An Executive’s Schedule – “A Day in the Life of a CIO”

Do you ever wonder how other successful career minded professionals schedule and invest their time? Computerworld offers an short yet insightful look into the schedule of a prominent healthcare Chief Information Officer. John Halamka as CIO at both Beth Israel Deconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School has seemingly achieved career success retaining a position of high responsibility. Here is a look into a recent workday’s schedule for Mr. Halamka, as outlined in by Computerworld :

5 a.m. Write annual IT report for Harvard Medical School 6 a.m. Work on several Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center strategic plans: E-prescribing rollout Radiology provisional/wet reads workflow Ambulatory medical record support for travel clinic immunizations 8 a.m. Visit Occupational Health Office for mandated yearly TB test 8:30 a.m. Meet with senior vice president of quality to discuss plans for: Infectious disease surveillance Medication reconciliation in outpatient procedural areas 9 a.m. Complete human subjects/Institutional Review Board submissions for two upcoming grants 10 a.m. Interview with Computerworld 11 a.m. Tape an e-prescribing video for the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Noon. Write and send enterprise e-mail about daylight-saving time IT issues 1 p.m. Attend Revenue Cycle Project steering committee meeting 3 p.m. Review 2007 disaster recovery plans 5 p.m. Dentist appointment 6 p.m. Dinner with family 8 p.m. E-mail 10 p.m. Practice Japanese flute

Thats roughly 11.5 hours of work, 1.5 hours of personal appointments, 2 hours with family, and 1-2 hours of personal time (hobbies). For some that may seem like a heavy commitment, but consider that the average CIO makes about $165,00 annually (click here for more information).

A Day in the Life of a CIO. [Computerworld]

Also see:

Tapping the Power of Your Morning Routine

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Career Hacker * www.careerhacker.com * By Bill Inman * www.billinman.com