Second annual talent search to benefit high impact projects
Health and Human Services (HHS) Deputy Secretary Bill Corr announced today that the Department is seeking innovators and entrepreneurs to apply for the HHSentrepreneurs Program. Launched last year, HHSentrepreneurs connects private sector innovators and entrepreneurs with teams of federal employees working on projects that address some of the biggest challenges in health, health care and human services.
The first individuals hired last October through HHSentrepreneurs are working on critical projects including the Affordable Care Act, health resilience technology, and the nation’s organ transplant system.
“By bringing the best in the public and private sectors together, HHSentrepreneurs is creating an environment in HHS that fosters innovative solutions to new and old challenges,” Deputy Secretary Corr said.
HHSentrepreneurs is recruiting the brightest experts and entrepreneurs in the nation who have demonstrated a significant record of achievement in their fields. In last year’s competition for four projects, six individuals were selected from a field of more than 100 candidates. These highly talented professionals from business, industry, and academia bring successful innovations, models, and business practices to work on specific, high-priority projects over a period of six to 12 months.
Thursday, June 27, 2013
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Infographic: Top 100 Career Blogs
Here's an interesting infographic that lists 100 top career blogs (and you'll notice that NonClinicalJobs.com is listed as well).
Monday, June 24, 2013
Why Data Scientist Is A Promising Non-Clinical Career
This is a guest post by Jim Kelly
Owing to the development of technology, there has been growth for ‘Big Data’. The healthcare sector enjoys a fair share of Big Data, which has to be assimilated in a number of forms. Alongside this, there’s the progress of axial neural networks (ANNs). These are data networks that are used for prediction services for a number of tasks.
A simple example of the axial neural network use is in the pharmaceutical industry where prediction networks are checked to see how the drug would interact with the body components like proteins in the cells.
Owing to the development of technology, there has been growth for ‘Big Data’. The healthcare sector enjoys a fair share of Big Data, which has to be assimilated in a number of forms. Alongside this, there’s the progress of axial neural networks (ANNs). These are data networks that are used for prediction services for a number of tasks.
A simple example of the axial neural network use is in the pharmaceutical industry where prediction networks are checked to see how the drug would interact with the body components like proteins in the cells.
Friday, June 21, 2013
Different types of "Medical Director" jobs
The title "Medical Director" can mean so many different things in the world of health care. In a hospital or health system, a medical director may have different levels of administrative responsibilities, but is often still primarily involved in patient care.
In the pharmaceutical industry, you'll find a wide variety of jobs titled "Director, Medical Affairs" and some of those people have a PharmD or PhD. Jobs for physicians may revolve around clinical research, trials, payer reimbursement, health economics and outcomes research, marketing, or drug safety monitoring. You may be involved providing clinical leadership with scientific and clinical advice. Or, you may design, develop, manage, analyze, interpret, write, present, and publish clinical and non-clinical studies. You may support payer reimbursement by providing clinical information and insight.
Take a look at all the various types of medical director jobs listed here.
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
From Medical School to Wall Street
Read this article on LeadDoc titled, "From Medical School to Wall Street." Hear how Dr. Jared Sender used his medical degree to get ahead in the world of finance. LeadDoc is an online journal published by the American College of Physician Executives (ACPE).
Friday, June 14, 2013
Certification in clinical research
The Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP) provides certification: formal recognition of clinical research professionals who have met eligibility requirements and demonstrated specific, job-related skills.
Learn More About: CRA Certification; CRC Certification; PI Certification; CTI Certification
For employers, Certification can serve several purposes from providing evidence of experience and qualifications of a research team to the FDA, or other regulatory bodies, during an inspection, to validating competency when considering a new employee. Recently, evidence has indicated that regulators believe Certification reduces risk to research subjects. There are fewer errors, lower costs, more rapid turnaround, and greater safety in clinical trials when Certified professionals are involved.
Since 1992, the Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP) has been the leading certifier of clinical research professionals with more than 25,000 professionals holding a designation from our accrediting bodies to date.
http://www.acrpnet.org
Learn More About: CRA Certification; CRC Certification; PI Certification; CTI Certification
For employers, Certification can serve several purposes from providing evidence of experience and qualifications of a research team to the FDA, or other regulatory bodies, during an inspection, to validating competency when considering a new employee. Recently, evidence has indicated that regulators believe Certification reduces risk to research subjects. There are fewer errors, lower costs, more rapid turnaround, and greater safety in clinical trials when Certified professionals are involved.
