Continue reading »]]> 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.

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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.

Continue reading »]]> 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 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 Jim Pesce as well as some (at this time unnamed) executive from Meditech.

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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

Continue reading »]]> 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

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Continue reading »]]> MARCH 25, 2011 NOTE: Wow, my old podcasts are pretty bad! In this week’s show, we discuss some discussion surrounding inpatient clinical documentation, and also discuss Strategic vs. Tactical IT planning.  The value of the inpatient clinical documentation discussion is likely dated, since this podcast was originally published on February 2, 2008, but some of the concepts about how to consider hardware likely still has some value in the world of EHRs and Meaningful Use now in 2011.  Likewise, the Strategic vs. Tactical planning discussion is still relevant for leaders, regardless of the year we are in.

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In the podcast, I reference numerous articles, below you can find the links.

2008 Scripting Games

SANS Institute Top 10 Security Threats for 2008

EMC offers flash drives in their DMX-4 storage solutions

CCHIT Certifies additional Inpatient EHR products

Contradictory Physician Responses in Survey

802.11b on Mass. Commuter Train Line

Washington D.C. Government works to recover from online porn debacle

Data Farming (otherwise known as Time Motion Studies) at Methodist Le Bonjeur Healthcare in Memphis, TN

Nurses Say IT security puts crimp in their productivity

Thank you for listening.  The next show, which will be posted on February 16, 2008 will feature an interview with the research company KLAS.  KLAS is a research company that independently monitors vendor performance through active participation with healthcare organizations.  I have participated with KLAS for a number of years, and I hope you will find this interview helpful to you.

Spencer Hamons

Continue reading »]]> MARCH 25, 2011 NOTE: It is amazing when I go back and listen to the first podcasts that I ever did. In this show, I talk about how manners do matter at work, and how leaders can get younger workers to engage at the workplace.  I also give the younger workers their due…but remember, as much as you may want to be the boss, if you aren’t the boss, then you will probably benefit from learning to deal with your boss.

Below are the referenced web links mentioned in the podcast.

CIO Magazine – Hackers and Suits Tips for Managers to Bridge the gap

Network World – Young Workers hard to retain

Network World – Too few manners at work

USA Today – Education / Business Articles

Continue reading »]]> I just recorded the first podcast for ITPodcast.org.  I am not 100% happy with it, a little nervous doing the first one, but I promise I will have a new pop filter installed by the next episode, and I will fix my problem with the “ahhs”.  Thank you for listening, and please post your comments and topic ideas for the next show.

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