and revenue cycle, while working to retain care professionals and other core staff. Despite recent economic downturn, healthcare remains one of the fastest-growing job sectors in the United States.

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N.Y. man defrauds Medicare of $70,000 in medical device reimbursements
May 15, 2012 | Diana Manos
A New York man pleaded guilty in district court this week for forging physician's chart notes to make Medicare or private carrier claims qualify for reimbursements for bone growth stimulator medical devices.
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New ONC dashboard tracks nationwide HITECH progress
May 9, 2012 | Mike Miliard
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has launched its new Health IT Dashboard, offering an interactive trove of data related to grants programs, regional extension centers and other measures of health IT adoption.
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HHS gives innovation awards to 26 organizations
May 8, 2012 | Bernie Monegain
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced Tuesday the first batch of organizations receiving Health Care Innovation awards. A total of $122.6 million will support 26 projects -- many underpinned by health IT, and all aimed at improving care, saving money and improving the healthcare workforce.
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iPad touch technology tapped to fight infections
May 8, 2012 | Bernie Monegain
The convenient way one uses to input and access information on the iPhone or iPad -- capacitive touch technology -- has now been incorporated into a system for monitoring hand hygiene compliance to help curb healthcare-associated infections, or HAIs.
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6 must-haves for effective customer support in health IT
May 3, 2012 | Michelle McNickle
There's no denying that customer service is a key driver of success in any business. And when it comes to health IT, strong customer support is that much more important to successfully implement tools aimed at improving patient care and reducing costs.
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6 reasons to manage and archive your social media
May 1, 2012 | Michelle McNickle
Social media's use in healthcare is without a doubt growing. But as organizations learn how to leverage these tools, a recent whitepaper by Osterman Research makes clear organizations also need have plans in place to both manage and archive their social media use.
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New York initiative aims to create hub for health IT jobs
April 26, 2012 | Bernie Monegain
The New York eHealth Collaborative, the New York City Investment Fund and the New York State Department of Health have launched a $4.2 million program to foster health IT innovation and create 1,500 new jobs in the state.
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Healthcare pros put social media to work on job searches
April 24, 2012 | Bernie Monegain
Healthcare professionals have increased their use of social media to look for jobs compared to last year, according to a new survey by recruitment firm AMN Healthcare.
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Wisconsin hospital uses audience response system to train staff, streamline budgeting
April 13, 2012 | Diana Manos
St. Mary's Hospital, a 440-bed acute care facility in Madison, Wis., is using an audience response system to help make training more interactive and to help ease the annual budgeting process.
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Universities respond to need for HIT help
April 12, 2012 | Bernie Monegain
Citing the high and growing demand for well prepared healthcare IT professionals, universities are offering new programs to help educate and train the workers to fill the jobs. Among them are schools in Rochester, N.Y. and in Fort Wayne, Ind.
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5 keys to IT and the physician-patient relationship
April 12, 2012 | Michelle McNickle
As the concept of patient-centered care continues to evolve, a key to its success is the relationship between physician and patient. But factor in all the technologies springing up left and right, and finding the perfect balance between patient engagement and new IT initiatives can be tricky.
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UMMS hoppin’ with Toad
April 12, 2012 | John Andrews
It took a Toad to get the University of Massachusetts Medical School’s databases hopping along steadily, says Raymond Lefebvre, director of database and reporting systems.
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May 10th @ 1PM ET--Care Delivery Applications: Improving Nurse Productivity & Communications
April 24, 2012 | Upcoming Webinars
Hear from leaders at Parkview Health System and Avaya on how you can leverage mobile devices to improve communications and patient care, while increasing nurse productivity. Leverage the learnings from Parkview as they launched new tools to have the technology find the expert versus having the staff search for the right resources. Consider how mobile technology can allow clinicians to communicate from where ever they are and to share EHR clinical information quickly, easily and securely.
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How to use Capacity Management to Improve Hospital Finances and Quality Performance Metrics
April 17, 2012 | White Papers
Hospital executives know that traditional cost-cutting methods have reached the point of diminishing return. Reduced reimbursement, increasing regulations, staff reductions, mandatory overtime, and lower capital expenditures have had disastrous effects on care delivery and the overall health of provider institutions. Yet the federal government is asking for more givebacks. You say you can’t squeeze water from a stone, but perhaps you can.
