Welcome to ITPodcast.org. I am Spencer Hamons, and I recently moved to Bethel, Alaska to work with the various groups to define some long term strategic goals for the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation. This site was started on January 2nd, 2008 with the intention to house a blog and post podcasts I intend to produce surrounding healthcare IT and the issues we are working through in this business. I hope that others will find this useful, and that this will become a resource others in our industry will use.
You can learn about my leadership philosophies by listening to one of my podcasts here:
Just a little about myself. Prior to coming to Bethel and YKHC, I was the Chief Information Officer at SLV Regional Medical Center. Before that, I was the Corporate Director of Community Hospital IT for The Methodist Hospital System in Houston, TX. I was responsible for all IT operations at Methodist Sugar Land Hospital, San Jacinto Methodist Hospital and Methodist Willowbrook Hospital. I worked at the corporate offices in the Texas Medical Center, but had to travel quit a bit to the various facilities to meet with executives and to work with my staff at each location.
Prior to my time with Methodist, I was the Director of IT for Texas Orthopedic Hospital in Houston, and prior to that I was at Conroe Regional Medical Center. I was a Combat Medic (91B) for the United States Army and was station in ChunChon, South Korea and then transferred to the Texas Army National Guard.
I am married to Coryee Hamons, who happens to be the Director of Risk Management here at YKHC.org (so you can imagine that Joint Commission and Quality Initiatives are close to my heart). I also have a son, Andrew who loves his computers just about as much as his Dad does. We have another website for our photography and voice-over business that you can visit at http://www.rockymountainfstop.com. Also, I am a Voice123.com voice actor.
I hope you find this site useful, and that you can contribute your thoughts and opinions so others in our industry can learn.
Thank you for visiting!
Spencer Hamons
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This post was written by Spencer on January 3, 2008
Tried to reply to your email but it kept getting kicked back to me. The picture on my profile is from my wife’s cousin’s (sounds “hickish” doesn’t it?) (I’m originally a Californian) property up in Tetonia Idaho, just at the base of the Grand Tetons. Incredibly beautiful spot.
I’ve been told the barns are gone now but I haven’t been to their place in a couple of years so I’m not sure.
I saw your fstop page. WOW! Great pictures! There are several galleries in Jackson Wyoming I’m sure you could sell them to. They have some pretty incredible shots themselves.
Here’s a site you can look at to get some pretty good webcam shots of our surrounding area:
http://www.allmountaincams.com/jackson-hole-webcams/island-park-idaho-webcam.htm
Keep up the good work on this site. I really think you’ve got a good thing going. I’ll do my part to spread the word.
Sincerely,
Doug Byrd
Rexburg, Idaho