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Has Economic Stimulus Created Buyers or Merely Tire-Kickers?
November 11, 2009 7:28 PM
by
Bob Mitchell
I posted a blog recently about Software Advice posting a survey on its site. Here's the results of their survey about whether stimulus money for electronic health record/electronic medical record (EHR/EMR) adoption was creating any buyers or just tire-kickers.
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The Impact of Economic Stimulus on EMR Adoption
October 28, 2009 4:31 PM
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Bob Mitchell
Software Advice is hosting a survey on its blog until Oct. 29 about the impact the federal economic stimulus bill has had on EMR adoption rates. The article and survey to the link are located here: http://www.softwareadvice.com/articles/medical/obamas-emr-stimulus-of-2009-creating-buyers-or-tire-kickers-1102709/
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Sorting Out Social Networking
July 21, 2009 8:26 AM
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Mark McGraw
This is probably an unfair generalization. But for some of us over 30, it's been tempting to dismiss online social networking as the domain of teens and Millennials who hardly remember a time when they couldn't instantly share their every opinion, mood
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ADVANCE Launches Aspirations in Publishing
May 21, 2009 12:08 PM
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Bob Mitchell
A funny thing happened on the way to the reporter's pencil and notebook. ADVANCE for Health Information Executives welcomed many IT executives' expertise to our pages over the years, and they ended up using that relationship to launch their own publishing
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IT's Role During Tough Economic Times
May 14, 2009 9:43 AM
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Bob Mitchell
A recent survey by Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based ProTech highlights some interesting insight onto what IT professionals are doing in these tough economic times. Eighty-nine percent of respondents surveyed said IT is playing a significant role in enhancing
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Computer Science Majors on the Rise
April 17, 2009 10:31 AM
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Bob Mitchell
Okay, let me say this as quietly as possible...IT'S OKAY ONCE AGAIN TO MAJOR IN COMPUTER PROGRAMMING! Quiet enough? According to a recent post on the Computing Research Association's (CRA) Web site, CRA's Taulbee Survey of PhD-granting computer science
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Dateline: Chicago -- HIMSS
April 8, 2009 11:51 AM
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Bob Mitchell
Well I had tried to post a blog entry on Tuesday, but didn't have a chance. A couple of things to note was an interesting presentation on Wednesday morning by Alan Greespan. Greenspan noted the huge increases in medical expenses, 20 percent faster than
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Dateline: Chicago -- HIMSS Day 1
April 6, 2009 9:53 AM
by
Bob Mitchell
This is Bob Mitchell, managing editor of ADVANCE for Health Information Executives reporting from the HIMSS conference in Chicago. It's cold, cloudy and it snowed a few inches Sunday evening. Here are some highlights from the first day of the conference:
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Finally, Some Hopeful News About Health IT Spending
March 26, 2009 10:08 AM
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Bob Mitchell
After weeks of downright horrible news on the economy, it's nice to see good news -- even if just a glimmer. A survey published this week by TNS Global, a global market information research firm, offers health care IT suppliers hope in these horrible
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Cloudbusting
March 10, 2009 8:46 AM
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Bob Mitchell
With your head in the cloud as you hear Kate Bush's ethereal voice singing Cloudbusting, her shrill voice is trailing off..."The sun's coming out..." We were sitting in an editorial planning meeting awhile back and the topic of cloud computing came up.
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Grabbing a Headline or Two
March 3, 2009 10:22 AM
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Bob Mitchell
Cynical comments about CIOs on a recent blog post caught my attention. Not only are CIOs the individuals who get the dirty jobs of having to reduce staff, cut dollars and hold everything together, now they have to be a punching bag, too. I, honestly,
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Things You May Have Missed: Part 2
February 24, 2009 10:43 AM
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Bob Mitchell
Several of your CIO colleagues were honored, promoted or took new positions recently. My congratulations go out to Pat Skarulis who was named CHIME-HIMSS CIO of the Year recently. I haven't had the privilege of working with Pat, but her colleagues at
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Focusing on Data Center Efficiencies
February 20, 2009 10:11 AM
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Bob Mitchell
The next time you're stoking the fire in the furnace of your data center you might want to think about how efficient the data center's operations really are. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently
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Many IT Organizations Lack Skills Needed to Implement Business Processes
October 8, 2008 8:56 AM
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Bob Mitchell
The crunch is on to implement technology faster, with compressed business process life cycles leading the charge forward. Many organizations are using business process management (BPM) to help with agility, though most organizations are sorely lacking
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Happy 50th Anniversary, DARPA
April 11, 2008 9:41 AM
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Bob Mitchell
You may have missed the celebration this week, but 50 years ago then-President Dwight D. Eisenhower created the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in response to Russia's surprise launch of the first man-made satellite, Sputnik. At the
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