In a workday filled with big projects, how much time do you leave for big thinking? Probably not much if you’re a typical healthcare IT professional working in what author Daniel Forrester calls “a constant fog of action and immediacy.” Here’s our suggestion to cut through the fog: take a daily TED break. For the […]
The decision to buy and implement an Epic Systems electronic health record (EHR) is typically one of the largest strategic investments a hospital or health system will make. With Epic at the center of your patient care strategy, you will want to hire the best and brightest Epic-skilled talent you can find. But here's the […]
To stay current on all the latest job opportunities at Healthcare IT Leaders, you could bookmark our job page and visit our website every single day. But that seems like a lot of work. That's why we came up with Job Alerts, a quick and easy way to get all of our freshest jobs delivered right to your […]
Cerner Corporation, by almost any measure, is on a roll. The world’s largest publicly traded health information technology company recently announced record results for 2015—its best year ever in terms of bookings, revenue and new business. Last year saw Cerner acquire a major rival, Siemens AG, and outbid another rival, Epic Systems, to win the […]
Cerner consultants and other health IT contractors understand their marketability is strongly linked to the relative popularity of the vendor software that they’re trained on. Epic consultants have seen their stock rise over the past five years, in parallel with Epic market share, while consultants skilled in other EMRs, like McKesson, have seen opportunities shrink. […]
The fast-growing lab software market is projected to grow to 1.1 billion dollars by 2019, and Epic Beaker, Epic’s entry into the category, is gaining in popularity and use. Epic Beaker is Epic Systems’ laboratory information system (LIS) for hospitals, clinics, patient service centers and reference labs. The software supports common workflows for clinical pathology […]
Even for basketball fans, The Zone has a meaning outside of sports for Healthcare IT Leaders employees. On March 29, Healthcare IT Leaders sponsored two back-to-back events at The Zone at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA) at Scottish Rite. The Zone was created to help children, teenagers and their families forget - at least for a […]
Wearable technology has evolved beyond fitness bracelets and now enables patients to receive healthcare services on the go. Similar to fitness bracelets and apps, sensors embedded in wearable devices record patients’ daily activities, and companion apps display personal healthcare data that’s programmed to respond to each patient’s specific conditions. While in operation, these companion apps transmit a patient’s […]
Whether you love or loathe their software, Epic Systems’ impact on healthcare IT is undeniable. More than 190 million patients have an electronic record in Epic, and the firm’s clients include the some of the largest hospitals and health systems in the world, including the Mayo Clinic, Johns Hopkins and Kaiser Permanente. Founder and CEO […]
Job growth in 2016 is being sparked by the healthcare and technology sectors, and some of the biggest and best-known employers in health IT are leading the way. Below are five major health IT companies with aggressive expansion and hiring plans for tech jobs. Cerner Corporation Cerner Corporation’s ongoing expansion of its headquarters is being called […]
In case you missed it, the 2016 HIMSS Conference and Exhibition was Feb. 29 – March 4 in Las Vegas, where 41,885 health IT professionals and enthusiasts descended on the Venetian, Palazzo and Sands Expo Center to hear industry leaders speak on the past, present and future of health IT. The event kicked off as […]
With millions of impressions, 143,164 Tweets by the beginning of day three and even encouraging a national Twitter trend, attendees at 2016 HIMSS Annual Conference and Exhibition were all a-twitter on Twitter about what the conference had to offer, from keynote speakers Michael Dell and Peyton Manning to the HealthTech Demo Zone to those ever-increasing lines for caffeine. Download our Free eBook: […]