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The Best Clinical Informatics Jobs of the Week (Oct 17, 2014 Edition)

10/18/2014 by Corinn Pope

This week’s theme….the technical healthcare data analyst and the program director. Unlike previous weeks, this week’s postings are less RN oriented. Some of them only require a bachelor’s degree and some of these bachelor’s only positions have salaries upwards of 128k. However, you will need some great analytical skills in the form of R and/or […]

Flash Cards for the Clinical Informatics Board Exam

10/08/2014 by Corinn Pope

The Clinical Informatics Exam is fast approaching (some of you may have even already taken it). If you’re anything like us, you’re probably either freaking out or are super calm. But no matter what your state, flashcards can help you find out your weak areas. So… we created a few (84 of them, to be […]

Understanding the Clinical Informatics Core Content

10/07/2014 by Corinn Pope

The Clinical Informatics Core Content is the material every physician seeking a board subspecialty certification in clinical informatics must know and understand to pass the certification exam. Who Wrote the Core Content? There were two MDs, three PhDs, and two Masters degree recipients that developed the core content for the clinical informatics subspecialty board. Three of […]

Explain it Like I’m 5: Gantt Charts in Project Management

10/01/2014 by Corinn Pope

Gantt Chart: A chart that displays the schedule of a project combined with activity length, critical paths, dependences, deadlines, and more. The History of Gantt Charts The first “gantt” chart was created by a guy named Karol Adamiecki in 1896 who referred to it as a “harmonogram”, but he received little credit since his work was […]

The Clinical Informatics Board Exam: What You Need to Know About Leadership

09/25/2014 by Corinn Pope

The clinical informatics core content is organized into four fundamental elements. Unlike many other subspecialties where technical topics rule, clinical informatics places a strong emphasis on leadership and managing change. Why leadership? Because tackling many of the issues within clinical informatics such as new IT system implementations and completely re-engineering workflows requires not only technical […]

The Week’s Best Clinical Informatics Jobs (Sept. 14 ed.)

09/16/2014 by Corinn Pope

Director of Clinical Informatics – Glendale, AZ Arrowhead Hospital Requirements: BSN/RN, Experience with CPOE/EHRs Manager – Implementation Team – Applied Clinical Informatics – Dallas, TX Tenet Healthsystem Medical, Inc Requirements: BSN or other healthcare field, Experience in Clinical Informatics & Cerner Director of Clinical Informatics – Centennial, CO (Denver Metro Area) Centura Health […]

The CMIO List: Where to Find Them, Resources For Them, and a Suggested Reading List

09/11/2014 by Corinn Pope

We’ve seen some recent queries in our analytics looking for where to find CMIOs. In this post, we’ll address this request. In particular, we’ll tell you where to find CMIOs on the great equalizer – i.e the internet – and where to find them in real life (conferences & events). We’ll also suggest some resources CMIOs may find […]

The CMIO Quick Start Guide Part Four: Successful Onboarding & Action Plan Development

09/09/2014 by Corinn Pope

The CMIO Quick Start Guide is a series of posts on the role of Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO). The number of health care organizations adding a CMIO to their staff is growing exponentially. However, even though the benefits of a CMIO are plentiful they won’t make all your problems disappear. This series will discuss […]

The Best Clinical Informatics Jobs of the Week (Sept. 8th ed.)

09/07/2014 by Corinn Pope

While you’re sitting on the couch watching the first week of the NFL and dreading going to work tomorrow, why don’t you check out some of the best of the clinical informatics jobs that were posted this week. There are a mix of RN and non-RN high-quality positions scattered about the United States and Canada […]