Don't miss the HIMSS Virtual Career Fair

Interested in finding a job in health IT?

Register for the HIMSS Virtual Career Fair on June 30, 2015. There is no cost to attend.

By matching skilled candidates with employers, HIMSS is helping ensure organizations find people—just like you—to advance patient care. By simply going online, job seekers can post a profiles and resumes, browse available positions and even chat, text or email prospective employers.

Recruiters and employers will be searching nationwide to fill positions from the executive level to mid-career and entry level in many sectors across the health IT industry.

Learn more here.

HIMSS Fellow, HHS Innovator In Resident Program

Want to join HIMSS as a Fellow and HHS Innovator In Resident?

The purpose of this position is for the HIMSS Innovator in Residence (IIR) to work for two (2) years as an employee of HIMSS and on behalf of its stakeholders to develop a vision, strategy and implementation of consistent patient data matching in health. The IIR will work onsite at Health and Human Services (HHS) with the HHS Chief Technology Officer, and National Coordinator for Health IT, and others for exposure to a wide range of policy, stakeholder engagement, and technical expertise. The IIR will work with stakeholders in business, research, healthcare organizations, consumers/patient organizations, and others with interest in transforming the healthcare system in America. The IIR will bring technology development experiences and project management experiences to enable broad engagement in solving challenges in record matching approaches.

The IIR will demonstrate results of this entrepreneurial activity by completing a framework for technology and policy solutions to help provide consistent matching of a patient’s healthcare records thereby enhancing the safety and efficacy of healthcare. The IIR activities will lead to establishing metrics of patient matching technology approaches and create a pathway evaluating solutions. Successes will include engaging stakeholders to adopt approaches that will set in motion improvements in technology that improve consistent and reliable patient matching of records. Specific outcomes are defined in the project plan.

Learn more about this position here.

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.

The HIMSS Virtual Career Fair

The HIMSS Virtual Career Fair
Connecting Health IT Job Seekers and Employers
Produced by HIMSS Media
May 8, 2013 | 11am-7:30pm CT

A career in health IT encompasses many administrative, clinical and financial aspects, and skill sets acquired from previous careers and industries are often applicable and transferable to health IT careers. Build or enhance your skills portfolio by connecting with the health IT tools, resources and positions available today with our virtual job fair!

http://www.himssvirtual.org/2013_CareerFair/

2013 HIMSS Virtual Career Fair

The 2013 HIMSS Virtual Career Fair is on May 8 and it's free!

The HIMSS Virtual Career Fair
Connecting Health IT Job Seekers and Employers
Produced by HIMSS Media
May 8, 2013 | 11am-7:30pm CT

From CIO to student, the Virtual Career Fair has jobs, networking and educational opportunities for everyone.

View Health IT Job Descriptions here (PDF)

A career in health IT encompasses many administrative, clinical and financial aspects, and skill sets acquired from previous careers and industries are often applicable and transferable to health IT careers. Build or enhance your skills portfolio by connecting with the health IT tools, resources and positions available today with our virtual job fair!

Featured Healthcare IT Jobs from the HIMSS JobMine #HIMSS13

Looking for a job in health IT? Make sure to look at some of the Featured Healthcare IT Jobs on the HIMSS JobMine: http://jobmine.himss.org

Some of the featured jobs you will find right now include:

• Sr. Director, Federal Affairs
• Business Systems Advisor
• Clinical Analyst

The HIMSS Conference is a great place to learn about health IT trends, to expand your professional network, and to find new and exciting opportunities in the health IT industry.

HIMSS13 coverage is sponsored by HP. HP’s extensive portfolio of products, solutions, services and relationships can help your healthcare organization achieve quality business practices and provide quality patient care.

Physicians working in Health IT here at #HIMSS13

Here at the 2013 HIMSS conference, I am surrounded by physicians working in health IT. Most of them work in hospitals and health systems. They are CMOs, CMIOs, and Medical Directors of Informatics. I am also surrounded by physicians working in health IT companies. These companies may be electronic health record (EHR) companies, mobile health startups, wireless providers like Verizon and AT&T, and a variety of computer and software companies. Did you know that Dell has a Chief Medical Officer? AT&T has a CMIO. Several physicians work at Microsoft.

HIMSS is a great networking conference. There are over 35,000 people here at this massive event, but there are plenty of networking events to connect with entrepreneurs and executives.

If you are here attending the HIMSS conference, I hope you'll join me at some upcoming networking events:

• HP & Intel Lunch on BYOD at #HIMSS13 http://bit.ly/XAFsMZ
• Search Health IT tweetup on Mon evening: http://tweetnmeet.eventbrite.com/
• HP tweetup on Tuesday: http://hptweetuphimss13.eventbrite.com/

If you didn't make it to HIMSS this year, I hope to see you next year.

HIMSS13 coverage is sponsored by HP. HP’s extensive portfolio of products, solutions, services and relationships can help your healthcare organization achieve quality business practices and provide quality patient care.

