Healthcare IT Podcast

Today, we talk about how to keep the CIO position relevant in your organization as information and technology becomes more of a commodity, and for those organizations without a CIO, why that is and how to change it.  As always, I want to hear your comments and any thoughts you have on how to make technology a true part of the executive table, so please email me at spencer@itpodcast.org or post your comments right here.

 

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On our “In the News” Segment, I reference the following articles:

Universal Music Group Sues and Looses

Google has to turn over 12TB of data to Viacom

Microsoft Critical Patches for Server and SQL

New 2009 Joint Commission Standards

The next show will be released July 19, 2008.

On today’s show, we focus on a lot of interesting tech articles that have come out this week, spending a little more time on two of them.  The first is a discussion about telecommuting and how things differ a bit in different environments, the second is a quick discussion about golf and your career (and having a little fun at the same time). As always, I want to hear your comments so please feel free to email me at spencer@itpodcast.org or post them here on the site.

 

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During our “In the News” segment on today’s podcast, here are the links to the articles I referenced.

Internet Service Provider Spat between Cogent and TeliaSonera

$499 1.5m Cat6 RJ45 Cable???

Information about Associated Press going after Blogs

          San Francisco Chronicle Article

          MSNBC Article

          Actual court decision documents

Glassdoor.com Website

Oracle Increases Prices 

IT Workers Willing to Take 10% Pay Cut to Telecommute

CIO Magazine Article written by John Halamka about Telecommuting

Can Playing Golf Help Your Career?

I hope you enjoy this week’s show, the next podcast will be released right around July 5th…perhaps a day or two early since I will probably be camping the mountains over the weekend.By the way opening bumper music on the podcast was my 8 year old son playing his harmonica.

Thank you for listening.

In today’s show, we are going to talk about how to take one of many time management tools and modifying it slightly to use it as a management tool for your team.  Attached to this post is a Microsoft Word document of Covey’s Quadrants, and some notes that we use internally here at SLV Regional Medical Center when we prioritize our various tasks.  I hope that you will find this as helpful in managing your team and their expectations as I do.  If you have any questions about how we use this effectively here at our little hospital in Alamosa, Colorado, please feel free to email me at spencer@itpodcast.org.

 

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During our “In the News” segment on today’s podcast, here are the links to the articles I referenced.

Merge Healthcare’s Reorganization and Executive Resignations

Walter Reed Army Medical Center data breech

U.S. Commerce Department Laptop possibly hacked by China

Philadelphia Wi-Fi Shutting Down

Comcast Traffic Management Move

Akamai “State of the Internet” Report

I hope that you will try to use this tool in your department.  I would like to know if it is helpful, or if any of you out there are using this tool (or anything similar) in a slightly different way or in some unique fashion. 

The opening and closing music on the podcast this week is Crazy by the group Kapena.

Our next show will be on June 21, 2008.  Thank you for listening.

Sorry for being a week late on releasing the latest show, but I had to play catchup after our trip to Kauai.

Today’s show starts out with some awesome music from an artist I just heard of and purchased his latest album after listening to a song on the radio in the rental Mustang in Kauai.  You can find more of his music at http://www.jasonmraz.com. 

Listen to today’s show for the latest news and events in health IT and observations made between the healthcare and the airline industries.

 

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The following articles are referenced on the “In the News” section of today’s podcast.  Also, the various “upcoming events” can be found in the upcoming events section of this page.

U.S. Government to Encrypt 800,000 Laptops

Spint Nextel to Limit their “Unlimited” Data Plan

Venitian Hotel Network

CCHIT Releases New Ambulatory EHR Criteria

Because I was unable to get the interview with executives from Meditech this last week, we will fall back to our typical format with news and information, followed by some questions about leadership and what happens when leaders become stagnant and stop learning. 

I will be taking my first vacation in about 4 years over the next week, so emails that you may send to me will likely have delayed responses.  Please don’t let that stop you, I promise I will return all your emails when I return.

 

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The following articles are referenced on the “In the News” section of today’s podcast.

U.S. Firm fined for hiring violations with H-1B visas

Video of Cohen & Grigsby Speech about how to not hire U.S. Workers

Purdue University Supercomputing Barn Raising (trailer)

AT&T Opens up Wi-Fi to iPhone Users

MedAssets Acquires Accuro Healthcare

The next podcast will be released on May 17, 2008.

On this week’s show, we talk with Jim Pesce, Executive Vice President and General Manager of McKesson’s Paragon group about what is going on with the Paragon Hospital Information System.  I still need other vendors to give me a call so we can feature their products and what is going on with them.  Jim asked me to pass along his phone number at the Paragon Corporate offices in Charlotte, NC so that our listeners can contact them with any questions.  Their number is (704)549.7123.

