Why Your Next Job Should Be In Health IT!

[CC...Conrad Clyburn (Clymer Grp)]

Colleagues,

As reported in InformationWeek Healthcare ... U.S. Federal stimulus billions are fueling demand for up to 50,000 new information technology positions. Most sought after are tech pros with real-world implementation experience, Windows experts, and network admins...

... Hospitals and medical practices are scrambling to deploy e-medical record and other clinical information systems to meet federal requirements for the more than $20 billion in stimulus incentives included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act... Many of these jobs will require traditional IT skills as well as knowledge and experience working in clinical environments ...

"This is the healthcare's one big shot, and they need to get it right," said Fran Turisco, a research principal at IT consulting firm CSC. It's not just the money that's creating the sense of urgency and the demand for talent, Turisco says, but also the need to meet the government's requirements that healthcare providers demonstrate "meaningful use" of these systems...

... "We're seeing a need for project managers and project leaders as the hospitals are ramping up," Turisco said ... When it comes to deploying new EMR systems, some IT skills that aren't as much in need. "These systems are packages. There's no Java or C++ programming involved," Turisco said. But you do need to know the clinical vocabulary, she said...

... Jobs requiring less clinical experience include those focused on building interfaces, interoperability with medical devices, data sharing, messaging, and data standards as these new clinical systems get deployed...

Larger doctor practices and hospitals are expected to do most of the hiring ... "Right now we're aggressively hiring," said Randy Grams, the IT recruiter at the Fort Meyers, Fla., hospital, Lee Memorial ... looking for project managers, systems analysts, and business analysts ... that requires IT-related experience in ambulatory care, inpatient, and revenue-cycle environments ...

Read on at: http://www.informationweek.com/news/healthcare/EMR/showArticle.jhtm...

ENJOY!

CC