Attending #HIMSS13 next week

Next week, I'll be attending the HIMSS 2013 conference in New Orleans. HIMSS is the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society and it's the largest conference focused on healthcare IT.

Some of the keynote speakers include:

• President Bill Clinton, Founder of The William J. Clinton Foundation, 42nd President of the United States of America
• Eric J. Topol, West Endowed Chair of Innovative Medicine, Scripps Health and Professor of Genomics, The Scripps Research Institute

You can follow my updates from HIMSS on Twitter: @DrJosephKim and on http://www.medicineandtechnology.com

HIMSS Career Services Institute #HIMSS13

The HIMSS Career Services Institute (CSI) is open to all HIMSS13 participants and is an opportunity for attendees to network. It will focus on supporting the various pieces that go into a health IT career — those soft and transferable skills we often hear about. The program will support attendees who are entry-level, intermediate and advanced-level professionals who are currently in the health IT field or wanting to enter the field, and who are seeking career guidance and possible job opportunities.

This one-day event is titled: IS YOUR PERSONAL BRAND CONNECTED … OR UNPLUGGED?

March 5, 2013
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Marriott Convention Center
Blaine Kern Ballroom

The ABCs of Authentically Standing out From the Crowd: Appearance, Behavior, Communication

Is your career path in need of turning problems into solutions? Do you know your social strengths and weaknesses? Do you want to learn more skills to help you career move towards outcomes and actions and to be a change agent in your career?

See you at the Physicians' IT Symposium at #HIMSS13

Working in Health IT? 

I hope to see you in New Orleans for the annual HIMSS conference. Don't miss the Physicians' IT Symposium

Examine the major challenges physicians face in the design and deployment of IT in hospitals and practices.

Physicians' IT Symposium: Reviewing the Past, Assessing the Present and Planning for the Future
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room 343
New Orleans, Louisiana

This exclusive program will help you identify, evaluate and sort through myriad healthcare IT information and apply it to your strategic plans for healthcare delivery improvements and financial viability.

More information here.

HIMSS Health IT Emerging Professionals Community

HIMSS provides Health IT Emerging Professionals free networking and healthcare IT career path resources targeted to those with five years or less work experience in this field. Enjoy free webinars, information sharing, new ideas and solutions for advancing your health IT career.

Get started - Become a HIMSS member today and learn more about the HIMSS Health IT Emerging Professionals Community here.

They have some great webinars each month that are designed to help you navigate and advance your career in health IT.

3 health IT hiring trends

This is from HIMSS:

Chicago (June 26, 2012) - Three health IT hiring trends:

• Employers realize transferable (skills acquired in the past that can be used in present) and soft (like communication) skills are becoming important in the workforce.

• Job seekers find broadening their job search, beyond one particular job description or type of job, is more beneficial than narrowing the search into one job description.

• Employers see the value of incumbent training-type programs, realizing the potential of current employees and preparing them for future health IT positions (this, in turn, creates a loyalty program within an organization).

Read more here.

HIMSS Academic Health IT Directory

The following is a press release about the HIMSS Academic Health IT Directory which lists 395 separate institutions that provide 499 programs in health IT. If you're interested in strengthening your health IT skills and entering the industry, then you may want to take a look at this directory.

Enhance and Advance Health Information Technology Education with HIMSS Academic HIT Directory

CHICAGO (May 31, 2012) – Recent government initiatives, policies and requirements are fueling a demand for healthcare information professionals who can support this reform, and work, in the American healthcare system. HIMSS State HIT Dashboard now offers the Academic Health IT Directory, a central resource for campus-based, online and blended health IT academic programs across the country for those seeking a career in the field.

The Academic Health IT Directory lists 395 separate institutions that provide 499 programs. Users will find the URL for the school, accreditation (CAHIIM or AMIA 10x10), program name and type (associate, undergraduate, graduate, fellowship, certificate); delivery method (online-only; blended; brick and mortar); program contact name, department, address, email; and URL for the program.

The HIMSS Virtual Career Fair is Today

Today, HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society) is having a virtual career fair from 11am-7:30pm CT. You can "attend" this career fair virtually by sitting in front of your computer.

The Virtual Career Fair is a state-of-the-art, web- based event for connecting qualified clinical and non-clinical health IT job seekers with recruiters nationwide.

Learn more and register here.

HIMSS Virtual Career Fair

Looking for a job in health IT? Get plugged into HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society)

HIMSS Virtual Career Fair
May 16, 2012
The Virtual Career Fair is a state-of-the-art, web- based event for connecting qualified clinical and non-clinical health IT job seekers with recruiters nationwide.

Take the next step in your career! By attending the Virtual Career Fair you will:

• Browse and apply for healthcare IT jobs on the Job Board that can be sorted by employer, job title, location and salary.
• Create your online profile and post multiple resumes.
• Connect with employer representatives via text, video chat and e-mail to answer your questions about the company and its open positions. Employers have instant access to your resume so you can engage in immediate dialogue.
• Attend accredited professional development education sessions via dynamic, live webinars
• Network with fellow job seekers and prospective employers in the Lounge.
• Collect professional development materials from HIMSS Career Services in the Resource Center.

