Healthcare IT News - November 2008 - (Page 12) 12 Healthcare IT News ■ November 2008 www.HealthcareITNews.com It’s important to stay in touch - networking S By arTHur r SMITH, HIMSS Fellow People feel important when they can include a quick call to a friend just provide insights and advice. in your to chat, a time to find out or verify 7. Knowledge is power. Awareness career, comfortable and feel job secu- information or simply relief from a of current job trends and new opporrity. Suddenly, you are the one that stressful day. tunities is always an advantage. 9. Networking is a wise investment gets the pink slip and you’re devastated. You 6. Mentoring opportunities occur ask why didn’t I keep in touch and “network in time. While the old adage “what through networking We all need a with peers”? It’s a matter of priorities, being goes around, comes around” seems mentor and most of us have one or informed and constantly learning from oth- trite, people do remember those who arthur smith two influential people in our lives profesers. Let’s look at the top 10 reasons for net- have assisted them. 8. Ideas can be shared and advice provided sionally. Taking time to help someone else working. 10. Networking is a needed break in in a non-threatening way. One major benefit develop in their career is an investment in DS-5000 ad-skeleton-HITN.qxd:OLY of networking PM ability the routine and fulfilling. Networking can 10/16/08 3:24 is the Page 1to seek advice. both their future as well as yours. o you’re now established 5. Vendors are knowledgeable. Vendors, particularly salesmen, are generally well connected. 4. Friends keep in touch and peers appreciate your call. Make a concerted effort to place at least one networking call a week at a minimum. 3. Key Information is powerful. Networking is more than just talking to peers. It should involve folks in your local community, as well as people within the region or even nationally. 2. The best jobs are still found through word of mouth referrals and not advertising. For years, experts have said 80 percent of the key executive positions are never directly advertised. 1. Learning and staying in touch makes you a better person. So Network for yourself. As you devote time and energy to networking and helping other people, the better person you will become. ■ More at HealthcareITNews.com e Connect: sMItH 1108 ● arthur r Smith, lFHIMSS is a former hospital Ceo and now runs an executive search firm, HeMaCS, Inc based in the kansas City area. He has been termed “Networking king” by numerous people and can be reached at 913 599-1326,hemacs@yahoo. com or www.hemacs.com. SappINgToN Continued from page 11 How long will you hang on to your analog voice recorder? It’s time to let go. Let go of old technology. Let go of the past. Let go of inefficiency. Embrace the Olympus DS-5000 Digital Voice Recorder. Its amazingly responsive slide switch works just like your analog recorder — no clipped words. Get clear, high-quality sound with our new DSS Pro format. Easy-to-use software lets you manage your work more productively than ever. The DS-5000. Capture it all. stimulating the economy, the government is offering a variety of incentives that make purchasing an EMR sooner rather than later a good business decision. The Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 has greatly increased the tax deductibility of EMR software purchased before the end of 2008 making the cost much more feasible for doctors who would like to go paperless over the next few months. Moreover, beginning in 2009, Medicare will increase payments to doctors who prescribe medication electronically. That incentive will even increase over time. All told, much of the forecasting in the EMR space is based on reviews of old software and false assumptions about physicians’ capability to understand new technology. Really, what’s holding us back is the natural hesitancy that many doctors have for change. The reality, however, is that modern day EMRs make that change from paper to electronic processes not just palatable, but even comfortable. Doctors using the newest cost effective, CCHIT-certified EMRs that use voice recognition and leverage Microsoft technology such as Word are saving time and money, improving patient care, increasing revenue and gaining peace of mind because their practices run so smoothly. The enthusiasm among doctors for EMRs is spreading and the ambulatory market is ripe for significantly higher adoption rates in the very near future. ■ More at HealthcareITNews.com e Connect: sappINGtoN 1108 ● getolympus.com/audio Mike Sappington is the Ceo of gloStream an electronic medical record and practice management software company that develops voice enabled solutions for doctor’s offices delivered through a nationwide network of local technology partners. For more information visit www.glostream. com or email Mike e ● Connect: olyMpus 1108 http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://www.healthcareitnews.com/story.cms?id=10292 http://www.hemacs.com http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://www.getolympus.com/audio http://www.glostream.com http://www.glostream.com http://www.glostream.com http://www.healthcareitnews.com/eConnect.cms?id=10315
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