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Health Care Management: http://employment.umn.edu/. The Labovitz School of Business and Economics at the University of Minnesota Duluth invites applications for a full-time, 9-month, tenure-track faculty position in health care management beginning August 27, 2012. Job duties and responsibilities include a current teaching load of 15 credits of undergraduate health care management courses per academic year, research and service. For a complete description of the position and information on how to apply online, please visit http://employment.umn.edu/ and search for Job Requisition No. 176480. Complete applications will be reviewed beginning March 16, 2012, and continue until the position is filled. The University of Minnesota is an equal opportunity educator and employer.

I am reposting this position announcement even though not for a business school which I typically post.  The researchers they are looking for would provide great contributions to the journal Health Systems.

University of South Carolina Health Systems Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Faculty Position

The University of South Carolina College of Nursing is seeking a tenure track Assistant Professor with a beginning research program in health systems. This individual will join the College's Health Systems research core team of junior and senior-level researchers with established research programs in health systems and informatics. The College, University, and community offer a wide range of opportunities for inter-professional research initiatives, adjunct collaborative research appointments and development of Ph.D.-prepared scientists in this critically important area of research. A doctoral degree in nursing or related field is required. Candidates are expected to have a clearly articulated health systems research program with a focused area of interest, e.g., quality and safety evaluation and health informatics. Applicants must be licensed or eligible for licensure in South Carolina as appropriate to their professional field.

Direct Inquiries to Faculty Search Committee Chair: Rita Snyder, Ph.D., RN Professor and Associate Dean for Research Endowed Chair in Health Informatics Quality & Safety Evaluation College of Nursing University of South Carolina Columbia, SC 29208 Office: (803) 777-2868 E-mail: [email protected]

Submit applications through the following site: https://uscjobs.sc.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?time=1264790282595

A systems-oriented faculty research position that has been posted this week.  The researchers they are looking for would provide great contributions to the journal Health Systems.

The Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore (Duke-NUS) is seeking an Assistant Professor for our Program in Health Services and Systems Research (HSSR). Opportunities exist for diverse collaborations with Singapore and other national health care organizations as well as the Duke Global Health Institute.

Duties and responsibilities:

Work closely with the team of researchers in the Health Systems Design Lab, a recently established laboratory within HSSR.

Collaborate with multi-disciplinary researchers at Duke-NUS and other research institutes to develop a research agenda that involves the use of systems modeling to inform healthcare policy issues.

Promote health systems capacity-building in research collaborations with local healthcare and academic institutions.

Support the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School by leading seminars and workshops and mentoring PhD students.

Qualifications include an MD or PhD in a range of relevant fields including- · Health Systems Research · System Dynamics · Management Science/Operations Research · Simulation modeling · neural networks, multi-agent, cellular automata · Biomathematics · Multi criteria decision analysis · Computational social science.

Preference will be given to candidates with a strong record of research.

There has been growing interest in healthcare within the information systems field.  However, many have been in the faculty of health sciences - not business.  Here is one in the Naveen Jindal School of Management.

Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2011 18:13:11 +0000 From: "Bardhan, Indranil R" <[email protected]> [originally posted "[email protected]"]

Subject: [AISWorld] AISWorld: Tenure-track Faculty Position in Information Systems

Subject: Faculty Position in Information Systems with specialization in Healthcare Information Technology

Tenure Track Faculty Position in Information Systems (pmc111013)

The University of Texas at Dallas, Naveen Jindal School of Management

The School of Management seeks to fill one tenure-track faculty position in the Information Systems area. The rank is open. The faculty member will be required to conduct high-quality research and publish his / her research in top journals in the information systems area, develop and teach courses in the undergraduate and graduate programs, and engage in service activities within the university and the profession. The school is looking for someone with expertise in the Healthcare IT field. A doctoral degree is required prior to the start date, but those with ABD status will be considered at the application / interviewing stage.

Appointment will be effective Fall 2012. Indication of gender and ethnicity for affirmative action statistical purposes is requested as part of the application. The University of Texas at Dallas is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, citizenship status, Vietnam era or special disabled veteran?s status, or sexual orientation.

Adding RAM to Acer Aspire 5253 - Users Beware!

I took the plunge and bought an Acer Aspire 5253 after years of educating Dell support personnel about how their laptops work and internal processes could be improved.  Read my eight month effort to get support from Dell.  After all, how much worst could the support be?

I've added/replaced RAM and hard disks from numerous laptops so I've seen a fair amount of designs for the memory and/or hard disk cover.  The Aspire 5253 is one of the most unconventional designs I've seen.  The roughly 11 inch by 3 inch cover is for both the memory and the hard disk.  There are two screws holding down the cover.  However there are 11 thin plastic tabs that hold the cover in place (two on each end, 4 and 5 along the length of the cover).  Unless you know that those tabs exist you'll never get the cover off without breaking it.

