The following resources are starting points in finding out information about the fields of Health IT and Data Analytics:

• Who are the thought-leaders
• Which companies are the major players
• Who’s hiring
• What events are happening
• Places to network
• What are the trends, hot topics

Events:

• http://www.himss.org/Events/EventDetail.aspx?ItemNumber=42735
• http://ihealthtran.com/vancouver/vancouverhome

Meetup Groups:

• NYC: http://www.meetup.com/NYC-Health-Data-Scientists/
• Vancouver, BC: http://www.meetup.com/ac-yvr/
• Boston, MA: http://www.meetup.com/Healthcare-Analytics/
• http://www.meetup.com/Federal-Big-Data/
• http://www.meetup.com/SoCalHealth/

Associations:

• http://www.himss.org/
• http://apps.himss.org/himssorg/chapters_listings.asp
• http://www.dama.org/
• http://www.dama.org/browse-chapters
• http://www.ahvap.org/
• https://www.nahdo.org/
• http://www.digitalanalyticsassociation.org/
• http://www.datascienceassn.org/

Job sites:

• http://jobmine.himss.org/
• http://dama-jobs.jobtarget.com/
• https://www.nahdo.org/forum/9
• https://www.healthitjobs.com/
• http://careerassist.ahima.org/ (primarily HIM/coding-related but may be worth a try)
• Also search employer websites, e.g. insurance, hospital systems, clinics, government, etc.

Blogs/Periodicals:

• http://www.healthdatamanagement.com/
• http://insidebigdata.com/
• http://ihealthtran.com/
• http://www.govhealthit.com/
• http://healthaffairs.org/blog/
• http://www.computerworld.com/blog/healthcare-it-spotlight
• http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/
• http://www.fiercehealthit.com/
• http://www.healthit.gov/buzz-blog/
• http://www.ihealthbeat.org/
• http://www.healthcareitnews.com/

LinkedIn groups:

 

Bellevue College HIT Students and Alumni	HealthCare Information Technology
NW Healthcare IT Workforce	Healthcare Information Technology Professionals
Advanced Business Analytics, Data Mining and Predict…	Healthcare-IT/ EHR/ HIS
Bellevue College Community Group	HIMSS
Big Data, Analytics and Data Science Training	HIMSS Washington Chapter
DAMA Puget SoundPrivate Group	Innovations In Health
Digital Health	Jobs IT Healthcare Technology
Health Information Exchange and Bigdata AnalyticsPrivate Group	Microsoft in HealthPrivate Group
Health IT and Electronic Health Records	Precision Medicine & Big-DATA
Healthcare Analytics and Informatics, Healthcare Ana…	https://www.linkedin.com/grp/home?gid=4340544
https://www.linkedin.com/company/digital-analytics-association

Check out the following article. It talks about how some professionals in Health IT earn $105,923.00 a year and that 80 percent of employees in Health IT are satisfied with their jobs. How is that for some motivation 🙂

http://www.healthcareglobal.com/tech/1636/INFOGRAPHIC-Why-These-Health-IT-Jobs-are-the-Top-Earners

Nuance is holding an exclusive networking/recruiting event : Wearables, IOT & the Cloud…Come Hear What’s Next at their Seattle office on Tuesday, September 23, 2014. Members of the local Enterprise and Mobility leadership teams will walk you through the exciting things Nuance is working on to address current trends in both the Enterprise and Mobility spaces– and the critical role that Seattle is playing in the company’s strategy.

Nuance is making a strategic investment & actively growing its Seattle Team! They are recruiting technical talent for variety of exciting career opportunities in both their Enterprise and Mobility divisions.

If you are interested in learning more about career opportunities at Nuance, please reach out directly to: Jennifer Garvale: [email protected]

If you would like to RSVP for this event, please visit:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nuance-hiring-event-seattle-tickets-12805873713

It is National Health IT Week! I bet you did not know that this is the 9th National Healthy IT Week observed by our very own government. Check out the following link for more information:

http://www.healthitweek.org/