More Lists that Deserve Sharing
Who doesn’t like a good list? Whether you are on it, know someone on it, or aspire to be on it, you always want to read the list. Here are some interesting lists I think deserve sharing.
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How to Innovate without Losing Control
By Mike Sutter – As the chief innovation officer of Carle Foundation Hospital, my primary responsibility is to find the best cutting-edge technology to help alleviate our physicians’ biggest pain points. This can seem like a daunting task considering the sheer quantity of technologies being produced by innovative vendors to improve the healthcare industry.
Avoiding One of the Most Common Analytics Pitfalls
By Christy Green & Cheryl Mason – Today’s hospital and health system executives cannot help but hear the clamor to advance data-driven care delivery models focused on proactive management of populations. Pressed by a sense of urgency to position for the future of risk-based reimbursement arrangements, executives can often overlook a cornerstone element to success with analytics: data normalization.
EHRA Announces Version 2 of the EHR Developer Code of Conduct
The Electronic Health Record Association announced the release of Version 2 of the EHR Developer Code of Conduct is being made available to the health IT industry following unanimous approval by the Association’s member companies earlier this month.
Report to Congress on Health IT Progress
By Karen B. DeSalvo & Matthew Swain – The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) issued its annual report to Congress on health IT progress. Developing this report provided us with an opportunity to reflect on our collective health IT journey and the significance of the past year for HHS and our federal and private partners.
Industry Leaders at HIMSS16 Talk Value Based Care, Interoperability and Cybersecurity
At HIMSS16 in Las Vegas the conversation was dominated by three topics – interoperability, cybersecurity and the shift to value-based care. I got the chance to interview industry leaders and vendors on these topics and associated provider challenges.
Health IT Issues that Deserve a Second Read – February 2016
One of the ways that HITECH Answers is different from other media sites is the sense of community. The thought leaders in our community are good about sharing their thought on the issues of today. Here are the top read and shared guest posts of February.
3rd Annual Health IT Marketing and PR Conference
For the 3rd year, John and Shahid are hosting the Health IT Marketing and PR Conference. The conference focuses on B2B marketing to doctors, practice managers, and hospital executives. Register today, registration ends on 3/17/16.
HIMSS Highlights 2016
Each year at the HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition we get together and talk to leading experts to hear just what they have to say about what is going on and where we are going in health IT. Here are some of the people I spoke to.