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
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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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