Are you looking for your next CIO career move or maybe changing career direction? If so, you are not alone. The healthcare market is shifting and evolving, and it has spawned new IT leadership opportunities as CIOs leave for new opportunities or retire. This may be a convenient time to switch jobs, but are you […]
The Rising Demand for Health IT Security Officers
In my last blog, I mentioned that the CIOs who participated in our recent CHIME focus group are mindful of the need for intense cyber security due to the latest news of patient ID or medical data breaches. This has led to hiring demand for health IT security professionals. Have you hired a Chief Information […]
The Issues That Elicit Fear and Frustration Among CIOs
The HIMSS14 annual conference and exhibition was an enormous and exhausting event, and yet it was a wonderful way to renew acquaintances in the industry and to connect in-person with new health IT professionals. Thank you to the several folks I met at the conference who said they read and appreciate my healthsystemcio.com blog. Since […]
Winning Ways To Be Remembered As A CIO
Acts of kindness and generosity can leave a lasting, positive impression on others in the large, but close-knit healthcare IT community. The following are a few simple ways to enhance your reputation and legacy: Thank-you notes Work pressures, time pressures, and budget issues can be draining day after day. The rewards of all this hard […]
Seek the Work Culture You Want
What do you say when a friend asks you to describe your company’s culture, either at your current employer or maybe your previous employer? Every organization has a “culture” that exists within its people and leadership. How would you describe the managers, office staff, mood and underlying feelings of your workplace? Hospitals and health systems […]
Suggestions For Heating Up Your IT Career
Let’s start out the year with some career ideas to get you out of the January cold, or maybe a deep freeze in your work life. Are you ready to thaw out your career and take yourself to a new level? Fortunately, CIO hiring activity is heating up, with some organizations recruiting their first-time CIOs, […]
The CIO’s Toolbox: 2014 Edition
The healthcare IT responsibilities of today’s CIO are widening across the health system, into the regions, out across the states, into neighboring states, even into international realms. The CIOs required to lead and manage such complex enterprises need to be creative, be innovative, and be “out of the box” thinkers and doers. The Drivers Integrating […]
Catching Fire: Hot Healthcare IT Positions for 2014
Across the nation, the health system IT department seems to be the one place where we see constant changes and revisions. Key roles in healthcare IT and informatics are in demand to support health systems and their growing enterprises. As the new year approaches, here are some predictions for what positions will heat up next […]
Entry Points For The Next Wave Of IT Talent
Nearly every week, I receive resumes from CIO applicants with wonderful backgrounds but no operational healthcare IT leadership experience in the “typical hospital/provider” or private-sector setting. The unfortunate truth is that health system clients prefer candidates who are/were sitting CIOs in similar organizations. It is frustrating to applicants outside of healthcare to knock on the […]