Computerworld: John D. Halamka

5 lessons for IT from the Boston Marathon bombings

jhalamka@caregroup.harvard.edu (John D. Halamka) — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:20:00 GMT

The CIO of Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center learned a few things last week. Insider (registration required)

Why tech entrepreneurs will transform healthcare

jhalamka@caregroup.harvard.edu (John D. Halamka) — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 17:16:00 GMT

We are establishing an environment that will help it happen. (Insider; registration required)

Crafting a social media policy

jhalamka@caregroup.harvard.edu (John D. Halamka) — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:07:00 GMT

What do healthcare providers need to think about as they formulate social networking policies? (Insider; registration required)

The CIO vs. the sales end run

jhalamka@caregroup.harvard.edu (John D. Halamka) — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 19:05:00 GMT

What better way for a salesperson to sour a long-term relationship than to bypass the CIO and tell the CFO that IT is wasting money?

The perfect storm for innovation

jhalamka@caregroup.harvard.edu (John D. Halamka) — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 14:07:00 GMT

In the course of our careers, there are occasionally confluences of events. Those moments should be seized. (Insider; registration required)

John Halamka: Work-induced attention deficit disorder

jhalamka@caregroup.harvard.edu (John D. Halamka) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:55:00 GMT

We need to recapture our focus if we are going to solve the complex problems ahead of us.

John Halamka: The new metrics for CIO success

jhalamka@caregroup.harvard.edu (John D. Halamka) — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 11:00:00 GMT

Modern CIOs must think more like CEOs about business needs and future strategies.

John Halamka: Coping with IT decision fatigue

jhalamka@caregroup.harvard.edu (John D. Halamka) — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 10:00:00 GMT

In the 80s and earlier, issues were escalated by writing and mailing a letter. But in the time that it took to compose, type, mail and deliver a letter, many problems solved themselves. Insider (Registration require)

Halamka: Facing down VUCA, and doing the right thing

jhalamka@caregroup.harvard.edu (John D. Halamka) — Mon, 23 May 2011 10:00:00 GMT

You probably know VUCA even if you haven't heard the acronym for 'volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity.'

John Halamka: IT has its own Sports Illustrated effect

jhalamka@caregroup.harvard.edu (John D. Halamka) — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 19:22:00 GMT

Fame for individual accomplishments is fleeting, but the benefits of team efforts build and last.

Good consultants, bad consultants

jhalamka@caregroup.harvard.edu (John D. Halamka) — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 20:43:00 GMT

What separates the helpful ones from the deadweight?

Good consultants, bad consultants

jhalamka@caregroup.harvard.edu (John D. Halamka) — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 20:23:00 GMT

What separates the helpful ones from the deadweight?

10 secrets to troubleshooting technology problems

jhalamka@caregroup.harvard.edu (John D. Halamka) — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 16:23:00 GMT

Years of experience has revealed some key approaches to resolving problems like network outages.

For every conflict you need to resolve, there is a process

jhalamka@caregroup.harvard.edu (John D. Halamka) — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:00:00 GMT

When you, as CIO, are asked to be Solomon, it's important not to counter emotion with more emotion.

The greatest good for the greatest number

jhalamka@caregroup.harvard.edu (John D. Halamka) — Wed, 05 May 2010 14:47:00 GMT

John Halamka has been guided in his career by the Sister Mary Noel Test and other leadership principles.

In health care IT, these are the good old days

jhalamka@caregroup.harvard.edu (John D. Halamka) — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:03:00 GMT

So much is happening with health care IT right now, those involved are starting to complain. But in a few years, they won't remember the exhaustion, only the satisfaction of making real changes to how things are done.

E-mail overload (or status emailicus)

jhalamka@caregroup.harvard.edu (John D. Halamka) — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:21:00 GMT

When e-mail gets in the way of our ability to get things done, it's time to change the way we handle it, says John Halamka.

