Thursday, May 22, 2014

HHS Entrepreneurs is back!

Do you have an innovative idea? Interested in working for HHS (in case you're wondering, yes - the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services)?

HHS Entrepreneurs is back! The HHS Idea Lab is looking for bright, talented individuals who can tackle some of the most complex health care related challenges and in this round, they are focusing on these 6 challenges:
  • Creating De-Identified Claims Data
  • Digital Media, Aging, and Disability: What Works & Why?
  • Healthcare Practitioner Credentialing Portal
  • Improving Beneficiary Access to Health Information
  • Innovative Design, Development and Linkages of Databases
  • Modernizing CDC Mortality Data & Analytic Tools
Learn more about the HHS Entrepreneurs program here.

Friday, May 16, 2014

Forbes article on Encore Careers

Are you thinking about retiring so that you can pursue an encore career? There's a nice article on Forbes titled, "2 Ways To Help More People Have Encore Careers." Marc Freedman, founder and CEO of Encore.org, writes how many people thinking about retirement are looking to apply their skills and they want engagement, stimulation and challenges. Of course, they also want to help people and receive some level of income. Paul Irving wrote a book titled, "The Upside of Aging: How Long Life Is Changing the World of Health, Work, Innovation, Policy and Purpose." If you're not quite ready for retirement, consider finding a non-clinical encore career that will keep you going for the next 20+ years!

Sunday, May 11, 2014

Advanced Management Training for Clinician Leaders

The University of Minnesota is offering a Certificate program in Advanced Management Training for Clinician Leaders. This one-year course of study prepares clinicians how to be successful leaders within healthcare organizations. The program includes a concentrated curriculum focused on strategic decision-making and advanced leadership within complex health systems.

The Certificate in Advanced Management Training for Clinician Leaders is designed for clinicians in integrated health systems with interests in deepening their managerial skills and competencies. Specific features of this design include:
  • The curriculum focuses on the management of complex, integrated health systems, including the expanded role of physicians as providers, managers and leaders in those systems.
  • Program faculty are actively involved in applied research with health systems, with a focus on integrated health system performance.
  • The on-campus sessions invite alumni and other expert speakers to participate with students in symposia and other learning events.
  • Students complete the certificate in 12 months.
  • The program is designed to minimize interference with work and family: most of the coursework is online and asynchronous; students spend only seven days on campus over 12 months.
  • The program builds on the practical application of learning to the participant’s organization.
  • The program is based on a learning cohort model in which all students start the certificate together and progress through the same curriculum, providing myriad opportunities for students to learn and work together.
Coursework is designed for clinicians with leadership experience who hold positions of organizational accountability.