tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post4496397818633192522..comments2024-03-28T01:27:23.408-04:00Comments on Health Care Renewal: In pharma, is Medical Informatics a field any technology geek can do?Roy M. Poses MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00497209843184497847noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-42077195919023377042008-02-29T20:16:00.000-05:002008-02-29T20:16:00.000-05:00Steve Lucas wrote:I think you are also missing ano...Steve Lucas wrote:<BR/><BR/><I>I think you are also missing another important business point: companies <B>do not want people who think</B></I><BR/><BR/>Not at all. <BR/><BR/>I'm simply making fun of the fact that the "lack of desire for people of the mind" shows.InformaticsMDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994321680366572701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-3025113145124331422008-02-29T05:58:00.000-05:002008-02-29T05:58:00.000-05:00This is biz speak for we want the cheapest guy who...This is biz speak for we want the cheapest guy who will toe the line. There is a belief in business that any computer person can do the job and the next Bill Gates is just waiting to be found by some lucky company.<BR/><BR/>I think you are also missing another important business point: companies do not want people who think. At 19, with a brand new AS degree in business, I was told repeatedly Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-62518631071404118712008-02-29T00:22:00.000-05:002008-02-29T00:22:00.000-05:00This sounds very much like the health/medical edit...This sounds very much like the health/medical editorial positions at a major insurer (the person designated to write all of the 'health/medical information' and articles for providers and members, write up the performance measures and clinical guidelines, develop the online health information for PHRs, and write the company's 'marketing collateral'). <BR/>The job description is typically written Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-70078378922629658432008-02-28T20:18:00.000-05:002008-02-28T20:18:00.000-05:00Nick said:Gosh, you'd think by now that you're not...Nick said:<BR/><BR/><I>Gosh, you'd think by now that you're not qualified to handle any IT job with your medical degree, research, project management and everything else. You might have to give up your dead end medical/IT career and go into marketing or work for Starbucks or something.</I><BR/><BR/>It should be pointed out that the H.R. people who write such gibberish, and the leaders who approveInformaticsMDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994321680366572701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-34929814260858358922008-02-28T14:54:00.000-05:002008-02-28T14:54:00.000-05:00It sounds like a sales position or a business anal...It sounds like a sales position or a business analyst to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-67759607619979709692008-02-28T14:37:00.000-05:002008-02-28T14:37:00.000-05:00Gosh, you'd think by now that you're not qualified...Gosh, you'd think by now that you're not qualified to handle any IT job with your medical degree, research, project management and everything else. You might have to give up your dead end medical/IT career and go into marketing or work for Starbucks or something.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01759538470122313864noreply@blogger.com