Show 206-Transitioning from a Tactical to Strategic Technology Organization

Todays show talks about a topic that I get a lot of inquiries from young managers about, and just so happens to be a topic of discussion in one of my classes at Colorado State…how to help move your technology organization from a tactically focused organization to a strategically focused organization.  For those of you that have listened to this show for a while, you know that I believe that the success of an organization is held within the people that make up the organization.  In today’s discussion, I talk about some ways to encourage your staff to perform in a more strategically significant manner.

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As always, I am looking for ideas for new shows. If you have topics that interest you that you would like to see tackled, please let me know. You can email those ideas to me, click on the link at the top of this post, then scroll down and click on “comment”.  I will admit that I get a lot of inquiries from vendors about being on the show, so if you are a vendor, be forewarned that I do not accept any advertising on this blog for a reason, and that reason is that I reserve the right to ask any questions of my guests that I want, and publish the answers to those questions.  If you are a vendor looking for someone to tout the wonders of your product, there are other websites you can look at.  If you want an honest discussion of the pros and cons of a product, please contact me.

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Healthcare IT Podcast Show 203 – ARRA and “Meaningful Use”

As I said on the last show, sure enough the Kuskokwim River break up here in Bethel, Alaska brought around some great fishing and hunting, and it has been a busy project season at work as well.  The best part is the sunset at 1:00am, with the perpetual dusk and dawn, there is always enough light outside to play by.  It is extremely nice to get off work at 6:00pm and still have hours of daylight to play.

Andrew Hamons and his King Salmon from the Kuskokwim River in Bethel, Alaska

Before I get down to business about today’s podcast, I do have to show off a picture of my son and his King Salmon from the Kuskokwim River.

On todays show, I talk about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and how we can expect to see it impact our industry.  Don’t worry, I keep it short…less than 10 minutes even with bumper music.

In the podcast, I talk about a presentation provided by the working group.  A link to the Meaningful Use Presentation can be found here.

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This post was written by Spencer on July 3, 2009

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Healthcare IT Podcast – Show 201 – Who’s it gonna be for HHS Secretary?

On this podcast, I talk about who will be selected as the nominee for the Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary now that Senator Dascle has withdrawn from the process. If you listen to this show, then you are probably watching this selection as closely as I am. This whole show is dedicated to the “short list” of candidates as I see it, along with the people at ADVANCE for Health Information Executives.

On a different note, Coryee and I made it to Bethel, Alaska and we have finally gotten setup at home with all of our things and all of my recording equipment. Things have been a bit tough getting everything ready to go, so I am cheating on this week’s podcast.

Normally, I do a podcast ever two weeks for this website as well as a monthly podcast for the magazine ADVANCE For Health Information Executives. This week, I am putting my podcast for ADVANCE here on this website. If you have not visited my other podcast, you can find it on the ADVANCE editorial page.

For the podcast, I am talking about those on the short list (not the short bus). Those people are:

Governor Phil Bredesen, (D) Tennessee

Governor Charlie Crist, (R) Florida

Governor Jennifer Granholm,(D) Michigan

Governor Ed Rendell, (D) Pennsylvania

Governor Kathleen Sebelius, (D) Kansas

Senator Ron Wyden, (D) Oregon

Howard Dean (I was unable to find an “official” website for Mr. Dean, but I did find this site).

Newt Gingrich

 
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Show 121 – Express Scripts Gets an Extortion Letter

On today’s show, I go through our typical overview of some of the most pressing stories that have the potential to affect what is happening in the world of healthcare IT, and I talk a bit about what recently happened to Express Scripts and the attempt to extort money from the company as their patient data is potentially held hostage.

 
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Articles referenced during the podcast:

Healthcare IT News and their take on the Express Scripts extortion attempt

WPA hacked

Massive web hack

FCC approves Verizon’s acquisition of Alltel

Finally, when you listen to the podcast you will find that my wife Coryee and I are about to embark on a new adventure in Bethel, Alaska where we will be working for the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation.  Also, the ending music for the podcast is provided courtesy of Kate MacLeod, a wonderful artist out of Utah.  If you like her music, you can find more of it at her website at www.katemacleod.com.

Since we will be moving to Alaska over the next couple of months, I am not sure when I will have the next podcast online. I promise to make it available as soon as I possibly can. I will be checking emails and managing posts to this blog from my laptop, so please keep in touch! I can’t wait to share some pictures of what we are going to be experiencing in Alaska.

Thank you for listening.

Spencer Hamons

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This post was written by Spencer on November 9, 2008

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