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Miriam Paramore talks with Snyder about her work and what keeps her engaged, why it's critical to help women thrive, and also about the pursuit of the ever elusive "balance."

Without more women in tech positions, executives expect "significant economic impact."

Besser, who is currently the health and medical editor for ABC News, succeeds Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD, who led the organization for 14 years.

Kenneth Stensvold offers advice to prospective students about what they should consider before enrolling in a program. 

Big Blue aims to reach up to 25 million millennials across the continent to develop STEM skills.

His efforts to fast-track treatment for heart attack patients led to Massachusetts' first paramedic pre-hospital notification protocol, where all paramedics on the North Shore are trained to administer and read EKGs in the field and accelerate access to effective treatment.

Four Cleveland-based medical researchers - two with the Cleveland Clinic, one with University Hospitals and another from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine - each received seven-year, multi-million dollar awards from the National Institutes of Health.

More than 20 institutions of higher learning will be at the special exhibit, where students or prospective ones can learn about health information technology programs. 

The new day-long event encompasses career services, resume critiques, an introduction to healthcare analytics and a networking reception. 

I recently had an opportunity to advise an IT department on the team’s overall lean initiative. While no two organizations have the same lean journey, there are common challenges. Visual management and huddle components can give a lean management system a boost. Here are some of the common challenges you can expect to encounter and tips for success: “Perfect is the enemy of good” – You must be willing to experiment and get messy. Visual boards take many shapes and forms. Do they help you focus on the right work and metrics as a team? It’s less important that they look pretty to the outside observer. Standard framework with room for variation – Even if there is a standard for what all huddle boards in your organization should look like and include, there must still be room for variation by unit or team. What’s important to one team may not be important to another. If you’re ready to get started and wonder if there will be an organization standard at some point, don’t wait for it. Just get going and adapt later if a standard appears. Find metrics that are meaningful – Ask yourself a few questions. What problems are you trying to solve? What do you need to measure to track progress and show improvement? Shining a bright light on a specific metric may cause some angst but if it is one that needs to be measured to improve, shine away. You are there to solve problems – Be sure your huddles are not a place where people feel beat up. Create a culture of improvement that is blame-free, transparent, metric driven and focused on doing better for your employees and your customers. Be willing to tell the “ugly story” about something that doesn’t work as well as it should. Figure out how to improve it, implement the changes, and measure the results. Celebrate your wins – carve out a place on your board where you can highlight successes and celebrate what you’ve done as a team. Be creative and have some fun with it – I’ve seen huddle boards that take on a sports team and car racing themes. The potential for team ownership is that much greater when people can have some fun with it. If you’ve got a huddle board story or picture to share, I’d love to hear about it. This post was first published on Sue Schade's Health IT Connect blog.