More information here.

HIMSS Virtual Career Fair

Save the Date! May 16, 2012

The HIMSS Virtual Career Fair is a state-of-the-art, web- based event for connecting qualified clinical and non-clinical health IT job seekers with recruiters nationwide.

Save the Date for the HIMSS Virtual Career Fair...and find your ideal health IT job!

By matching skilled candidates with employers, HIMSS is helping ensure organizations find people—just like you—to advance patient care. By simply going online, job seekers can post a profiles and resumes, browse available positions and even chat, text or email prospective employers.

Recruiters and employers will be searching nationwide to fill positions from the executive level to mid-career and entry level in many sectors across the health IT industry.

Take the next step in your career! By attending the Virtual Career Fair you will:

• Browse and apply for healthcare IT jobs on the Job Board that can be sorted by employer, job title, location and salary.
• Create your online profile and post multiple resumes.
• Connect with employer representatives via text, video chat and e-mail to answer your questions about the company and its open positions. Employers have instant access to your resume so you can engage in immediate dialogue.
• Attend accredited professional development education sessions via dynamic, live webinars
• Network with fellow job seekers and prospective employers in the Lounge.
• Collect professional development materials from HIMSS Career Services in the Resource Center.

Save the date and polish up your resume for May 16th—when the HIMSS Virtual Career Fair come right to you!

Learn more here.

Photo from the Physicians' IT Symposium at #HIMSS12

Last week, I was in Las Vegas attending the 2012 HIMSS Conference. Monday was the Physicians' IT Symposium and the room was filled with physician executives such as CMOs, CMIOs, medical directors, and others. Here's a photo of some of us during the lunch break:

Recognize any of them? They're all using social media, so you'll find them on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook. From L to R:

• Dr. Luis Saldana @lsaldanamd
• Dr. Steve Davidson @sjdmd
• me @DrJosephKim
• Dr. Dirk Stanley @dirkstanley
• Dr. Wen Dombrowski @HealthcareWen

The HIMSS conference was a lot of fun and we had a great time sharing ideas, talking about health care, and eating. 

HIMSS12 coverage is sponsored by HP. HP’s extensive portfolio of products, solutions, services and relationships can help your healthcare organization achieve quality business practices and provide quality patient care.

Don't miss the HIMSS Conference next month

Next month, HIMSS 2012 (HIMSS12) will be in Las Vegas. This is the largest health information technology conference and you won't want to miss it if you're pursuing a career in health IT. I've attended HIMSS for the past few years and I'm looking forward to it again this year.

Here are a few highlights about the HIMSS conference:

300+ education sessions
Search for education sessions focused on the industry's hottest topics: Meaningful Use, HITECH, HIE, standards, interoperability and more.

Knowledge Centers
You'll find HIMSS education sessions, exhibitor case study presentations, exhibition booths, new products and more in the six Knowledge Centers focusing on six hot topics.

The Intelligent Hospital™ Pavilion
The Intelligent Hospital™ Pavilion will provide a practical overview of a variety of technologies seamlessly integrated to provide clinicians with 'real-time' patient information delivered to their smartphones or tablets.

Also, don't miss this extra session on Monday: Physicians' IT Symposium: The Health IT Balancing Act: Managing the CMIO Workload.

You can learn more about the HIMSS Conference here: http://www.himssconference.org

HIMSS12 Physician Executive Forum

As a physician leader in a care delivery setting, clinical- and business-driven IT developments around meaningful use, accountable care, and ICD-10 require your strategic attention. You want solutions that support what you and your medical team do best — delivering outstanding patient care. HIMSS’ Physician Executive Forum, hosted at HIMSS12, delivers what you need.

The HIMSS12 Physician Executive Forum – exclusively designed for physician execs by physician execs – provides a private gathering for practicing medical executives to talk strategically about IT. At HIMSS12, we concentrate on what physician executives need to understand surrounding IT and meaningful use, ICD-10 conversion, accountable care, embracing mobile health, and electronically connecting with consumers, just to name a few.

Clinical Leadership Education Sessions - 2011 Series from McKesson

McKesson is providing these complimentary clinical leadership educational webinars:

Designed to spotlight the key challenges and priorities of clinical leaders, these webinars focus on improving quality, safety and organizational performance to better prepare organizations for emerging care models. The series includes case studies, industry perspectives and best practices demonstrating innovation and transformational leadership. You do not have to attend all of the sessions to benefit from the series.

Session topics include:

• Saving Lives – Using IT to Support the “Surviving Sepsis” Campaign (August 25)
• Achieving Clinical Transformation: Results from the HIMSS 2011 Clinical Transformation Survey (September 29)
• Ousting the Insulin Sliding Scale Using Evidence, CPOE and Six Sigma (October 20)
• Accountable Care: Industry Perspectives and Strategies for Success (November 10)