Medical Device Usage, Patient Data Breaches on the Rise
Not surprisingly, the use of Smartphones and other mobile devices has taken the health IT industry by storm. According to a December 2011 study by the Ponemon Institute, 81% of doctors use a Smartphone to access patient information; that’s up from 72% in 2010. The increased use of mobile devices in health care settings is [...]
Protect Yourself and Your Organization With eSecurity
How much could a breach of protected health information (PHI) cost your organization? How about more than $7 million? That’s how much Connecticut-based Health Net doled out to private investigators in 2010 to get to the bottom of a PHI breach involving the confidential patient medical records and financial information of more than 446,000 Connecticut [...]
Are You Attending HIMSS12?
Where can you mix and mingle with other healthcare information specialists and managers, sneak a peek at emerging technology and learn what’s up and coming in specialized areas of health IT? Only at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual conference and exhibition. This year, the event takes place from February 20-24 in [...]
Want to Get Recruited? Better Think Outside the Box
Throughout the 1980′s and 1990′s, the phrase,”think outside the box” was commonly heard in corporate circles. But nowhere has that skill set been more in-demand than in the 21st century job market, where candidates outnumber available jobs in most industries. But just what does it mean to think outside the box? And, how can you [...]
Use Social Media to Land Your Next Job
If you’re looking for a new career in 2012, you might just find it on Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn. According to Mashable.com, a record number of people are using social media, with more than 800 million people on Facebook; more than 100 million on Twitter; and more than 64 million users connecting on LinkedIn in [...]
How to Stand Out in a Saturated Job Market
When it comes to looking for work, most job seekers try to fit in, following conventional advice about how to find available jobs, write resumes, or prepare for interviews, among other things. But when you do what everyone else is doing, you get what everyone else gets: lost in the piles of applications and resumes [...]
The Most In-Demand HIT Skills for 2012
Healthcare is one of the hottest, fastest-growing industries in 2012, and that means it’s a great time to be a health information technology (HIT) professional. But having the right title simply won’t be enough to qualify you for the very best HIT jobs. In order to snag those, you’ll have to make sure your skills [...]
Health IT Recruiters: Your Best Asset in 2012
According to the tech job site Dice.com, sixty-five percent of hiring managers plan to hire technical staff during the first half of this year. That’s terrific news. But with the flood of jobs comes a flood of questions. How do you find the right one? With hundreds of jobs posted online, where do you start? [...]
1st Solution USA Donates to Charity – Learn more…
1st Solution USA has been inspired to become part of the solution to end child abuse. In doing so, we have committed to donate a portion of the company’s annual profit to Childhelp®. Childhelp (http://www.childhelp.org/) is a leading national non-profit organization dedicated to helping victims of child abuse and neglect. Their approach focuses on prevention, [...]
9 Recommendations for Hospital Health IT Staffing and Training
While unemployment continues to saturate the nation’s working classes, there has been one field within healthcare where the demand has been higher than the supply: health information technology. According to a survey by IT management firmComputer Economics, 61 percent of healthcare organizations are increasing IT staff this year, the highest rate of any sector among [...]
