by Trey Wheless, Executive Recruiter: Quality Reporting and Risk Adjustment for Health Plans This article was originally published on LinkedIn – [View Original Post] Only six months ago, the healthcare industry looked completely different. COVID-19 has impacted every area of healthcare, resulting in fewer doctor visits, fewer diagnoses, and, therefore, fewer claims. As a result,… Read more »
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Have You Lost Your Job?
by Jim Gibson, President, Gibson Consultants I remember the first time I lost my job. It was terrifying. I was the sole breadwinner, with three small children and a mortgage. If you’ve recently lost your job, I know how you feel and I hope the tips below will help. In the days following my job… Read more »
We Need to be There in Person… Or, Maybe Not
by Doug Cusick, CEO, TransformativeMED August 2020- COVID-19 is challenging everything we thought about what can be accomplished at a distance Six months ago, few U.S. economic and business experts would have thought that companies could be productive with 66% of employees working from home. Certainly, many industries and the economy have suffered due to… Read more »
What Would My Replacement Do?
by Edwin Miller July 2020 – “I’ve been fired more times than anyone in this room.” – Ken Schwaber, Inventor of SCRUM, while teaching an early SCRUM certification course. I’ll admit it. I’ve had many job changes since the early ‘90s when I started in HIT. It should be no surprise then that I’m familiar… Read more »
The Day Music Changed the World
by Jim Gibson, President, Gibson Consultants June 2020 – These past few months have been rough, rougher than anything we’ve seen in some time. They’ve provoked intense emotions and exposed raw nerves. As a nation we feel worn down. Yet, we’re approaching Independence Day, when we come together as Americans – in spirit, if not… Read more »
Automation in Healthcare: Not Just “Nice to Have”
by Linda Stotsky, Content Marketing Strategist, Boston Software Systems May 2020 – As reflected in February’s Healthcare Musings, “Healthcare AI is here to stay;” artificial Intelligence (AI) is being referred to as a “must have” for technology vendors looking to make their claim in the Health IT market. AI in healthcare is expected to reach… Read more »
Preparing for New Challenges in Mental Health with Natural Language Processing (NLP)
by Elizabeth Marshall, Director of Clinical Analytics at Linguamatics, an IQVIA company April 2020 – The coronavirus pandemic has made its mark on every aspect of our lives. Not only has COVID-19 threatened our physical health, it has also created huge economic challenges, altered our social routines, and forced us to stay at home. We… Read more »
The Difficult Reality of Immunizations in Ambulatory Care
by Wanda Filer, Head of Medical Affairs, VaxCare March 2020 – Measles, influenza, Hepatitis A and many other vaccine preventable disease stories fill the headlines today. While we see a lot of coverage about the anti-vaccine movement, there are other under-appreciated barriers to increasing adult and pediatric vaccine rates occurring in many ambulatory care practices… Read more »
What’s Not Being Discussed in the AI Conversation: Compliance
by Tim Gorton, Healthcare Executive February 2020 – Healthcare AI is here to stay. Millions of dollars have been invested in it. Products and systems continue to be developed and used to advance innovation and enhance the patient experience[1]. Yet, how do hospitals and health systems sustain AI innovation while also remaining regulatory compliant? Innovation… Read more »
Should Your Company Hire a PR & Marketing Agency…or Build Those Capabilities Internally? (Hint: Both.)
by Jodi Amendola, CEO and founder, Amendola Communications January 2020 – Companies on a quest for market domination will inevitably encounter the same question. Should they hire an agency with a full roster of PR and marketing services—or add that talent in house? I’ve been a career agency leader for 30 years so you would… Read more »