As the 70 community colleges gear up for meetings in August to train their faculty to start training students to support Electronic Health Records accelerated adoption, universities issue preliminary research on key occupational roles, job responsibilities, job descriptions and salary ranges. Th source of information usded by the universities to support this informaiton incudes: HIT/HIM and health [...]
EEOC Chair Statement on Death of Paul Miller Former Commissioner Advocated for ADA, Protections Against Genetic Bias WASHINGTON ─ I was deeply saddened on Tuesday to learn of the passing of my law school classmate and former EEOC Commissioner Paul Steven Miller. Commissioner Miller was first nominated by President Clinton in May 1994 and [...]
By Jennifer Lubell / HITS staff writer September 28, 2010 HHS has completed its national system of 62 regional extension centers meant to help providers achieve meaningful use of electronic health records. The extension centers are a program of HHS’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. Final awardees to the program included [...]
Indeed has introduced two additional views of our Industry Employment Trends, so you can now compare job posting numbers against the prior month and the prior quarter. In September, all 12 industries we track had quarterly job posting growth of 11% or more. Year-over-year job posting growth also continued in each industry. Manufacturing had the [...]
Times stories about abuse have prompted Sacramento to cut off some benefits. But did the state do its homework? latimes.com, 8:34 AM PDT, October 11, 2010 In a series of articles in June and July, The Times reported that California welfare recipients were able to use their state-issued ATM cards to get cash benefits at [...]
ASA Staffing Index Monthly Report October 2010 Staffing employment in October is 20% higher than in the same month last year, according to the ASA Staffing Index. The index for October is 100, up four points from 96 for September, suggesting that staffing employment has increased about 4% over the past month. To view weekly [...]
by Carl Fillichio, U.S. Department of Labor, November 1, 2010 Recently, I had the chance to speak at a conference on DOL’s use of “new” media. As an “old media” guy–someone more likely to pick up the phone than to send a tweet–I was a little surprised when I got the invitation. But I always [...]
