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In this week’s podcast, we get back to our standard format with some interesting news articles that were out over the past week, and I talk specifically about the allegations the China has been forcing hotels to install Internet eavesdropping equipment in preparation for the Olympics.

As always, I welcome your comments either here on the blog, or by emailing me directly at spencer@itpodcast.org.

 

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The articles that I reference in the podcast are linked below:

FCC finds that Comcast cannot limit peer-to-peer traffic on its network

VMware annouces that ESXi Hypervisor is now free

Alfresco announces open source Microsoft SharePoint Competetor

8 Reasons why a developer would NEVER want to be CIO

China accused of installing Internet eavesdropping devices for Olympics

I thank you for listening to this podcast, and as always I welcome your comments either directly to this blog…or you can email me directly at spencer@itpodcast.org.

The next podcast will be available on August 16, 2008

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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 the CIO position relevant as technology becomes more of a commodity in today’s business world. 

As always, I welcome your comments either here on the blog, or by emailing me directly at spencer@itpodcast.org.

 

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The next show will be released on August 2, 2008.

Thank you,

 Spencer

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In today’s show, we are going to talk about how to take one of many time management tools and modifying it slightly to use it as a management tool for your team.  Attached to this post is a Microsoft Word document of Covey’s Quadrants, and some notes that we use internally here at SLV Regional Medical Center when we prioritize our various tasks.  I hope that you will find this as helpful in managing your team and their expectations as I do.  If you have any questions about how we use this effectively here at our little hospital in Alamosa, Colorado, please feel free to email me at spencer@itpodcast.org.

 

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During our “In the News” segment on today’s podcast, here are the links to the articles I referenced.

Merge Healthcare’s Reorganization and Executive Resignations

Walter Reed Army Medical Center data breech

U.S. Commerce Department Laptop possibly hacked by China

Philadelphia Wi-Fi Shutting Down

Comcast Traffic Management Move

Akamai “State of the Internet” Report

I hope that you will try to use this tool in your department.  I would like to know if it is helpful, or if any of you out there are using this tool (or anything similar) in a slightly different way or in some unique fashion. 

The opening and closing music on the podcast this week is Crazy by the group Kapena.

Our next show will be on June 21, 2008.  Thank you for listening.

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On this week’s show, we talk about the CMS “Never Events” and talk with San Luis Valley Regional Medical Center 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 Mike Youmans as well as some executives from Meditech. 

I need you to get the information out to your vendors and have them contact me at spencer@itpodcast.org so we can set up a time to talk with them.

 

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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

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Episode 102 of the Healthcare IT Podcast, released January 19, 2008.  This week’s episode provides the lastest news and events in health IT, and discusses comments from the ITPodcast.org website. 

 

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We still need comments from you for our next episode, and I am looking for guests as well.

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

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I am finalizing my preparations for my podcasts.  I am debating on whether I want to do the podcast monthly or every two weeks.  I want the quality to be there, and not just putting a bunch of nonsensical muse that does no one any good.

I also would like to know who you, the listener, want to hear from.  I can have guest speakers and interviews via telephone…but I want to be sure it is someone in our industry that you are interested in hearing.  Some ideas of who I am considering are (note: none of these are confirmed, just ideas):

Jared Peterson, VP of Research Operations for KLAS; John Wade, HIMSS Chair; Jim Pesce, Vice President and General Manager, McKesson Provider Technologies – Paragon; P. Jon White, MD – Health IT Portfolio Manager, HHS; Joe Nunez, HHS Region 8 Regional Director; David Rosenbaum, Editor of CIO Magazine; Pam Pure, President of McKesson Provider Technologies; Howard Messing, President and COO of MEDITECH; Jack Walker, President and CEO – EHospitalConsulting; Matt Campbell, Managing Director of U.S. Healthcare and Life Sciences Group for Microsoft; Peter Altabef, President and CEO of Perot Systems; Burt Zimmerly, CFO of Intermountain Healthcare; Chris Sullivan, Director of Health Industry Solutions for Microsoft Corporation; Joel French, Vice President of Motion Computing, Inc. Healthcare Division; Joe Petro, SVP of Product Development for Eclipsys.

Again, these are just some of my initial ideas that I have out there, but I really want to hear from you.  Please add your comments to this blog and let me know what you think.

Spencer

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