Tag Archive: hamons

Apr
04

More Information Available

I received two emails over the weekend asking if I would consider posting more information about my work experiences. Although I replied to the two individuals that wrote, I decided to let everyone know that I have this type of information available on two pages here on the website. You can find out more “about …

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Mar
15

New Managers First 30 Days

This week, we talk about the “Peter Principle” and the tendency for people to obtain promotions until they reach their own level of incompetence.  With that in mind, we discuss some very simple time management techniques that brand-new managers can use to help get their feet underneath them in that first or second management job.  …

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Mar
08

How do you use your metrics?

As I close on the last few weeks of my graduate degree program, I finally have some time to produce this podcast once again. I would like to thank all of you that wrote me over the past months asking where I was, checking to be sure I was okay, and for all of the …

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Dec
17

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 …

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Aug
12

Who owns the EMR / EHR

On this show, I have an interview with U.S. Army Major Eric McClung and Lieutenant Colonel Robert Curee.  Maj. McClung is the Chief Information Officer for Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center at Ft. Gordon, GA.  LTC Curee is the Regional CIO for the Southeast Regional Medical Command (SERMC). Our discussion is about who owns …

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May
07

Geography vs. Generational Differences

Well, the Kuskokwim River is starting to break up here in Bethel, Alaska…the geese and ducks are here for the summer, and we are getting our sunset around 11:30pm.  I knew I needed to get a podcast out soon, because I know it will be tough as soon as the salmon runs start. On this …

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Aug
20

So You are Too Busy for Data?

In this week’s podcast, in addition to our normal news topics, we discuss what I call DRIP (Data Rich and Information Poor), Data Analysis and we also touch on the topic of disaster recovery and business continuity. As always, I welcome your comments either here on the blog, or by emailing me directly at spencer@itpodcast.org. …

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Jul
19

Keeping the CIO Position Relevant continued

This week’s podcast is short and sweet, pretty much because I didn’t do my typical research that I do for my news section.  But hey, it was summer and we just had our biggest hospital foundation fundraiser of the year on July 18th. Today’s show is continued discussion from show 114 about how to keep …

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May
03

Are you Stagnant?

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 …

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Apr
04

CMS Never Events-Interview with Coryee Hamons

On this week’s show, we talk about the CMS “Never Events” and talk with San Luis Valley Regional Medical Center’s 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 …

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