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Health IT to Fuel Job Growth for Consultants ... 70% of Healthcare Providers to Hire Consultants to Achieve Meaningful Use
Colleagues,
As reported in FierceHealthcare IT and InformationWeek HealthCare ... The stimulus-fueled push to adopt EMRs and achieve meaningful use ... is having a profound effect on the job market ...
...Health IT research firm KLAS Enterprises reports that nearly 70% of healthcare providers nationwide expect to hire outside consultants firm to help them achieve meaningful use and thus qualify for federal EMR subsidies. Among integrated delivery networks, about 90% are in the market for consulting services...
...But healthcare organizations aren't necessarily looking for armies of consultants to come in and direct major implementation efforts. Many just want some targeted help getting existing systems up to the standard of meaningful use...
... KLAS now counts 13 consulting firms with significant "mindshare" among healthcare providers ...
... Computer Sciences Corp., is being considered in 17% of consulting deals, followed by Vitalize at 12% ... followed by Dell Perot at 9%. Other firms highlighted in the KLAS report include Accenture, ACS, Beacon Partners, Dearborn Advisors, Deloitte, IBM, maxIT Healthcare, and Navin, Haffty & Associates (NHA) ...
...In a separate study, the University of California, San Diego, lists health IT as the top choice among 14 careers examined for recent college graduates and midcareer professionals with four-year degrees. Relatively new jobs such as healthcare integration engineer, healthcare systems analyst, clinical IT consultant and technology support specialist all call for technical expertise, Healthcare IT News reports.
... "Several factors--a growing industry with vast employment needs, a societal concern with federal backing for broad reform, and a solution incorporating advanced knowledge and skills among workers--combine to form a strong base for workforce development and employment opportunity for the coming decade," Mark Cafferty, president and CEO of the San Diego Workforce Partnership, says in the UCSD study....
Read on at:
As reported in FierceHealthcare IT and InformationWeek HealthCare ... The stimulus-fueled push to adopt EMRs and achieve meaningful use ... is having a profound effect on the job market ...
...Health IT research firm KLAS Enterprises reports that nearly 70% of healthcare providers nationwide expect to hire outside consultants firm to help them achieve meaningful use and thus qualify for federal EMR subsidies. Among integrated delivery networks, about 90% are in the market for consulting services...
...But healthcare organizations aren't necessarily looking for armies of consultants to come in and direct major implementation efforts. Many just want some targeted help getting existing systems up to the standard of meaningful use...
... KLAS now counts 13 consulting firms with significant "mindshare" among healthcare providers ...
... Computer Sciences Corp., is being considered in 17% of consulting deals, followed by Vitalize at 12% ... followed by Dell Perot at 9%. Other firms highlighted in the KLAS report include Accenture, ACS, Beacon Partners, Dearborn Advisors, Deloitte, IBM, maxIT Healthcare, and Navin, Haffty & Associates (NHA) ...
...In a separate study, the University of California, San Diego, lists health IT as the top choice among 14 careers examined for recent college graduates and midcareer professionals with four-year degrees. Relatively new jobs such as healthcare integration engineer, healthcare systems analyst, clinical IT consultant and technology support specialist all call for technical expertise, Healthcare IT News reports.
... "Several factors--a growing industry with vast employment needs, a societal concern with federal backing for broad reform, and a solution incorporating advanced knowledge and skills among workers--combine to form a strong base for workforce development and employment opportunity for the coming decade," Mark Cafferty, president and CEO of the San Diego Workforce Partnership, says in the UCSD study....
Read on at:
- InformationWeek story about the KLAS report
- KLAS press release
- Healthcare IT News story on job prospects
- download the UCSD report
(.pdf)
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