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Future HIM Professional Builds Connections, Advocates at AHIMA Hill Day 2013
March 28, 2013 12:15 PM by Sharlene George
(This guest blog was written by Kayla M. Zirbes of The College of Saint Scholastica. Zirbes is an AHIMA student advisory council member and AHIMA Hill Day 2013 participant.) As a member of the American Health Information Management Association's Student Read More...
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Work & Home
February 10, 2012 2:58 PM by Lisa Brzezicki
(Editor's note: This guest blog is written by Scott Warner, MLT(ASCP), author of the "Stepwise Success" column for ADVANCE for Medical Laboratory Professionals . He has been a hospital laboratory generalist for more than 30 years and manager since 1998.) Read More...
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Inject Some Fun Into Your Job Search
October 13, 2010 12:07 PM by Lisa Algeo
(Editor's note: This guest blog was written by Matthew T. Patton, editor of ADVANCE for Medical Laboratory Professionals.) Endless nights of pouring through magazines and newspapers and clicking seemingly endlessly through career sites to land a job is Read More...
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Information Junkie Age
May 19, 2010 12:09 PM by Lisa Algeo
(Editor's note: This post is written by Vern Enge, a self-professed Luddite on staff at ADVANCE.) Doctors definitely lead the medical pack when they bob from one exam room to the next, a compact computer nestled under their arm. Their tiny Panasonics Read More...
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48 Hours With the iPad
April 22, 2010 12:37 PM by Lisa Algeo
(Editor's note: This blog is written by ADVANCE technology blogger Joe Weber, MBA, MPAS, PA-C. It was originally posted on the ADVANCE for Physician Assistants web site.) I did it. No longer able to wait another day, I burst in to the local Apple store Read More...
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HIT Work Group Presenter Wants Your Help
February 18, 2010 9:37 AM by Cheryl McEvoy
I first heard about Dave deBronkart, aka "e-patient Dave" about a year ago when I attended HealthCamp Philadelphia , and I've been following him ever since (literally-the man's all over Twitter). He's one of the most vocal proponents of getting patients Read More...
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Patient Privacy Violations in Haiti?
February 2, 2010 10:35 AM by Cheryl McEvoy
The images are abundant; visual accounts of makeshift hospitals, open wounds and resilient patients. And it's not just on news networks. Ordinary doctors and nurses, upon returning from Haiti, are posting photos and videos on Facebook , Flickr and other Read More...
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In the News
January 15, 2010 11:18 AM by Cheryl McEvoy
It's Friday--time to catch up on the news. I was hoping to share a delightful health-related story with you, but there were too many good ones, and who am I to single out? So, on to a list we go; I'll leave it up to you to pick and prune according to Read More...
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Facebook Changes Raise Privacy Concerns
December 21, 2009 9:04 AM by Cheryl McEvoy
If you're on Facebook, you may have heard about the new privacy changes that have members and watchdog organizations crying foul. The new settings allow for greater customization and granularity (you can specify an appropriate audience for each individual Read More...
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Social Media Births Word of the Year
November 19, 2009 10:54 AM by Cheryl McEvoy
In case you haven't heard, the New Oxford American Dictionary selected "unfriend" as the 2009 Word of the Year. And in case you really haven't heard, "unfriend" is a social networking term, referring to the act of removing someone from your list of contacts Read More...
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Social Media Blitz
September 23, 2009 9:59 AM by Cheryl McEvoy
Today's the day! All that " social media coverage " I've been hinting at is now available for your browsing pleasure. (Even some of our regulars like Management Q&A , Registry Perspectives and Student Center got in on the action!) The launch comes Read More...
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Public Tweets, Private Matters
September 16, 2009 11:33 AM by Cheryl McEvoy
I'm wrapping up an extensive print and online package about social media for our September issue (Look for it next week!), and with all the reading, interviewing and, yes, tweeting I did to research the phenomenon, I thought I'd heard everything. Well, Read More...
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Online Spat Involves CPT Codes
July 10, 2009 5:58 PM by Cheryl McEvoy
From time to time, we all complain. We used to keep it among friends, family or a goldfish with a compassionate ear, but with the advent of social media, it's become all too easy to tweet a 140-character rant for all to hear. Now, a physician is using Read More...
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What Makes You Tick?
June 19, 2009 1:22 PM by Lynn Jusinski
I was tickled that 500 of you took the time to fill out our fun, brief survey on "What Makes HIM Professionals Tick?" A second installment is currently posted on our Web site , and I hope the response is as good for that one. Thanks to everyone who took Read More...
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Twitter, FTW!
April 28, 2009 9:15 AM by Cheryl McEvoy
For those of you unaccustomed to Twitterspeak, "FTW" stands for "For the win," a throwback to those great sports moments when an athlete takes a game-winning shot. It's a way to express your love or appreciation-a more efficient way to say "This rocks!" Read More...
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