Building The Health IT Workforce Through Mentoring

Bonnie R. Siegel, Partner, Sanford Rose Associates

With the severe health IT workforce shortage, how can you help to develop and encourage new IT talent for our industry? One way to influence and share your experience is through business mentoring. This is strictly a volunteer effort, so you won’t be getting extra pay or awards. Your payback will be to know that [...]

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How To Sell Yourself Without Bragging

Bonnie R. Siegel, Partner, Sanford Rose Associates

Based on my recent calls and emails, the start of 2012 seems to have stirred thoughts of career change, advancement or movement among a number of health system CIOs.  That is good news. As mentioned in Anthony Guerra’s survey in December (Survey Shows CIO Migration In The Offing), some CIOs are looking for a change [...]

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Survey Reveals Top CIO Challenges In 2012

Bonnie Graph

As the New Year approaches, health system CIOs face a laundry list of projects, concerns and issues. What new challenges lie ahead for 2012?  Information gathered from my recent Health System CIO Survey for Sanford Rose Associates, showed how CIOs ranked their “issue” list for 2012. Back in 2008, our CIO survey respondents ranked “EMR/CPOE [...]

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Ten Mistakes to Avoid in your Healthcare IT Resume

Each one of us struggles with writing a resume that accurately describes our background, skills education, and accomplishments.  In healthcare information technology, we have the added complication of unique keywords and acronyms that set us apart from other industries.  Not every detail is needed, but you need to create interest.  There are many myths about [...]

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Top Trends In CIO Salaries, Titles, And Credentials

The evolution of the CIO position in healthcare has been amazing to watch. I have been fortunate to interview hospital or health system “CIOs” in some form of either research or recruiting work for many years. Here are some key facts from a select group of health system CIOs who responded to a recent SRA [...]

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Tips For The Big CIO Job Transition

Changing jobs can be one of life’s most traumatic events. When it comes at the end of the year and during the holidays, it can be even more stressful. Recently I talked with three health system CIOs who are looking for new opportunities. Their reasons for leaving varied, but their tactics for moving forward are [...]

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How To Recruit And Retain Health IT Talent

Success in a health system IT organization depends on a good strong CIO leader but, as we know, a leader needs a team of motivated individuals to work together and manage the ever growing areas of responsibility. In this competitive health IT job market, those CIOs who leverage recruitment and retention best practices have the [...]

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