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Improve Federal Care and Wellness with Video
March 26, 2012 | On Demand Webinars
View this webinar to learn how <a href="/directory/cisco-systems" target="_blank" class="directory-item-link">Cisco</a> Video Solutions in partnership with GovConnection, a Cisco Gold partner serving the Federal government, can provide better care and wellness.
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Redefining Value and Success in Healthcare: Charting the Path to the Future
March 13, 2012 | On Demand Webinars
Across the healthcare industry, we are seeing forward-thinking organizations develop new competencies in anticipation of the opportunity that comes with industry-wide transformation. They are positioning themselves for success. And they are defining the future of healthcare. Will your organization be ready? Register to learn more and listen to the session now!
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Engaging Patients Online: How Hospitals Can Reach More Patients with Digital Marketing
November 8, 2011 | White Papers
According to Pew Internet Research, 88% of consumers use the Internet to make health decisions. However, few healthcare delivery organizations are investing in integrated online marketing strategies that could amplify the quality of care delivered and boost patient recruitment and loyalty. Rethink the role your hospital’s online presence will play in recruiting new patients, maintaining loyalty and fulfilling the hospital’s brand promise. This white paper discusses the challenges - and the rewards - of developing stronger relationships with patients by creating an online content management ecosystem and <a href="/directory/social-media" target="_blank" class="directory-item-link">social media</a> presence.
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Lawson Analytics for Healthcare: Minimize waste, manage expenses and enhance your ability to deliver quality patient care
October 17, 2011 | On Demand Webinars
Do you ever ask, "What is my relationship between staffing and patient wait times or incidents?" "Where are opportunities to standardize supplies to reduce costs?" "How does length of stay impact service line profitability?" When it comes to your healthcare organization, you need answers that reveal where you can minimize waste, manage expenses and enhance your ability to deliver quality patient care. View this webinar to learn how analytics for healthcare can help you simplify access to timely information across your organization, deliver accurate information and support faster decision-making and control critical areas of spend so you can focus on improving patient care.
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Mobile Clinical Assistants: Putting the cart before the horse?
July 1, 2011 | White Papers
Given the potential for improved quality of care, cost savings, and patient safety benefits, optimizing mobility for healthcare applications is too important to ignore. In this paper, VDC Research examines the key questions surrounding the adoption of the Mobile Clinical Assistant (MCA) in healthcare environments.
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How Consumer-Based Technology is Reshaping Healthcare Workforce Management Software
June 23, 2011 | White Papers
See how the best features of consumer electronics married with the power of our workforce management solution result in an unrivaled user experience that will help you better control labor costs, improve workforce productivity, and minimize compliance.
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Six Ways to Protect Patient Safety
May 23, 2011 | White Papers
Protect patient safety and improve workflow efficiency in 6 areas of your hospital - with bar code printing. From admissions wristbanding to pharmacy and lab, from bedside specimen labeling to staff IDs, this interactive guide shows how Zebra wristband printing helps inject efficiencies into every corner of the hospital.
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Wristband Formatting Best Practices - Key Considerations for Improving Patient Care
May 23, 2011 | White Papers
Bar coded patient wristbands are an excellent way for medical centers to improve the safety and quality of care while meeting industry mandates. To gain the most benefit, the information provided on the wristband must afford easy readability, and deliver the right information in the right way.
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Maple Grove Hospital: Building Innovative Healthcare Communications From the Ground Up
April 6, 2011 | On Demand Webinars
Please join Maple Grove Hospital's Executive Director of Patient Care Services Eric Nelson and Senior IT Project Manager Craig Wolgemuth for an informative, one-hour webinar to learn how this forward-looking hospital was built to live up to its mission of delivering healthcare as it ought to be, which included the implementation of communications technologies and workflows that would help increase patient safety and staff efficiency.
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CPHIMS the Virtual Way
May 14, 2012 | Helen Figge
Here at Professional Development, Career Services we always support the need for our members to distinguish themselves when attempting to position their career tracks.
