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Health information management (HIM) is a diverse yet evolving field that incorporates medicine, management, finance, information technology, and law into one dynamic career path.
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Health Informatics Forum Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) - Health Informatics Forum
In the next few weeks, we’ll be launching the Health Informatics Forum Massive Open Online Course (MOOC). The course will cover a wide range of Health Informatics topics using the Open Access curriculum material developed by the Office of the National Coordinator in the US. MOOCs are courses that allow any number of students (up to 100,000s in some cases) and are delivered online through an online community. At the suggestion of one of the leaders of the curriculum development project, Prof Ed Hammond, we've decided to use our forum to deliver the course to as many people as possible.
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6 Ways to Get a Tech Job Without a Tech Degree
Aaron Shapiro is CEO of Huge, a global digital agency based in Brooklyn, and author of Users Not Customers . He has spent more than a decade as a technology entrepreneur, venture capitalist and management consultant. Jobs in tech are stronger than ever.
Are You Smarterer Than Other Job Candidates? Prove It
The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Name: Smarterer Quick Pitch: Smarterer authenticates practical skills with timed online quizzes. Genius Idea: Crowdsourced, living tests for ever-changing digital skills. You might truly be a social media expert, but writing “Twitter guru” on your resume does little to demonstrate that point.
Find Out How "In Demand" You Are in The Job Market With Identified
The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark . If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here . Name: Identified Quick Pitch: Identified is a professional marketplace that helps users improve their professional marketability.
5 Stealthy Ways to Find a New Job with Social Media
Gerrit Hall is the CEO and co-founder of RezScore , a free web application that reads, analyzes and grades resumes instantly. Gerrit has successfully combined his passion for computer science and the careers space by helping job seekers write the best resume possible. You can connect with Gerrit and RezScore on Facebook and Twitter . Searching for a new job while you’re still employed can be tricky — and almost two-thirds of employed individuals are open to looking for a new job. While you certainly want to leverage social media as much as possible, you don’t want to jeopardize your current job by making it obvious that you’re looking for a new position.
9 Tips for Activating the Entrepreneurial Spirit
Kevin O’Connor, co-founder of DoubleClick , is the CEO of FindTheBest , an unbiased data driven comparison engine, which he established in Santa Barbara, CA. As an entrepreneur, I’ve been invited to guest lecture for entrepreneurial programs at colleges from Harvard to the University of Michigan. Each time I stood before a group of aspiring entrepreneurs, I couldn’t help but wonder whether people could actually learn the needed skills and qualities to become a successful entrepreneur, or if we’re born into said skills.
Abstract or dead simple? Clever irony? Cute and playful? There are endless paths to take when brainstorming your new business name.
How to Pick the Right Name for Your Business
We know that The New York Times graphics department produces some of the best visualizations in the world. We have seen its director, Steve Duenes, give a talk about some of their best works and provide some answers on their internal approach. Who I had not seen talk before, however, is Amanda Cox, whose name is often featured on quite some innovative works, such as the voronoi treemap showing the Consumer Price Index, the interactive timeline revealing Michael Jackson's career statistics, the streamgraphs that map how people spend their day, or the dense yet intuitive line graphs that unravel the potential socio-demographic drivers of the unemployment in the US. In the small collection of (4 different) videos you can watch below , Amanda shares some of the lessons the group has learned along the way, particularly on how to integrate real interactivity with storytelling, and how to strike a balance between clarity and creating a sense of wonder.
Developing Infographics at the NYT
My time as a grad student will soon draw to a close. With this comes the terrifying realisation that I'm going to start applying for jobs and, hopefully, interviewing soon, forever leaving my comfortable security blanket of academia. With that horrible thought in mind, I've been doing some poking around to see what various kinds of technical interviews are like.
Honing Your R Skills for Job Interviews
by Anne-Marie Slaughter | 9:25 AM December 22, 2011 The world is coming apart in many interesting ways. I recently bought an iPad.