HR Technology
Tech Effects on Healthcare (Part 2)
The Future of Interconnected Healthcare in the U.S. Will be Enabled and Constrained by Technology When I posted the first part of this discussion earlier this week, we chatted about how advances in technology were arriving at an opportune time to dramatically impact...
Tech Effects on Healthcare (Part 1)
The Future of Interconnected Healthcare in the US will be Enabled and Constrained by Technology If you know anything about my aversion to winter, it will probably not surprise you that I found myself out in Los Angeles recently for a conference. But what made this...
Virus on the Rise
Computer CryptoWall Virus on the Rise When you hear someone talking about a virus on the rise, you probably instantly assume they are talking about the Ebola virus that has caused an outbreak in West Africa. But there is another virus on the rise that you should be...
ICYMI: Aetna acquired bswift for $400M
Breaking HR Technology News In case you haven't heard yet, yesterday, insurance provider Aetna announced its acquisition of benefits administration and private health insurance exchange technology provider bswift. You can read our initial release for more information....
Aetna Acquires bswift
Benefits Administration Technology Firm Acquired by Insurance Provider as Private Exchange Technology Musical Chairs Game Continues Greetings from Los Angeles! While I’ll be sharing some blog posts over the next weeks about why I’m out on the west coast and about the...
Employee Engagement 101
I know it’s been a while since I’ve put out a “101” post, but I’m back with some more! In case you missed the last 101 post from me (Courtney), you can read it here. So the topic for today’s post is employee engagement. I choose this topic not because I am recently...
It’s the Economy, Stupid
A few months ago, I threw out the opportunity for interested writers to use this blog as their forum for sharing the gospel of HR Technology. I have had quite a few vendors take me up on that, but most recently a coworker within Lockton has thrown his thoughts our...
HR Technology Conference Recap
What a whirlwind the last few weeks have been! Between the HR Technology Conference, being sick and the Royals’ winning playoff streak I have been consumed! I haven’t forgotten about the post I promised dishing all of the dirty details from the HR Technology...
Greetings from HR Tech
Greetings from the HR Tech Conference! It's been a busy, knowledge-filled morning already! I can't wait to share all of the golden nuggets I've picked up thus far! We've got Project Managers scouring the Expo Hall floor and demo rooms and our booth is setup. (Booth...
ISCEBS Symposium Recap: How Technology is Transforming Healthcare
Wow! What a few weeks! We’ve officially hit busy season around here! I am finally in the office and not jet setting across the country so I thought I would share a little bit of what I’ve been up to lately. A couple of weeks ago, I had the privilege of speaking at the...
Seeing Things Differently
As I mentioned a few posts ago, we are opening this space up to some guest contributors, other experts in our beloved HR Technology industry. Today I would like to present to you a post written by Rae Shanahan, EVP of Engagement & Excellence at Businessolver....
HR Tech as the Hero
Yeah, I know that’s not a headline you’ve seen a whole bunch and you have good reason to be surprised. After all, our world isn’t the high-octane battlefield of cops and robbers. But if you’ve got a trained eye and you look closely enough, we have our own “ripped from...
Survey Suggests Affordable Care Act is Reducing Employment and Raising Prices
I recently stumbled across a Wall Street Journal MarketWatch.com article discussing results from an employer-participant survey regarding the Affordable Care Act. I thought some of the findings were really interesting and completely relevant to all of us as HR...
17th Annual HR Tech Conference
Wow! I can’t believe it’s already September! You know what that means? We are only about a month out from the 17th Annual HR Technology Conference and Exposition! I know, I’m sure you are thinking “Kaiser, your geek is showing.” I am not ashamed! This is THE...
Outsourcing Benefits Administration
The following post comes from a Benefits Administration vendor that our team has had the opportunity to work with on several client engagements. Empyrean Benefit Solutions was founded in 2007 and provides technology and services for managing large and middle-market...