Elyse Nielsen's general musings on technology enhancing healthcare, best practices, and CF among other things.
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We all have known a cowboy or two in our times. Cowboys are all about innovative ways to get the job done. They are focused upon resolving the current challenge, satisfying the customer as quickly as possible, and moving onto...
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With the New Year, I'd like to share a tip regarding being the new leader on the scene. Most often you are replacing a leader who is off to other pursuits, the leader leaving the situation may offer you some...
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Let's say you are in a new role and a new organization, isn't it nice to have an onboarding process? This gives you the lay of the land, what you need to use, how information is disseminated, what your...
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We are starting a new tradition here at Anticlue, the IT Management review. We will highlight the best articles on IT management from about the blogosphere. Bob Lieberman presents The Wisdom Of Fallow posted at Cultivating Creativity - Developing Leaders...
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With a new year just around the corner, let's start off by digging in a bit deeper. Managing the transformation to workflow is what makes or breaks an EHR is a critical success factor for EHR Implementations. As you get...
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Remember Gym Sprints? Running at full speed in one direction, suddenly changing and running back in the other direction, again a change and another direction to run full speed. It reminds me of changing priorities and organizational sprints. Prioritization is...
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As you are laying bricks to build the foundation of a good project management process, a low hanging fruit is the status reporting process. It is often the first practice rolled out, but simply having a template available is not...
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Often in Healthcare IT, we have a push mentality. To get work processed through our department, it is pushed not pulled. A request is received through various queues - email, phone call, hallway conversation, formal work/change request. It is...
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We have all looked around and noticed our staff needs a little motivation. Maybe it is getting that new practice in place, perhaps it is just inspiring a new habit or behavior. Motivation is a part of a manager and...
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Often the WBS is a foregone item in projects. This is a mistake. I have often found that good WBS structures lead to well planned and implemented projects. While most projects without one, don't have the same outcome. A WBS...
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