HIMSS16 Preview

It’s back to Las Vegas for HIMSS16 in a bit more than a week, which begs the question, what’s going to be theme of this year’s show? There’s typically very little data to apply to questions like that, until now. Drew Ivan, Healthcare Solutions Strategist with Orion Health, wrote a post on LinkedIn on HIMSS16 trends – with data! There’s a great diagram that compares the number of presentations under educational session categories have changed between 2015 and 2016. As an example, here are the top 5: Care Coordination and Population Health – up substantially over last year Process Improvement, Workflow, and Change Management – also up substantially over last year Privacy and Security – up slightly Innovative Processes, Solutions and Emerging Technologies – up modestly over last year Leadership, Governance, and Strategic Planning – down from #1 in 2015 but still in the top 5 And here’s some of Drew’s analysis that’s in another blog post reference in the LinkedIn post: Care coordination and population health and process improvement, workflow and change management are tied for the most popular category, with 29 educational sessions focused on each. … Providers and payers alike are seeking information about how best to operationalize business processes and provide high quality care under new payment models, but it may be even more interesting to visit the Exhibition Hall to see what inno...
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