Top 50 Healthcare and Medical IT Blogs
Healthcare informatics (HCI) is one of the fastest growing professions in the US. This is because the Obama administration has allocated billions of stimulus dollars to create electronic healthcare records (EHR) in an attempt to reduce healthcare costs. To qualify for EHR stimulus monies organizations must develop a plan and then take steps to implement it! Not surprisingly, because of the short ramp up phase for EHR, the number of available jobs far outstrips the numbers of qualified and skilled employees to fill them.
The acute shortage of qualified HCI employees resulted in a cover story in the December 2009 issue of Health Informatics entitled “Got People?” It is a great read and provides insights into the types of employees that HCI companies are looking to hire. The EHR Initiative will likely create over 500,000 new jobs in the next few years. For those of you, who may be interested in pursuing a career in HCI, check out this list of the top 100 HCI companies to work for.
While there is a growing need for qualified persons to work in HIT, the field resembles a rapidly moving target with emphasis on different aspects shifting almost daily. To that end, it is extremely important to stay abreast of this rapidly changing industry. There is no shortage of bloggers in the HIT space and the Health Sensei over at the Health Sense Blog recently compiled a list of the top 50 HIT blogs that are worth following to stay abreast of the field. As an added benefit, the list is broken down into individual specialties within HIT.
Those of you who are already working in the field or considering HIT as a career choice ought to check out the list!
Until next time...
Good Luck and Good Job Hunting!!!!