Since 1992, the Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP) has been the leading certifier of clinical research professionals with more than 25,000 professionals holding a designation from our accrediting bodies to date.
http://www.acrpnet.org
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Managed Healthcare Executive - June Issue
Planning a career transition into managed care? Managed markets? Health insurance companies?
You can read the June issue of Managed Healthcare Executive to read about health care reform, health policy, transparency, utilization review, health management, pharmacy best practices, managed care outlook, and more.
You can read the June issue of Managed Healthcare Executive to read about health care reform, health policy, transparency, utilization review, health management, pharmacy best practices, managed care outlook, and more.
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Kelley Business of Medicine MBA
The Kelley Business of Medicine MBA is a two-year program, delivered one weekend per month and online. It was developed specifically for physicians and prepares them to answer the call to lead.
Why you need an MBA.
By complementing your expertise in medicine with an MBA, you maximize your potential to create value across the healthcare industry. Acquiring targeted business knowledge and skills will enhance your credibility, enabling you to stand out as physician leader poised to transform your organization and the industry in changing times.
What’s different about the Kelley Business of Medicine MBA?
The Kelley Business of Medicine MBA was designed specifically for physicians by Kelley’s nationally recognized faculty. Our integrated curriculum is built from the ground up with input from our network of healthcare leaders across the country. Their insights have developed an innovative, dynamic Business of Medicine curriculum like no other in the industry.
Learn more here.
Why you need an MBA.
By complementing your expertise in medicine with an MBA, you maximize your potential to create value across the healthcare industry. Acquiring targeted business knowledge and skills will enhance your credibility, enabling you to stand out as physician leader poised to transform your organization and the industry in changing times.
What’s different about the Kelley Business of Medicine MBA?
The Kelley Business of Medicine MBA was designed specifically for physicians by Kelley’s nationally recognized faculty. Our integrated curriculum is built from the ground up with input from our network of healthcare leaders across the country. Their insights have developed an innovative, dynamic Business of Medicine curriculum like no other in the industry.
Learn more here.
Sunday, June 9, 2013
ACHE’s Physician Executives Forum Program in NYC
The American College of Healthcare Executives is an international professional society of more than 40,000 healthcare executives who lead hospitals, healthcare systems and other healthcare organizations.
ACHE is offering a new, one-day program designed exclusively for physician executives. Encourage your medical staff leaders to attend ACHE’s Physician Executives Forum Program on Friday, Aug. 9, at the Grand Hyatt New York.
This one-day program will address the critical issues physician executives face today and will delve into forward-looking topics such as:
Visit ache.org/PEProgram
ACHE is offering a new, one-day program designed exclusively for physician executives. Encourage your medical staff leaders to attend ACHE’s Physician Executives Forum Program on Friday, Aug. 9, at the Grand Hyatt New York.
This one-day program will address the critical issues physician executives face today and will delve into forward-looking topics such as:
- Key elements of business and organizational strategy
- The physician executive’s organizational competitive strengths and vulnerabilities
- Approaches for developing an effective, future-focused strategic plan
- How to effectively collaborate with nonclinical leaders to achieve organizational goals
- The physician’s emerging role in healthcare leadership and the key skills for success
Visit ache.org/PEProgram
Friday, June 7, 2013
Featured Job Post: Contract Medical Director
Don't miss this featured job post:
Position Title: Contract Medical Director at CE Outcomes
Position Reports To: Sr. Medical Director
Position Purpose:
The Contract Medical Director is responsible for maintaining the medical accuracy and clinical meaning of CE Outcomes work product received through case writers and medical writers.
Essential Job Functions:
-Critically assess questions written by other clinicians to ensure that the question format will elicit our assessment objectives
-Analyze and critically assess medical education content
---Summarize and clearly articulate the main teaching points and goals of the education
-Research clinical practice guidelines as reference for key points
-Work as a liaison with contract case writers
---Recruit specialties to write and review cases
---Communicate to casewriters about upcoming assignments and contract for work
---Review and edit cases and case questions and provide the case writer with performance feedback
---Work with account teams to conduct conference calls with case writers to discuss key findings after the data is collected
-Work as a liaison with contract medical writers, as needed
---Recruit expert medical writers to write literature reviews
---Communicate to medical writers about upcoming assignments and contract for work
-Review and edit literature reviews and provide the writer with performance feedback
-Talk with the clients to obtain their assessment objectives; work with account teams to establish medical assessment criteria
-Conduct literature reviews, as needed
-Review assessment instruments, reports and presentations for medical accuracy and relevance from a practitioners vantage point, as well as from our clients perspective
Present assessment findings to clients (including: written reports, teleconference presentations and in-person presentations)
-Work across account teams on a variety of medical writing, editing, and assessment
-Mentor Outcomes staff on various aspects of clinical medicine and the healthcare system
-Ensure medical integrity of survey development and medical synthesis of data
Position Title: Contract Medical Director at CE Outcomes
Position Reports To: Sr. Medical Director
Position Purpose:
The Contract Medical Director is responsible for maintaining the medical accuracy and clinical meaning of CE Outcomes work product received through case writers and medical writers.