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Living in Beta
May 11, 2012 | EJ Fechenda
Recently the CEO of LinkedIn vlogged about how we need to live in constant beta. This applies to both our professional and personal lives.
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Career Growth with a Government Twist
May 7, 2012 | Helen Figge
HIMSS Professional Development is helping to orchestrate the 8th Annual Government Health IT Conference & Exhibition at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, DC from June 11-12, 2012.
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They're Back! Sign-On Bonuses and Relocation Assistance
May 4, 2012 | EJ Fechenda
I’ve been noticing a trend with positions being posted to HIMSS JobMine. Relocation assistance and hiring bonuses seem to be making a comeback.
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HIMSS Social Media's Career Reach
April 30, 2012 | Helen Figge
Here’s just another way HIMSS can support your career growth...by using HIMSS social media touch points. Social media touch points can help facilitate career searches and can also be used in support of inner reflection of your current career state goals.
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Using Online Branding to Engage Job Seekers
April 27, 2012 | EJ Fechenda
In earlier blog posts I've touched on the importance for both employers and job seekers to maintain their online reputation because the internet and social media offers a whole level of transparency when it comes to the recruitment process.
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Find a Job And Feed Your Career
April 23, 2012 | Helen Figge
I remember in the past finding a job just looking in the various journals or just simply in my local newspaper. Well, those days are long gone – thanks in part to the nuances of social media and the job boards that are available to us today.
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Emerging HIT Position Profile: Director of Applications
April 19, 2012 | EJ Fechenda
Depending on the size of the organization, a hospital’s IT department can be massive with multiple departmental directors. Technology is evolving quickly, so it isn’t surprising that IT roles are too.
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Cleveland Clinic Health System Hosting a Nursing Informatics Institute Event
April 16, 2012 | Helen Figge
The HIMSS Nursing Informatics Community of Profession has seen tremendous success in understanding and exploring the impact of the informatics nurse professional.
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HIMSS Virtual Career Fair 2012
April 9, 2012 | Helen Figge
The first ever HIMSS Virtual Career Fair, being held in the HIMSS virtual world, has now secured its lineup of speakers. And the event promises to be like none other for virtual event career networking education and opportunities.
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120,000 Jobs are Better than Nothing
April 6, 2012 | EJ Fechenda
The monthly jobs report released by the U.S. Department of Labor today is tepid at best, but there are some positive nuggets. The original estimation of over 200,000 jobs being added in March got a lot of hopes up, so the final statistic of 120,000 pales in comparison.
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HIMSS CPHIMS Certification -- What It Can Do For You
April 2, 2012 | Helen Figge
HIMSS prides itself on supporting the efforts of our members and helping to support the positioning of our member’s career paths through various support mechanisms, the fundamentals of which is a solid educational platform.
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Computerworld names McKesson’s Ugo Mattera to Premier 100 IT Leaders list
January 5, 2012 | Industry News Release
IDG's Computerworld has named Ugo Mattera, vice president of Information Technology Operations at McKesson Health Solutions, a 2012 Premier 100 IT Leaders honoree. This year’s Premier 100 spotlights 100 leaders from both the technology and business sides of companies for their exceptional technology leadership and innovative approaches to business challenges.
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Fresenius Medical Care to expedite scheduling and dispatch of Acute Services Technical Personnel
November 3, 2011 | Industry News Release
ViryaNet Limited (OTCQB: VRYAF), a leading provider of software solutions that optimize the planning, execution, and monitoring of service processes for mobile workforces, announced today that Fresenius Medical Care has selected ViryaNet’s G4 Workforce Management Solution to expedite the scheduling and dispatch of acute services technical personnel which includes thousands of registered nurses and patient care technicians.
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NEC demonstrates cost-reducing healthcare solutions for improved workflow and patient care
October 17, 2011 | Industry News Release
NEC Corporation of America (NEC) today announced it will showcase five healthcare-focused, integrated IT and communications solutions that can help improve workflow efficiencies, reduce energy consumption and streamline communication during this year's Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2011 in Orlando, Fla. NEC is serving as a Marketplace Sponsor and will be co-presenting with Virtua Health on its state-of-the-art Access Center, which features NEC solutions.
