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“Let’s sit outside,” said my wife as we walked up to our favorite Italian restaurant. “Are you sure?” I asked, spurred by hunger, “how about we take first available?” “It’s a beautiful night, so let’s sit outside,” she urged. As we got closer, I could see a number of people waiting near the outdoor dining […]
“It’s going to get easier, right?” I asked my friend Scott in a text message. “I wouldn’t say it gets easier. But it does get more manageable,” he replied. It wasn’t what I wanted to hear. It was about two weeks after my twins came home from the hospital, and the stress of providing round-the-clock […]
HIT workforce shortage — “It’s a problem everyone’s trying to solve”
Lessons learned from consulting and owning a small business
“When you buy a car, you own it.”
No task is too small
Advice for new CIOs
Disconnecting from the office
“IT really can make a difference if done correctly”
“It’s so frustrating. What can we do?” Several months ago, I had lunch with Linda Reed, CIO at Atlantic Health. After spending a few minutes catching up, our conversation turned to the health IT workforce shortage, and I can remember seeing the weariness on her face as she talked about how difficult it is to […]
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment rate is only 3.5 percent within the technology sector compared to a rate of 8 percent or greater for the overall market. The historically low unemployment rate, high demand for technical talent, and the expansion of globalization presents new staffing challenges for CIOs and technical managers. […]
