Comments on: Readers Write 6/18/08 http://histalk2.com/2008/06/18/readers-write-61808/ Healthcare IT News and Opinion Tue, 22 May 2012 01:22:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Wompa1 http://histalk2.com/2008/06/18/readers-write-61808/comment-page-1/#comment-1291 Wompa1 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:30:12 +0000 http://histalk2.com/2008/06/18/readers-write-61808/#comment-1291 Ms. DeBell raises a timely point about the increasing education gap between men and women. It is inevitable that women will begin to dominate the upper echelons of IT management. Women now significantly outnumber men in both undergraduate and graduate programs, and that trend is not likely to reverse any time soon. The retiring generation did not need to have multiple degrees, if any at all. The regrettable fact is that HR departments have used the degree as nothing more than a means of filtering out large numbers of potential candidates. But a degree does not confer logic, reason, or ambition (no negative connotation here, the desire to outperform the norm). If we accept that the degree by itself is of relatively little value, then the trend of psychological testing should come as no surprise. The other negative consequence will be the further deterioration of men’s wages. Some may laud this as “progress,” but I think that is too simplistic. I believe there could be a wide range of issues that result from it. I leave it to the readers. Wompa1 Ms. DeBell raises a timely point about the increasing education gap between men and women. It is inevitable that women will begin to dominate the upper echelons of IT management. Women now significantly outnumber men in both undergraduate and graduate programs, and that trend is not likely to reverse any time soon.

The retiring generation did not need to have multiple degrees, if any at all. The regrettable fact is that HR departments have used the degree as nothing more than a means of filtering out large numbers of potential candidates. But a degree does not confer logic, reason, or ambition (no negative connotation here, the desire to outperform the norm).

If we accept that the degree by itself is of relatively little value, then the trend of psychological testing should come as no surprise.

The other negative consequence will be the further deterioration of men’s wages. Some may laud this as “progress,” but I think that is too simplistic. I believe there could be a wide range of issues that result from it. I leave it to the readers.

Wompa1

]]> By: For Profit CIO http://histalk2.com/2008/06/18/readers-write-61808/comment-page-1/#comment-1288 For Profit CIO Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:59:40 +0000 http://histalk2.com/2008/06/18/readers-write-61808/#comment-1288 It is not just nurses (male or female) who can move into the upper echelon of hospital and corporate management from the clinical side of the house. Many hospital COO, CEO and CIO level executives have backgrounds in Lab, Respiratory, Radiology etc. Having a clinical perspective is a definate plus. It is not just nurses (male or female) who can move into the upper echelon of hospital and corporate management from the clinical side of the house. Many hospital COO, CEO and CIO level executives have backgrounds in Lab, Respiratory, Radiology etc. Having a clinical perspective is a definate plus.

]]> By: PTSD http://histalk2.com/2008/06/18/readers-write-61808/comment-page-1/#comment-1287 PTSD Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:35:49 +0000 http://histalk2.com/2008/06/18/readers-write-61808/#comment-1287 Excellent points about the evolving role of the CIO, Ms. DeBell (RN?). I conceed that more women will become CIO's in the future, however I feel that nurses, male and female, are going to crack that code. We see nurses in the CEO seat, especially at more progressive hospitals, so it makes sense that we would see them at other strategic executive levels. After all, from way back to Florence, nurses have been leaders, strategic thinkers, and data analysts! Excellent points about the evolving role of the CIO, Ms. DeBell (RN?). I conceed that more women will become CIO’s in the future, however I feel that nurses, male and female, are going to crack that code. We see nurses in the CEO seat, especially at more progressive hospitals, so it makes sense that we would see them at other strategic executive levels. After all, from way back to Florence, nurses have been leaders, strategic thinkers, and data analysts!

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