E-health security requires a delicate balance

jhalamka@caregroup.harvard.edu (John D. Halamka) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT

John Halamka has an inside seat when it comes to the ongoing debate over establishing electronic health records systems.

When things go wrong, the truth shall set you free

jhalamka@caregroup.harvard.edu (John D. Halamka) — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 04:01:00 GMT

John Halamka offers five tips for managing events when things go wrong.

Opinion: IT can suffer from its own broken window effect

jhalamka@caregroup.harvard.edu (John D. Halamka) — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 05:00:00 GMT

John D. Halamka uses law enforcement's broken window theory in his IT organization.

Opinion: Less (complexity) is more (flexibility)

jhalamka@caregroup.harvard.edu (John D. Halamka) — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT

John Halamka is doing battle with complexity in his IT shop.

Opinion: A connectivity holiday: What I did on my summer vacation

jhalamka@caregroup.harvard.edu (John D. Halamka) — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT

John Halamka took a connectivity holiday in August and wonders why such scaling back can't be the norm.

Opinion: Time is the most valuable of gifts

jhalamka@caregroup.harvard.edu (John D. Halamka) — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT

John Halamka knows not to squander the most valuable commodity of all: time.

Opinion: Leadership lessons from my daughter

jhalamka@caregroup.harvard.edu (John D. Halamka) — Mon, 19 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

John D. Halamka learned many of his management skills from being a parent.

Opinion: The 10 secrets of bad CIOs

jhalamka@caregroup.harvard.edu (John D. Halamka) — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 04:00:00 GMT

John D. Halamka has discerned certain shared behaviors among fired CIOs.

Opinion: Tackling Information Overload With Knowledge Navigators

jhalamka@caregroup.harvard.edu (John D. Halamka) — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:00:00 GMT

John D. Halamka has updated his institution's medical libraries for a Web 2.0 world.

Opinion: Tech 'Safe Drivers' Deserve Maintenance Discounts

jhalamka@caregroup.harvard.edu (John D. Halamka) — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 05:00:00 GMT

John D. Halamka urges vendors to price their maintenance contracts on the basis of the steps customers take to avoid using support.

Opinion: An About-face on Flexible Work Arrangements

jhalamka@caregroup.harvard.edu (John D. Halamka) — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 04:00:00 GMT

John D. Halamka is reconsidering whether close physical proximity is still the key to productivity.

Opinion: 2008 May Be the Year of the Open-Source Desktop

jhalamka@caregroup.harvard.edu (John D. Halamka) — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:00:00 GMT

John D. Halamka has taken a close look at operating systems and thinks 2008 may be the tipping point for open-source OSs on the desktop.

The Dark Side of Going Public

jhalamka@caregroup.harvard.edu (John D. Halamka) — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Opinion: John D. Halamka is one CIO who wishes the vendor companies he deals with weren’t so susceptible to stock market pressures.

Time for a Digital Spring Cleaning

jhalamka@caregroup.harvard.edu (John D. Halamka) — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT

Opinion: John D. Halamka suggests some options for dealing with users’ insatiable appetite for storage.

Conservation of Aggravation

jhalamka@caregroup.harvard.edu (John D. Halamka) — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 05:00:00 GMT

Opinion: John Halamka is all too familiar with the first law of project dynamics: Aggravation is neither created nor destroyed; it is simply converted from one project to another.

In the Data Center, the Heat Is On

jhalamka@caregroup.harvard.edu (John D. Halamka) — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 04:00:00 GMT

Opinion: John Halamka proposes Pele’s Law to explain how power consumption and heat issues limit a data center’s server capacity.

A Cure for 802.11 Confusion

jhalamka@caregroup.harvard.edu (John D. Halamka) — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 04:00:00 GMT

Opinion: John D. Halamka describes his approach to wireless implementation for users on a variety of platforms.

Storage Is the Fifth Utility

jhalamka@caregroup.harvard.edu (John D. Halamka) — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 04:00:00 GMT

Opinion: John D. Halamka has realized that storage is yet another utility that must be provided to users, always available and in generous supply.