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This year will be my 19th year at HIMSS – things have grown significantly since 1997 when HIMSS was held in San Diego with a record number of attendees – 15,800 and 408 exhibitors (you can read more of the history going back as far as 1961 here). At the time I remember being […]
Hope you can join me and my fellow Medical Informatics friends: R. Dirk Stanley, MD, MPH @dirkstanley Luis Saldana, MD @lSaldanaMD Luke Webster, MD @LukeWebsterATL Rasu Shrestha, MD, MBA @RasuShrestha John Mattison, MD @JohnEMattison for our inaugural #CMIOChat on Thursday September 24 at 4pm ET (Regular Chat 3rd Thursday of every month) Here’s the […]
The challenge with taking advice from celebrities is you never know what the underlying drivers are. FDA Responds to Kardashian Post In this case the FDA has to respond to social media posts from Kardashian who has 35 Million followers and 45 Million on Instagram and offers up Diclegis for pregnancy associated nausea. Pharma advice […]
I am excited to announce I am joining Dell Healthcare and Life Sciences as their Chief Medical Officer. Dell has been ranked number one in Healthcare Provider Services for six consecutive years by Gartner and continue to expand their presence in healthcare space with an incredible range of solutions and services that are combined with extensive experience offerings of hardware and […]
After an exciting 5 years with Nuance, I am saying goodbye to pursue a new opportunity. As is often the case with major decisions like this, I have had a chance to reflect on how far we have come and how many people I have had the privilege of working with in what has […]
A survey conducted at HIMSS15 found that patient satisfaction and patient engagement rank among the top priorities for CIOs. In fact, they rank above improving care coordination, streamlining operational efficiencies, and achieving Meaningful Use. The tides are clearly changing. We’ve all been talking about what the shift to a value-based care model means for healthcare […]
I attended the Health IT Marketing and PR Conference Schedule (HITMC) brought to you by the power house of John Lynn and Shahid Shah You can see the social Media feed in this Storify story here [View the story “Health IT Marketing and PR Conference (HITMC) – Day 1” on Storify] The day kicked off […]
Social Media is rapidly becoming an integral part of our lives. Despite the pervasive nature of the communication channel healthcare remains a technology laggard. This presentation from HIMSS15 Wednesday Apr 15) will offer insights to help understand why healthcare professionals should join the community, participate in the discussion and how can do so successfully. I […]
HIMSS is finally upon us and like the 20,000+ people heading Chicago there is a lot to take in, many options and far too much for any one person to see or catch up with. So what do you do? First off – download the HIMSS Mobile APP that now comes with GPS intelligence […]
This year I have the privilege of attending CES2015 in Las Vegas – for those of you who have not been before its big..even by Las Vegas standards. CES attracts 150,000 visitors (all looking for the same cabs so I’m willing to bet that Uber is not going to work as well), occupies 2,000,000 sq […]
I have the privilege of spending a lot of time on the road interacting with clinicians around the country (and world). I hear with too much frequency many doctors complaining about the Electronic Medical Record and how it fails to help them and in many cases makes their work harder. Some of this is a […]
Social Media is here to stay and its impact in Healthcare has been impressive and far reaching. If you still need convincing – look no further than this piece 24 Outstanding Statistics & Figures on How Social Media has Impacted the Health Care Industry that features a host of examples. As they put it In a […]
The Art of Medicine Panel (part of the Art of Medicine campaign) is hosted this week and I am looking forward to hearing from our panelists: John D. Halamka, MD, MS, CIO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (and Life as healthcare CIO blog and @jhalamka) Steven J. Stack, MD, past chair of the American Medical […]
You can always rely on Hollywood to take concepts and extend them into the future – sometimes correctly (cloaking, holographic TV, forcefields and eco skeletons with mind control), sometimes incorrectly (aluminum dresses, atmosphere that is completely controlled, suspension bridge apartment housing). We have had speech recognition and Spock’s request: So it was no surprise to find the […]
Like many in the healthcare IT industry, I was saddened by the announcement that Dr Farzad Mostashari (@Farzad_ONC) would be retiring. I would suggest as famed football legend Vince Lombardi said “The strength of the group is the strength of the leaders” And, for healthcare technology, Dr. Mostashari has been a great leader. I’ve outlined below some of […]
I am excited to be joined by one of the keynote speakers from HIMSS13 conference Dr Eric Topol – Author of The Creative Destruction of Medicine: How the Digital Revolution Will Create Better Health Care and has been named in the list of the Top 100 Most Influential Physician Executive in Healthcare, 2012 by Modern […]
July Voice of the Doctor Guests Jul 13Talking to Don Rosenthal (You can follow him on twitter @DonRosenthal) part of the original team that developed the scheduling system for the Hubble Space Telescope and ran the artificial intelligence group at NASA. HE is also the founder and CTO of Allocade and publishes a blog THITSE […]
