BABY BOOMER EGOS

Get over it baby boomers.  Your egos are threatened because some members of our workforce speak technology with sophistication.  Instead of being intimidated by their superior knowledge, put them to work.  Let the advanced electronic users evaluate, develop training for and teach everyone how to use the electronic innovations with greater skill.  Worried about patient education?  Let the saavy members of your staff create blogs, podcasts, and computer based training to help provide patients the information they need.  Concerned about the complexities of computer based charting?  Let the members of your workforce who have been running their lives on computers since they were ten, help structure software that's user friendly.  When you combine technology and experience, you've got a powerful team.  And by the way, building on the strengths of all members of the workforce is the key to success.  It's grand that everyone brings a different perspective to the table.  And baby boomers, please don't be offended.  The wealth of experience you bring to the table is being overlooked and frankly, I'm not sure how our health care system or economy can survive with the willy, nilly rush to completion that seems to dominate organizations today.  Experience matters.  And so does innovation.