Essential Job Functions:
-Critically assess questions written by other clinicians to ensure that the question format will elicit our assessment objectives
-Analyze and critically assess medical education content
---Summarize and clearly articulate the main teaching points and goals of the education
-Research clinical practice guidelines as reference for key points
-Work as a liaison with contract case writers
---Recruit specialties to write and review cases
---Communicate to casewriters about upcoming assignments and contract for work
---Review and edit cases and case questions and provide the case writer with performance feedback
---Work with account teams to conduct conference calls with case writers to discuss key findings after the data is collected
-Work as a liaison with contract medical writers, as needed
---Recruit expert medical writers to write literature reviews
---Communicate to medical writers about upcoming assignments and contract for work
-Review and edit literature reviews and provide the writer with performance feedback
-Talk with the clients to obtain their assessment objectives; work with account teams to establish medical assessment criteria
-Conduct literature reviews, as needed
-Review assessment instruments, reports and presentations for medical accuracy and relevance from a practitioners vantage point, as well as from our clients perspective
Present assessment findings to clients (including: written reports, teleconference presentations and in-person presentations)
-Work across account teams on a variety of medical writing, editing, and assessment
-Mentor Outcomes staff on various aspects of clinical medicine and the healthcare system
-Ensure medical integrity of survey development and medical synthesis of data
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Apply for the Doximity Fellowship
Doximity Fellowship is now accepting applications
The Doximity Fellowship is designed for physicians who are passionate about the intersection of healthcare and technology. As a Fellow, you will gain insight into the power of entrepreneurship, engage with physician thought-leaders from across the country, and leave your own mark on the advancement of health technologies.
We are now accepting applications for the Fall 2013 class, whose focus will to shepherd Doximity’s new personalized CME and medical news features. To see these features in action, please visit www.doximity.com/docnews.
Benefits
Along with working with some of the most reputable physicians in the U.S., Fellows will also find themselves on a fast-track to build their reputation as a notable thought-leader among their peers.
Fellows will enjoy:
The opportunity to work with an elite group of medical and health IT experts, (including our CEO, Jeff Tangney, co-founder of Epocrates)
Build a reputation as an influencer among peers
Access private beta products and premium features
Compensation in the form of equity
This fellowship is a virtual position with time commitment of around 2 hours per week.
For more information, visit https://www.doximity.com/fellows/apply
The Doximity Fellowship is designed for physicians who are passionate about the intersection of healthcare and technology. As a Fellow, you will gain insight into the power of entrepreneurship, engage with physician thought-leaders from across the country, and leave your own mark on the advancement of health technologies.
We are now accepting applications for the Fall 2013 class, whose focus will to shepherd Doximity’s new personalized CME and medical news features. To see these features in action, please visit www.doximity.com/docnews.
Benefits
Along with working with some of the most reputable physicians in the U.S., Fellows will also find themselves on a fast-track to build their reputation as a notable thought-leader among their peers.
Fellows will enjoy:
The opportunity to work with an elite group of medical and health IT experts, (including our CEO, Jeff Tangney, co-founder of Epocrates)
Build a reputation as an influencer among peers
Access private beta products and premium features
Compensation in the form of equity
This fellowship is a virtual position with time commitment of around 2 hours per week.
For more information, visit https://www.doximity.com/fellows/apply
The Rise in the IT Staffing Industry
Companies that previously outsourced IT projects and support to offshore providers are now rolling back their operations, according to reports in the Wall Street Journal. Labeled ‘insourcing’, businesses are now returning IT assistance from foreign third-party companies, as the trend for handling projects closer to home continues to take hold. With the rise in insourcing, IT staffing firms are seeing a surge in new business.
A study by Deloitte found that 48% of respondents had canceled outsourced IT contracts early, with the main reasons being breach of contract or service levels and convenience. Unreliability and poor service have plagued the industry, and the difficulty of the IT sector in particular has proven to be less suited to outsourcing. Companies are often choosing to insource, and then work with Western IT firms for staffing and complex projects.
