Jan
05
Two topics in this week’s podcast. First, a quick discussion about the CIO / CMIO relationship. The second and extremely urgent topic is the necessity for hospitals to gain control of their readmission rates or risk penalization in the form of reduced Medicare payments. Chief Information Officers (CIOs) in hospitals are still learning how to …
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15
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. …
Mar
08
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 …
Apr
18
For today’s podcast, I did some research at http://www.recovery.gov , looking for recipient reports for “Health IT”. The results were pretty interesting. In the show, I talk about some of the information that I found, some trends that I saw, and talk about a few of the more humorous projects (like one for the study …
Feb
19
On this podcast, I talk about various technology certifications and their value to the IT organization. Everyone wants to know, “what is the best IT certification to get”. Personally, I think that certifications have lost some of their luster over the years, primarily because the role of the IT organization has changed from being a …
Dec
17
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 …
Aug
12
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 …
May
07
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 …
Sep
20
Chad Hendricks, a part of the Practice Partner, Paragon and McKesson family comes on today’s show to talk about how Practice Partner and Paragon want to change how hospital’s and providers interact. As always, I welcome your comments either here on the blog, or by emailing me directly at spencer@itpodcast.org. If you would like to …
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