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About Michael A. Gaspar

Michael Gaspar is the Associate Manager, Social Media @HIMSS

The HIMSS12 Infographic

As this year’s Annual Conference & Exhibition took place in Las Vegas, Nevada and was a record-breaking year across the board, there is very little question why the #HIMSSanity hashtag caught on so enthusiastically at HIMSS12. Whether you were elbow-to-elbow … Continue reading

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HIMSS Tips: Keeping the Pulse on the Health IT Job Market

Co-Authored by: Helen Figge, RPh, PharmD, MBA HIMSS Senior Director, Career Services Michael Gaspar HIMSS Associate Manager, Social Media The health IT job market is becoming highly competitive; now even more so having to utilize various skills to ensure the … Continue reading

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What do healthcare privacy and security have to do with an airline accident investigation? Broken links in a chain …

Following is an unaltered blog post by Geoffrey Hancock from April 13, 2012.  The original post can be found on the mHIMSS blog. Geoffrey Hancock is director of business/sales and technical implementation for cloud, security, mobility and healthcare at Verizon. … Continue reading

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5 Facebook Timeline Features that Drive Better Engagement

Facebook users are no strangers to things moving around their profiles and Like pages, but the transition to Timeline seems to be a total shift in methodology and philosophy rather than its usual nip and tuck. In the past, Facebook … Continue reading

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The Social Side of HIMSS Virtual Conference & Expo 2011

Although the education sessions, resources and expo are available on demand for your viewing in the HIMSS Virtual Conference & Expo, here is a glimpse of what the event looked like from a social perspective. The rich-in-content education sessions began … Continue reading

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