I realized this right away and contacted Acer support.  It seemed like a poor design and prone to breakage - better Acer tells me how it is designed before I blindly try to remove it.  I know the customer is allowed to upgrade the RAM because the generic user guide instructions say "The RAM memory on this notebook can be replaced by the customer."  Therefore, it seems logical that an Acer customer should be able to ask for instructions on how to remove the cover.  After all, other Acer models have instructions provided on removing the memory cover (e.g, Acer 5000).  Guess what I get back?  You must contact customer support and pay ... Acer strongly recommends you do not remove the cover.  I ask why other models have instructions but Aspire 5253 does not - this is the link I got in reply - system specification of Aspire 5253.  I'm not sure what this has to do with the memory cover.  Well at least the support person got the correct model # even if it is irrelevant to the question.  I gave up after 4 tries.

Verdict:  Acer Support is trying to beat Dell Support to the bottom for making the least sense in its replies.  I long for the day when a customer support rep will actually answer your question.  I must say that once I got through to someone knowledgeable in Dell I got straight answers even if it took months to resolve.  On the plus side for Acer, they do respond within half a day.  But overall, Dell edges Acer on penalty kicks (for you soccer fans).

Conclusion: Unless you are comfortable flexing a thin plastic cover,  I suggest you get a laptop technicians to help you take the cover off.  It can be done and even if you break one of the thin tabs (you likely will) there are other tabs holding it in place.  But it is a bit nerve-wracking.

You can find the schedule of presentation for the 10 mini-tracks of the Health Care IT track (Excel file) in the AMCIS 2011 Research Program. 

The Organizational Design and Engineering mini-track has the following schedule:

Compliance check of health care process models 8/6 2:00 PM Bögel, Stephan Germany From Health Decisions to Performance: The Network Effect 8/6 2:00 PM Ben-Zvi, Tal United States Model-Supported Business Alignment of IT — Conceptual Foundations 8/6 2:00 PM Juhrisch, Martin Germany

I will be presenting on Friday:

A Service Value Approach to the Micro-Organizational Networks of E-prescribing 8/5 10:30 AM King, Nelson Lebanon

Look forward to seeing everyone at AMCIS 2011 in Detroit.

Nelson King, Ph.D.

6th Mediterranean Conference on Information Systems

  IS: Crossroads of Technology, People, Organizations and Markets

  Limassol, Cyprus - September 3-5, 2011

  TRACK: Health Informatics

  Track Chairs:

Luca Buccoliero, Bocconi University, Italy

Constantinos S. Pattichis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

    Healthcare is an important challenge facing all nations in the Mediterranean as well as across the world. Developed and developing nations alike are facing the challenge of controlling rising costs while at the same time increasing quality of care, patient safety, and access. Given the promise of Information systems to address these challenges, the healthcare industry has embarked towards a wide spectrum of automation (e.g., electronic medical/health records, computerized provider order entry, clinical decision support systems, telehealth applications, and more). The objective of the Healthcare track is to promote exchange of knowledge on the use of Information Systems for healthcare in the region and beyond. We welcome papers that examine the role of IS in addressing technical, economic, behavioral, strategic, organizational, and policy issues pertaining to healthcare. Submissions can focus on various diverse perspectives including providers (hospitals, physicians), policy makers (e.g., government), insurance companies, and patients. Theoretical, empirical, and policy-oriented contributions from a variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives are welcome.

  Examples of topics include but are not limited to:

Adoption, implementation, use, and impact of Electronic health record systems (EHR, EMR, EPJ) in the region

Clinical decision support systems (CDSS) and real-time analytics: lessons learned in the region

Adoption, implementation, use, and impact of Computerized Provider Order Entry Systems

Adoption, implementation, and use of telemedicine for improved access to healthcare

Adoption, Implementation, and Use of Healthcare IT by hospitals, clinics, and physicians in the region

Automating provider workflow in multi-language settings, difficult political, economic, or social environments

IT-enabled mechanisms that provide greater access to and models for healthcare delivery in the region

Successful regional standards, policies, and practices

Role of IS in addressing coordination issues among providers, physicians, laboratories, and insurers

Assessing the role, impact, and methods of using IS for detecting and preventing clinical errors

Impact of IT adoption and use on healthcare efficiency, cost, and quality

Use of IT (electronic communities, etc) in clinical trials

Computer based simulation and modeling for healthcare treatment, training, and optimization

Models, methodologies, and standards for various types of healthcare IT

Conference Submissions

  The conference invites paper, panel, and workshop submissions on a broad range of IS themes relevant to IS research and education. Submissions with a focus on policy and practice in the Mediterranean region are especially welcome.

  Articles should be submitted electronically as pdf files via EasyChair: https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=mcis2011

When submitting, authors should indicate the track for which they wish their paper to be considered. Submissions will be subjected to peer review.

  Authors are advised to format their papers in conformity to the structuring guidelines described in the MCIS_template_2011 which is posted on the conference website, under the tab “Submissions.”