PLEASE…I need you to get the information out to your vendors and have them contact me at spencer@itpodcast.org so we can set up a time to talk with them.

 

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The following articles are referenced on the “In the News” section of today’s podcast.

Cisco to Phase-Out Linksys Brand

H-1B Visa Quota Met

Testimony to Congress that we need 40,000 more Health IT Professionals

The next podcast will be produced and released on May 3, 2008.

On this week’s show, we talk about the CMS “Never Events” and talk with San Luis Valley Regional Medical Center Director of Quality and Patient Safety, Coryee Hamons about how these never events are going to affect hospitals and the challenges we face.  I have not forgotten about the multi-part series to talk about the various integrated hospital information systems that are out there, but so far, I have only had McKesson’s Paragon group and Meditech respond.  If I don’t get more vendors interested in participating, I plan on going forward with interviews with McKesson’s Mike Youmans as well as some executives from Meditech. 

I need you to get the information out to your vendors and have them contact me at spencer@itpodcast.org so we can set up a time to talk with them.

 

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Here are the links for the stories mentioned in the news segment of the show:

Alamosa, Colorado Salmonella Outbreak Update

11 Year Old takes school network by the horns

Cautious VoIP Approach

Safari Web Browser Catches Businesses by Surprise

National Institute of Health Division Laptop Stolen

Antioch University Sun Solaris Server Breach

Thank you for listening.  The next show will be released on Saturday, April 19, 2008

This is a very abbreviated version of the typical healthcare IT podcast.  The reason for the short show is primarily because I have lost my voice due to a cold and can’t really do a full show.  Secondly, here in Alamosa, Colorado…we are dealing with a salmonella outbreak in the city water supply that has required a lot of additional work for me at the hospital and at the county Emergency Operations Center.  This extra work took away any chance of doing the research necessary for the show.

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I will be doing my research and intend on getting the next show out on Saturday, April 5th…which is a week earlier than normal.   

Also, I would like to specifically send a thank you out to McKesson Provider Technologies.  When McKesson heard about our salmonella problem in Alamosa, one of their guys, Ted Pazur, went and rented a UHaul truck, went to a store in Denver and bought all the water he could, and drove the water nearly 5 hours so our hospital would have a fresh supply of bottled water.  Thank you Ted and McKesson!

Here are some links to stories about the Alamosa Salmonella outbreak:

General San Luis Valley News

News Segment from Pentagon TV

Press release from State of Colorado confirming findings

General Press Release from State of Colorado

Denver NBC Affiliate Coverage of Outbreak

Again, thank you for listening to this short and pointless episode.  Please have your integrated HIS vendors contact me via email at spencer@itpodcast.org so I can set up a time to interview them for the upcoming multipart segment about the integrated HIS’s that are out there today.

Episode 106, released March 15, 2008. In this weeks show, in addition to our typical discussion around current news, I am kicking off a 4 part series about the various integrated hospital information systems that are available in the marketplace.  In this part of the series, we talk about the use of selection and implementation vendors during the installation of a new HIS.

 

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In the news features of this podcast I reference the following articles…

Excel patch causes bad math

iPhone to release enterprise grade features

New high-def DVD player enters the market

Microsoft makes IE 8 beta available

YouTube knocked offline by Pakistan

Network Solutions sued over domain name registration policies

Thank you for listening. Please send information about this podcast onto your current HIS vendors and let them know that I would like them to appear on itpodcast.org. The next show will be released on March 29, 2008.

Episode 105, released March 1, 2008. In this weeks show, in addition to our typical discussion around current news, we have Rick Hodge, Executive Vice President at InfoLogix on with us to discuss various mobility solutions in healthcare. Also, in addition to our typical upcoming events and news segments, I get on my soapbox and talk about how the involvement of the health plans and vendors across the U.S. are needed to fix the financing needs in health IT.

 

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In the podcast, I reference numerous articles. Links to those articles are below.

InfoLogix

McAfee - Spammers Exploit OOO Messages

PayPal Executive warns agains Safari Usage

How to Identify Bad CIO’s in their Natural Habitat

Seven Saving Graces for Managers

Top Health IT Concerns for 2008

Microsoft Vista Class Action Lawsuit - 158 Email Messages in PDF format

Microsoft and SAP America Enter into Health IT

Thank you for listening. Please log into http://itpodcast.org and give me your thoughts and comments…let me know what you would like to hear, and if you disagree with any of my comments. The next show will be released on March 15, 2008.