BIT 311

While I haven’t actually taking the course and did voluntarily sit in for a few weeks to get a grasp of what was going on. While I thought of myself as a proficient Excel user and realized in just 2 weeks...

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While I haven’t actually taking the course and did voluntarily sit in for a few weeks to get a grasp of what was going on. While I thought of myself as a proficient Excel user and realized in just 2 weeks of the class that I would probably be considered a rookie. In response to Jb’s post, I can comfortably use Excel but this class will take you to another level. It has always been recommended by students as well as instructors whenever I inquire about Excel.  If you plan on using Excel in you future work life this class will certainly be of great benefit.

In The Blogstar, 12/07/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati

BIT 311?

Supriya and Kevin and a few others in class have been talking about EECS 183 and why it’s a great class to take. I’ll be honest: I’m sticking to bschool classes my last semester so I won’t get to...

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Supriya and Kevin and a few others in class have been talking about EECS 183 and why it’s a great class to take. I’ll be honest: I’m sticking to bschool classes my last semester so I won’t get to try it out. However, I’m on the waitlist for BIT 311 and can’t decide if it’s worth it to try to get in. Has anyone ever taken this course? If so, was it valuable? I trust your opinion because I feel like most of us are on the same computer user level. I’m a pretty avid Excel user, but there’s always a few things I have to look up in the “help” menu, or someone will show me how to do something that I never knew I could do with Excel. This happened a lot during my internship this summer. I’m just curious as to whether BIT 311 might make me an Excel expert… or if I probably already know most of what I’ll learn in the course.

In jb's blog, 12/07/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati

Ranking of Consulting firms in IT

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Ranking of consulting firms for IT specialization

In del.icio.us/williamhmacy3, 12/05/2005 | Original | Archive

Top IT priorities reshuffle as '05 comes to a close

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IT business trends

In del.icio.us/mridge, 12/05/2005 | Original | Archive

healthcare IT follow-up

For anyone who’s interested, here’s a follow-up to my post on IT in the healthcare industry. I received a comment from a healthcare/IT professional who is actually devoted to working on this issue: Your points are well taken and...

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For anyone who’s interested, here’s a follow-up to my post on IT in the healthcare industry. I received a comment from a healthcare/IT professional who is actually devoted to working on this issue:

Your points are well taken and folks like me are trying to solve the problem but the issues are immense and there are some huge hurdles to overcome. If you’re interested in learning more check out the health IT launch page known as HITSphere (http://www.hitsphere.com) and my health IT blog called The Healthcare IT Guy (http://www.healthcareguy.com).

I checked out his blog and the launch page, which is a network of similar blogs. It’s great to know that so many people are concerned and working on this issue.

In jb's blog, 12/01/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati

The Healthcare IT Guy

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blog by a healthcare/IT professional devoted to healthcare IT news and views

In del.icio.us/jbartko, 12/01/2005 | Original | Archive

HITSphere Health IT Blogs

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a network of blogs devoted to IT and the healthcare industry

In del.icio.us/jbartko, 12/01/2005 | Original | Archive

healthcare: need for IT

Bud and I had a discussion a few weeks ago about the lack of IT in the rec sports industry. I just read this article about an almost similar problem in the healthcare industry. While IT is pretty prevalent...

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Bud and I had a discussion a few weeks ago about the lack of IT in the rec sports industry. I just read this article about an almost similar problem in the healthcare industry. While IT is pretty prevalent in back-end systems like billing and admissions, it’s pretty much missing from patient records and treatment. Instead, doctors and other healthcare workers are surrounded by paperwork. This results in lost records and errors such as mis-prescribing drugs.

Unlike rec sports, I don’t think this problem can really be blamed on generations or even people at all. I think it can almost be blamed on lack of supply. There aren’t a lot of big players out there in the business of supplying IT to the healthcare industry. There aren’t a lot of companies with enough healthcare capability in addition to IT capability. GE and Siemens may be the future of this business, which is right now very fragmented with regional companies. Both GE and Siemens have IT skills and experience in medical equipment.

In addition, the cost of IT is incredibly expensive for healthcare providers. But now, the government is getting involved in pushing for IT. This is causing some activity in the supplier business. And as IT solutions continue to become cheaper, hopefully we’ll see more of it in the healthcare industry. Can you imagine the doctor typing your symptoms into a computer program and receiving recommendations for your treatment? This is called clinical decision support.20 years from now… will we even need doctors??

In jb's blog, 11/27/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati

The crap IT circle of abuse and despair | The Register

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IT workers bear the brunt of tech troubles

In del.icio.us/mridge, 11/08/2005 | Original | Archive

Next Gen IT

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How business will implement tomorrow's IT infrastructure

In del.icio.us/mridge, 10/27/2005 | Original | Archive

UMass Information Technology School

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Microsoft denotes UMass as the country's first "IT School"

In del.icio.us/mridge, 10/25/2005 | Original | Archive

Doctors and Patients Agree: IT Good

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Adopting IT in the Healtcare Sector

In del.icio.us/mridge, 10/12/2005 | Original | Archive

Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters

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The IT section of slashdot - tons of news articles

In del.icio.us/mridge, 09/28/2005 | Original | Archive

Next-Generation IT: off-the-shelf

In response to Zeenah’s post. Zeenah recently blogged about this article at Forbes. The article talks about the benefits of “off the shelf” IT rather than customized IT. I agree with Zeenah that our BIT 301 training seemed to...

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In response to Zeenah’s post.

Zeenah recently blogged about this article at Forbes. The article talks about the benefits of “off the shelf” IT rather than customized IT. I agree with Zeenah that our BIT 301 training seemed to have a different theme. Many companies in the cases we studied spent the extra dollar to make sure IT systems ran parallel with company operations. However, this article claims that spending that extra dollar is too expensive and causes too much complexity for a company to be as productive as possible.

While I initially was surprised at this recommendation, I can now make some sense of it. For the same reason that databases should be consistent, IT products should not become so customized that they begin to look foreign in comparison to each other. Consistency in IT means ease of information flow and, therefore, productivity. But how expensive is it to align your organization to these systems? And won’t all organizations sooner or later end up looking the same if they all invest in such technology?

In jb's blog, 09/22/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati

Next-Gen IT Infrastructure

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A move from build-to-suit IT to off-the-shelf IT

In del.icio.us/mridge, 09/22/2005 | Original | Archive