More and more bloggers and trade press reporters are writing about the tightening HIT labor market. It’s becoming clear that we’re entering a period of intense competition for HIT talent.
Yet it doesn’t feel that way to everyone. U.S. unemployment remains stubbornly high and many people, even in HIT, have been out of work for weeks or months.
It seems as if we’re inching ever closer to a wide-scale proliferation of electronic health records (EHRs). Last year’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act contained major incentives to encourage the meaningful use and adoption of the promising technology.
“I’ll sleep when I’m dead.” That’s not just the name of Warren Zevon’s biography, it’s also a line I heard at HIMSS. I was meeting with a senior exec from one of the major EHR companies.
Written by By Jim Gibson
Even though our friends in the Mid-Atlantic don’t feel it right now, the arrival of HIMSS reminds us that spring can’t be too far behind. And with spring come more trade shows, user group meetings, and industry group state chapter conferences.
I’ll admit it. In the fall of 1999, I was one of the many IT professionals who waited until the very last minute to ensure that their company’s technology was Y2K compliant. In fact, in October and November of that year I aged significantly.
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