A study by Deloitte found that 48% of respondents had canceled outsourced IT contracts early, with the main reasons being breach of contract or service levels and convenience. Unreliability and poor service have plagued the industry, and the difficulty of the IT sector in particular has proven to be less suited to outsourcing. Companies are often choosing to insource, and then work with Western IT firms for staffing and complex projects.
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
7 popular business degrees
Thinking about business school? Here is an infographic about different types of business degrees:
Via: Potomac College
Via: Potomac College
HIMSS Executive eMentor Podcasts
The HIMSS Professional Development, Career Services eExecutive Mentoring Podcast Series provides short audio interviews on career topics of interest to our members to support advancement toward senior-level, executive positions. Listen and gain the skills and expertise needed in a variety of health IT settings. Each month, a new podcast offers valuable insights from the HIMSS eExecutive mentors who share their experiences and provide guidance on advancing a career in health IT.
Listen to the HIMSS Executive eMentor Podcasts here.
Listen to the HIMSS Executive eMentor Podcasts here.
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Corporate jobs often have travel requirements
I've mentioned this before, but let me take a minute to remind all our reminders that most corporate jobs require some type of travel. Of course there are exceptions, but the travel may be to customer/client meetings, medical specialty society conferences, meetings with collaborators, and meetings with affiliated partners. In short, expect to do some travel. Jobs with major biopharma companies will almost certainly require travel - even international travel.
In general, the average practicing doctor doesn't do much work-related travel. You may take a week to attend a major CME conference like a specialty society conference. Unless you do a lot of professional speaking, you probably don't spend much time at airports or hotels. Life changes when you have to travel frequently. Living out of a suitcase and sleeping in hotel rooms may fit the lifestyle of some, but many others will do everything they can to minimize time away from their families.
Here are a handful of travel tips that I've learned over the years:
1. Men - when you go through TSA security checkpoints, remember to take off your shoes and your belt. Yes, your belt. I often use the smooth end of my belt as a shoehorn so that I can put my shoes back on quickly. Someone should invent a belt where the tip doubles as a shoehorn.
2. Carry an electrical outlet splitter so that you can share that sacred outlet at the airport when you need to recharge your electronics. The outlet splitter may also be handy if your hotel room has limited power outlets.
3. Carry a car charger for your phone. When you're sitting in the cab, you may have access to a cigarette adapter so that you can recharge. When you rent a car, you'll be glad that you have that car charger.
4. Carry a USB battery so that you can recharge your phone, Bluetooth headset, your MiFi, or any other electronic that can be charged via a standard USB port. When your phone runs out of power, remember that your laptop USB port can be used to recharge some of your electronics.
5. Carry a magazine. I recommend Harvard Business Review. You'll have something to read during takeoff and landing when you have to turn off your electronics. Plus, if the laptop that you're using on your lap starts getting too warm, you'll have something that you can use to insulate your legs from the heat.
6. Remember that your smartphone has a built-in GPS and you can use Google Maps for turn-by-turn navigation. If you plan to use your smartphone as a GPS, bring along some type of car mount that clips to the AC vents or sits in the cup holder.
7. Nutrition/Exercise: Treat yourself to some ice cream when you travel. Eat salads so that you don't gain weight. Bring your exercise shoes so that you're motivated to exercise. Some hotels even have a rental program that will allow travelers to borrow exercise clothes so that you don't have to pack your gym shoes in your small carry-on luggage.
8. Use social networking platforms to stay connected to friends and family. Use video conferencing apps like Facetime or Skype when you call home.
9. Do you tend to get cold during sleep? Pack some warm sleep clothes. Sometimes the hotel room is too cold and you can't get it warm enough.
10. Carry a small travel umbrella, even if you're traveling to Arizona or Texas. You simply don't know when it's going to rain.
Like my travel tips? Please share them with others. If you're a novice at business traveling, you'll find many other great resources online that give tips on airplane seat selection, on the TSA Pre-Check process that lets you zoom through security, or other general business travel tips.
In general, the average practicing doctor doesn't do much work-related travel. You may take a week to attend a major CME conference like a specialty society conference. Unless you do a lot of professional speaking, you probably don't spend much time at airports or hotels. Life changes when you have to travel frequently. Living out of a suitcase and sleeping in hotel rooms may fit the lifestyle of some, but many others will do everything they can to minimize time away from their families.
