Life as a Healthcare CIO: Knowledge Navigators Combat Information Overload

Even health care CIOs are overloaded, but as mentioned in this post, there are ways to manage information and data and it's well worth the time to take a stab at it...one other note here too that I find admirable is the fact that he maximizes Web 2.0 in the process...something many others may not have tuned in to yet (check out the CES show in Las Vegas this week for a few clues if you are not aware of what Web 2.0 and "the cloud" are) ...and one other very important item noted, libraries of paper just don't cut it any more...they are almost out of date before they are even printed at times...and best of all he takes time to blog and inform others...can't ask for more. BD

One of my greatest challenges in 2008 is information overload. 700 emails a day on my Blackberry, RSS feeds, Facebook, Instant Messaging, LinkedIn, MySpace and Second Life all create a pummeling amounts of data.

With the advent of Web 2.0 collaboration tools, blogging, content management portals, lulu.com on demand publishing, and digital journals, it is clear that libraries of paper books are becoming less relevant.

Finally, our information commons, formerly the medical library is now an array of desktop computers, printers, wireless access points, scanners and staff to assist users with the technology.