(Editor's note: This guest blog was written by Elizabeth Rosto Sitko, a managing editor at ADVANCE.) As Thanksgiving approaches, have you considered what you're thankful for this year? It's been an eventful year for me: marrying my best friend, taking the trip of a lifetime and remaining gainfully employed are all things for which I am profoundly ...

Let me preface this by saying, April Fool's! Yeah, it ruins the fun, but it also saves me the guilt if someone were to actually use the tips below. If you're looking for serious advice, check out ''HITECH's Highway to Hell'' for cautionary words about electronic health record implementation. But before you do, read on for some foolhardy ...

Yesterday, I read the Nov. 23 article on HISTalk about a multi-group practice that went electronic, and then turned its defunct chart storage room into useful office space. The ''before and after'' photos were particularly striking. Pre-scanning, the room is lined with overflowing shelves; post-scanning, it's a cavernous space with a ...

It's somewhere, out there, in cyberspace. At least you think it is. It's that e-mail you sent 4 days ago that has yet to yield a response. The co-worker who seemed oh-so-willing to partner with you on a project has suddenly vanished, and you're stuck doing twice the work for half the credit. You've encountered the ''ghost'' co-worker--and our ...