Agile Development: Getting Started
As noted in our last post Is Agile Development Good for Health IT? Agile offers significant benefits to Health IT software developers. What may have come as a surprise is that many organizations that attempt to move from the traditional waterfall approach to Agile have trouble implementing it. Just Google “agile failure rate” to see estimated failure rates of 50% and higher. Some suspect...
Read MoreHealth IT Workforce Shortage?
Widely publicized studies predict a healthcare workforce shortage over the next 8-10 years. Numbers from The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) indicate that the Health IT workforce accounts for a significant portion of the shortfall. The BLS estimates that 51,000 health IT professionals are needed to meet projected growth in the Health IT industry. The federal government is fueling the growth...
Read MoreStaffing: Recruit, Train and Retain
In 2008 Forbes named healthcare the largest and fastest growing industry in the nation. While other industries are shrinking, the healthcare industry continues to make strides in growth. According to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics (BLS), the healthcare industry supports approximately 14.3 million jobs. Furthermore, the BLS states the healthcare sector grew by 720,000 jobs from December...
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