Here are a handful of travel tips that I've learned over the years:
1. Men - when you go through TSA security checkpoints, remember to take off your shoes and your belt. Yes, your belt. I often use the smooth end of my belt as a shoehorn so that I can put my shoes back on quickly. Someone should invent a belt where the tip doubles as a shoehorn.
2. Carry an electrical outlet splitter so that you can share that sacred outlet at the airport when you need to recharge your electronics. The outlet splitter may also be handy if your hotel room has limited power outlets.
3. Carry a car charger for your phone. When you're sitting in the cab, you may have access to a cigarette adapter so that you can recharge. When you rent a car, you'll be glad that you have that car charger.
4. Carry a USB battery so that you can recharge your phone, Bluetooth headset, your MiFi, or any other electronic that can be charged via a standard USB port. When your phone runs out of power, remember that your laptop USB port can be used to recharge some of your electronics.
5. Carry a magazine. I recommend Harvard Business Review. You'll have something to read during takeoff and landing when you have to turn off your electronics. Plus, if the laptop that you're using on your lap starts getting too warm, you'll have something that you can use to insulate your legs from the heat.
6. Remember that your smartphone has a built-in GPS and you can use Google Maps for turn-by-turn navigation. If you plan to use your smartphone as a GPS, bring along some type of car mount that clips to the AC vents or sits in the cup holder.
7. Nutrition/Exercise: Treat yourself to some ice cream when you travel. Eat salads so that you don't gain weight. Bring your exercise shoes so that you're motivated to exercise. Some hotels even have a rental program that will allow travelers to borrow exercise clothes so that you don't have to pack your gym shoes in your small carry-on luggage.
8. Use social networking platforms to stay connected to friends and family. Use video conferencing apps like Facetime or Skype when you call home.
9. Do you tend to get cold during sleep? Pack some warm sleep clothes. Sometimes the hotel room is too cold and you can't get it warm enough.
10. Carry a small travel umbrella, even if you're traveling to Arizona or Texas. You simply don't know when it's going to rain.
Like my travel tips? Please share them with others. If you're a novice at business traveling, you'll find many other great resources online that give tips on airplane seat selection, on the TSA Pre-Check process that lets you zoom through security, or other general business travel tips.
Monday, June 3, 2013
Get familiar with EHRs for hospitals
Hospital IT jobs are growing, but clinicians may have trouble getting familiar with Electronic Health Record (EHR) software. Practically all medical facilities use health records software to help them keep track of their patients’ medical history. Due to the development of administration offices within a hospital there have been many advances that have been made in electronic health records (EHR) software which makes it easy for doctors to easily access the medical history of anyone that walks into their offices. Many offices have even begun to implement online EHR so that the information is available to doctors as well as patients. It is really important for hospital administration to pay attention to the software program that they use to manage their patients’ records. There are so many components that are involved in keeping track of records. A hospital administrator or doctor must be able to securely access information in a way that is concise and easy to understand, but at the same time they should be able to make changes and updates fairly quickly and accurately. This is especially true for large hospitals that have thousands of patients that they deal with. The ideal software must easy to use and become standardized within a practice. It should have information that is easily transferrable and accurately organized within the doctor’s offices.
Meditab offers great software for EHR for health record maintenance and organization. They have been around since 1998 and are one of the leaders in providing software for hospitals, doctors and hospital administrators. They develop clinical automation systems that support the continuity of healthcare, from conception to development their products and services maximize productivity in a medical office and improve the patient management process. Their products and services are perfect if you are looking to organize your records in a way that makes them easily accessible for doctors and pharmacists. Meditab uses the latest proprietary integration technology which is very user friendly and has been shown to produce tangible returns for those who have implemented the program. It doesn’t matter the size of your practice an EHR program can drastically improve the performance and productivity of your business. For more information you can visit their website at www.meditab.com
Meditab offers great software for EHR for health record maintenance and organization. They have been around since 1998 and are one of the leaders in providing software for hospitals, doctors and hospital administrators. They develop clinical automation systems that support the continuity of healthcare, from conception to development their products and services maximize productivity in a medical office and improve the patient management process. Their products and services are perfect if you are looking to organize your records in a way that makes them easily accessible for doctors and pharmacists. Meditab uses the latest proprietary integration technology which is very user friendly and has been shown to produce tangible returns for those who have implemented the program. It doesn’t matter the size of your practice an EHR program can drastically improve the performance and productivity of your business. For more information you can visit their website at www.meditab.com
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