tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post4956510859757130672..comments2024-03-28T01:27:23.408-04:00Comments on Health Care Renewal: Deja Vu All Over AgainRoy M. Poses MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00497209843184497847noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-76675639791048780222007-04-30T15:43:00.000-04:002007-04-30T15:43:00.000-04:00There are probably a couple of reasons for seeking...<I>There are probably a couple of reasons for seeking nurses.</I><BR/><BR/>I don't think "anonymous" read my two posts on this topic carefully.<BR/><BR/>As I wrote in my posts, there always are "reasons" behind such decisions. It doesn't mean the "reasons" are strategically or tactically sound.<BR/><BR/><I>I suggest finding your IT strategic planning committee to find out how you can become moreInformaticsMDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994321680366572701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-18391389477231265102007-04-29T19:29:00.000-04:002007-04-29T19:29:00.000-04:00There are probably a couple of reasons for seeking...There are probably a couple of reasons for seeking nurses. One being hiring many salaried physicians verses nurses would be much more costly for the facility - especially since IT spending in healthcare is far less than other industries. The other reason being that nurses have the most constant contact with patients and hospital operations on a daily basis. <BR/>Working in healthcare IT, I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-28200866887717340362007-04-28T06:47:00.000-04:002007-04-28T06:47:00.000-04:00wonder if this organization just wants a nurse for...<I>wonder if this organization just wants a nurse for political reasons</I><BR/><BR/>Perhaps, but I reiterate:<BR/><BR/><I>I sincerely believe blanket exclusions of MD's from Director of Informatics roles via such ads is a strategic error for any healthcare organization, and its rationale (cost savings, winner of position already known, anti-clinician bias in the IT organization, or whatever InformaticsMDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994321680366572701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-16295134619460768382007-04-27T15:52:00.000-04:002007-04-27T15:52:00.000-04:00As a former MD laboratory director who had to deal...As a former MD laboratory director who had to deal with physician-wary nurses on a daily basis, I wonder if this organization just wants a nurse for political reasons - e.g. to be able to claim to the nurses that "one of their own" is helping them with IT. If nurses do not embrace an IT system in a hospital, there is usually h___ to pay in trying to make it effective.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com