Do you feel like an impostor?

Individuals who are unqualified to fulfill a role are impostors. Often, competent practitioners feel they are unable to successfully practice their profession and suffer from an impostor syndrome. In health care, this can have a number of negative outcomes, including a poor reflection of the institution through the individual's actions. In many cases, impostorship can be prevented or remediated through the use of techniques such as identification, mentoring, and promotion of positive self-concepts. This article reviews a number of these techniques to help supervisors, especially new supervisors who may have feelings of inadequacy and impostorship, in developing a positive self-image.     

Do you need an ASP ASAP?

Is your organization looking at the possibility of using an application service provider (ASP)? If so, here are some things you should know about making that decision, selecting a provider, and negotiating a contract.     

Content management tools. Do you need them? How should you use them?

Content management tools are often recommended for management of the text and media used in healthcare Web sites--internally and externally. At first glance, this seems like a no-brainer. But in real life, how do the tools work out?