http://blog.atchisonstaffing.com Ideas from Jim and Brenda Atchison Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:49:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Her's a link to a very intersting blog posting to ERE.net. The news is good. While not all of the suggested actions will take place imeeidately and certainly will not affect everyone, it's still very promising. Good News...It's Going To Get Better The promise of full employment is not looking as ... http://blog.atchisonstaffing.com/?p=533 This article in InformationWeek just about lays it out there for all to see: Why Your Next IT Job Will Be In Healthcare No doubt that HIT will be a centerpiece for new, and higher paying, jobs in the economic recovery. The question about the source of the employees is still ... http://blog.atchisonstaffing.com/?p=530 It's always been a bit hard to swallow the $19 or $20 Billion dollars that was allocated for government backed HIT stimulation. Just a tad too low. The HIT lobby was pushing for something in the order of $75B, so what made folks think it could be had for less ... http://blog.atchisonstaffing.com/?p=526 This came in through one of the blogs we follow: BOSS: Are you planning to resign today? CANDIDATE: Who me (as he tries to figure out who blew the whistle)? NO - Who told you that? BOSS: You did. CANDIDATE: What (his face started to heat up) ... http://blog.atchisonstaffing.com/?p=523 Have you noticed that the talk in the news has shifted to insurance reform and away from access to care issues. Rarely does anyone talk about quality of care issues. For the past few weeks, less and less is mentioned about technology issues as it related to healtcare. Sometimes flying under ... http://blog.atchisonstaffing.com/?p=520 Three related articles that were in the inbox this morning and yesterday. I share them with you without my normal comments. Health bill would cost $829B, help cover 94 pct Health Costs: Steeper Still Wanted: Cash for Hires ***** Helpful Hints Contact Atchison Staffing http://blog.atchisonstaffing.com/?p=515 On October 2, in her show on Fox News called, "On The Record," Grenta Van Susteren asked Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN) some questions. Now it's Fox News, it's television and a Republican is answering the question, but could he be saying what a large silent number of Americans are worried ... http://blog.atchisonstaffing.com/?p=509 From HIStalk: "Here’s a keynote address I would have loved to hear. Ron Galloway spoke at the Healthcare Facilities Symposium & Expo this week and said that the Wal-Mart’s distribution of eClinicalWorks “is the biggest thing going on in healthcare right now.” Galloway also predicts that between the company’s plan to ... http://blog.atchisonstaffing.com/?p=506 I've posted here on several occasion that I'm a big fan of HIStalk. I continue to be a fan and read the blog several times a week. I also read FierceHealthIT. Sometimes I get something from it and sometimes I don't. When I do get a gem, it's the "Hope Diamond" ... http://blog.atchisonstaffing.com/?p=503 At time I get very cynical about healthcare reform. It's very refreshing to read about something new and it's being done without government mandates. The lack of mandates makes this whole notion even more interesting. It sort of shows you that healthcare can be reformed. "Johns Hopkins Care Model Slashes ... http://blog.atchisonstaffing.com/?p=500