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vRad adds White House fellow, Dr. Pat Basu, to its leadership team
October 7, 2011 | Industry News Release
Virtual Radiologic (vRad) today announced that Pat Basu, M.D., M.B.A., will be joining its executive and radiologist leadership teams as Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Basu has just completed a one-year term in President Obama’s administration serving as a White House Fellow, America's most prestigious and selective program for national leadership and public service. Dr. Basu will play a critical role in advancing vRad’s efforts, along with its radiologist and hospital partners, in expanding access, improving quality and reducing the total cost of care.
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Concerro announces new predictive scheduling software to drive effective staffing
October 4, 2011 | Industry News Release
Concerro, Inc., the market leader in SaaS-based workforce management and emergency response systems that improve both the quality of life and the bottom line, today announced it will be previewing its new ShiftPredict™ schedule modeling tool at the ANCC National Magnet Conference, October 4-6, 2011 at Concerro booth #401 at the Baltimore Convention Center.
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St. Jude Medical highlights leading technologies and physician training
September 16, 2011 | Industry News Release
St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ), a global medical device company, is pleased to again participate in the Asia-Pacific Heart Rhythm Society Scientific Session (APHRS), which is being held this year in conjunction with the Japanese Heart Rhythm Society (JHRS) and the Japanese Society of Electrocardiology (JSE) in Fukuoka, Japan.
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Anthelio launches first-ever physician staffed clinical help desk
September 15, 2011 | Industry News Release
Anthelio, the leading independent provider of comprehensive healthcare information technology (“IT”) services and business process solutions for hospitals and other healthcare providers, today launched IT-ology™, the industry’s first clinical help desk staffed by physicians and other clinicians. The service is designed to provide physicians with an on-demand peer resource to support the rollout and effective use of electronic health records (EHRs).
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Alameda Services Unveils Electronic Health Record (EHR) eLearning Series to Meet Increasing Demand for Healthcare IT (HIT) Training
July 21, 2011 | Industry News Release
To help healthcare providers of all specialties, their staff and the public to master the intricacies of EHR Alameda Services, a dynamic Health Information Technology (HIT) organization specializes in workforce development and intense Electronic Health Record (EHR) training, today announced the launch and availability of its first e-learning segment that will serve as a powerful Web-based EHR training tool.
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Former athenahealth Executive, Edwin Miller, Joins Practice Fusion as VP, Product Management
June 14, 2011 | Industry News Release
Practice Fusion, the fastest growing Electronic Medical Record (EMR) community in the US, today announced Edwin Miller as the company's first Vice President of Product Management
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JAWOOD Creates New Jobs; Launches Healthcare IT Training Program
June 13, 2011 | Industry News Release
JAWOOD is currently interviewing Information Technology professionals for their new healthcare training program. The JAWOOD Healthcare Information Technology Training program or J-HITT was developed to help meet the increasing demand for IT professionals with healthcare specific knowledge.
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ImageIQ Inc., Becomes Cleveland Clinic Innovations Spin-off CRO Company for Research, Medical Device and Pharmaceutical Image Acquisition, Visualization and Analysis; CompanyAppoints Timothy Kulbago as President/CEO
May 26, 2011 | Industry News Release
ImageIQ, an imaging contractresearch organization (CRO) specializing in advanced medical image acquisition, analysis and visualization, today announced the company’s spin-out oftechnology and expertise developed at Cleveland Clinic Innovations. Concurrent with the formation of the company, Cleveland Clinic Innovations announces the appointment of Timothy Kulbago as President and CEO of ImageIQ.
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MediConnect Global Plans 100-Employee Expansion to Facilitate Rapid Growth
May 17, 2011 | Industry News Release
MediConnect Global today announced its plan to hire 100 new employees across multiple departments, including software engineers, operations support and management, medical coders, account management, administration and executive assistants. MediConnect's hiring expansion reflects the company's steep growth trajectory, which is being driven by accelerating demand from the company's rapidly expanding client base.
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