Richard Katz, CEO, HRMS, will speak at the 2011 ONC Annual Meeting this month. His presentation entitled “Helping Our HIT Students Find a Job with JobHITs: A Case Study” will discuss the HRMS-designed EHR/HIT job search course. The program focuses on transferable skills—training students to identify and communicate their prior work experience and skills in [...]
Between the House and Senate at least 16 bills have been introduced in this session of the 112th Congress to enhance cyber-security and protect personal information on the Internet. Most of these proposed bills contain similar approaches, such as requiring enhanced data security practices for both vendors and customers; enhanced civil and criminal penalties for [...]
Labor demand essentially unchanged in October following losses in the 2nd and 3rd Quarters Average gain for 2011 is a lackluster +25,000 per month Nationally, there are 10 million more unemployed than advertised vacancies NEW YORK, October 31, 2011… Online advertised vacancies dipped slightly by 13,600 in October to 3,933,400, according to The Conference [...]
Career Advisory Board Job Preparedness Indicator Reveals Employers Are Not Finding the Skills They Need DOWNERS GROVE, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– In a stalled economy with an unemployment rate exceeding nine percent and more than 14 million Americans looking for work1, how is it possible that hiring managers at top U.S. companies claim they are unable to [...]
Unintended Consequences of EMR/EHR: All Roads Lead To The Hospitalist October 25th, 2011 by Happy Hospitalist With all the talk about how EMR/EHR resources will make practicing medicine better, faster and safer, I learned of an unintended consequence that is probably under appreciated these days. Hospitalists are being asked to admit more and more patients [...]
By Secretary Hilda Solis on October 20, 2011 At the Department of Labor, we’re proud that we’ve assembled the largest collection of job search, job placement and job training tools anywhere in the United States. But our resources are only as good as the ways we deliver them to the American people. That’s why I [...]
By Marla Durben Hirsch – Contributing Editor Approximately 90 percent of U.S. hospitals have implemented many of the IT systems underlying electronic health record systems, although only 12 percent actually use an EHR system–and only 2 percent currently would qualify for Meaningful Use–according to a new survey released by Frost & Sullivan. The survey, [...]
UCLA’s prestigious Graduate School of Education & Information Studies (GSE&IS) seeks a Director of Learning Opportunities and Programs. The selected candidate will develop and manage programs in a cost-recovery environment with the goal of successfully building self-supporting programs that generate a profit and provide long-term support for this position and all program costs. Working closely [...]
This morning, President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama were at Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Virginia as part of the American Jobs Act Bus Tour to discuss how the American Jobs Act will create jobs and put people back to work, including America’s veterans. Throughout the week, WhiteHouse.gov is bringing you numbers from the road to highlight specific [...]
By David Gorn, iHealthBeat Contributing Reporter California has taken one large step forward in its goal to make electronic health records a ubiquitous part of health care provider practices in the state. Under the 2009 federal economic stimulus package, health care providers who demonstrate meaningful use of certified EHRs can qualify for incentive payments under [...]