  Types of contributions, in English, via the EasyChair Submission System:

  ·  Full research papers (7–12 pages)

·  Extended abstracts and short research-in-progress papers (3–7 pages)

·  Research and Teaching Case studies(7–12 pages)

·  Panel proposals (2–3 pages)

  Important Due Dates

  - Deadline for submissions: May 2nd, 2011

- Notification of acceptance: June 15th, 2011

- Camera-ready versions: July 1st, 2011

  Proceedings

  Conference Proceedings will be published online. The proceedings will be listed in major citation databases such as EBSCO, ABI Inform, etc.

  For more information on the conference, please visit

The Los Angeles Times has an article "Making an appointment for the emergency room a growing trend".  My first impression of the title - make an appointment for an emergency?  Thinking about it - makes sense somewhat - sometimes it is after hour care that can't wait for the next morning (or over a weekend).

The article suggests it is beginning to catch on but of course hotly debated (as it seems anything in health care).  It makes sense - some load balancing (although nature of emergency room can't predict two hours ahead what load will be).

  Every year PMI invests up to $50,000 in project management research. Funded research projects are selected from a pool of research proposals submitted by scholars within the research and academic community.

This year’s call for proposals opens on 1 February and closes 25 April 2011. Those advancing to the second round will be notified by 10 July 2011.

All grant recipients will be notified of awards by November 2011. Funded projects begin on 1 January 2012.

Academics and researchers in project management and other disciplines are encouraged to apply. These disciplines include but are not limited to:

Management

Organizational psychology

Education

Sociology

Communications

Proposed research should have direct application to some aspect of the project management body of knowledge or its practice including project, program, and portfolio management.

PMI also encourages proposals for research involving multi-disciplinary teams of scholars or teams consisting of academics and practitioners, who can potentially bring new ways of thinking and related bodies of literature to the field.

Learn more about PMI’s current and completed sponsored research.

A more detailed statement of the CFP, eligibility criteria and proposal submission guidelines will be posted on www.pmi.org/RG2011.aspx on 1 February 2011.

Physicians have a viral video of their own called Orthopaedics vs Anaesthesia - the tagline "There is a fracture; I need to fix it" ignoring the fact that the patient has failed to respond to resuscitation. 

The humor in this video has spawned similar ones such as Anesthesia vs Neurosurgery.  The entire genre is self-deprecating but more than a shred of truth (read the comments on Youtube).  These videos serve as a segue to renewed interest in defining what is healthcare.  For example, Surgeons’ Decisions and the Financial and Human Costs of Medical Care in NEJM.

Social Media and Marketing

The train has left ... if your company doesn't figure out social marketing you will be well behind.

In the spirit of the season, enjoy this ElfYourself dance (and think about how social media and information systems are being used by Office Max to generate brand visibility, generate leads, and make some money such as $5 to download):

You will have likely received an email from a friend that says:

  Check out this dance I made ...................

  Visit ElfYourself to make and share your own ElfYourself dance!

http://www.elfyourself.com/

  Happy Holidays from Elf Yourself!

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Posterous Posts Tab - Evidence of Posts and Comments

The "Posts" tab on the Posterous settings page has a wealth of information that will document your claim to meeting the rubric.  You can see that the first page (of three) of my posts has 10 posts.  On these latest posts there are no comments and one that has been marked "favorites".  According to the rubric, I have more than the minimum posts but well short of comments.

What Does Reach Mean?

Definition: "Reach is the total number of people who have taken action — viewed or clicked — on the content in your feed."  Reach aggregates your subscriber base that is actively engaging with your content and people viewing your content beyond your known subscriber base (e.g., news filter). Feedburner Help

The screenshot shows an average of three subscribers but more important a reach of five.  While having a minimum number of subscribers is important, it is who you reach that is most important for your blog.

Enrollments in the IS curriculum around the world took a nose dive after the internet bubble burst.  But the jobs have come back.  I'm not sure why the students haven't.  Here are some career tidbits:

10 Hottest Careers in America (May 2010) lists the following fields related to information systems: 1.  Healthcare information technology.  3. Data mining. 5. Feature writing on the web  7. Mobile media - From

Did you know that Information Technology Project Manager is the #5 Best Job in 2009?

Did you know that Computer/Network Security Consultant is the #8 Best Job in 2009?

Did you know that an IT Business Analyst is the #17 Best Job in 2009?

Interpreting Google Analytics Top Content

I hope you find the top content screenshot one of the most interesting ones.  GA lists the first five so you need to click down into the view that lists all pages of indexed content.  This screen capture shows you my first seven from last month.  As I've said earlier, most visitors are coming straight to the home page which lists the ten newest posts.  If you look at my blog home page, I'm now up to three pages of posts!  I'm proud of my Google Doodles post as this was tweeted twice (first was me).  It has been my most popular post last month (aside from the home page).  I expect that some of these recent posts will get much more traffic as the December 10th deadline approaches.  Hope these have been helpful.