Preparing for HIMSS 2017

Next week, 50000 of our closest friends will gather together in Orlando to learn about the latest trends in the healthcare IT industry.What can we expect?I ’ll be giving a few keynote addresses, trying to predict what the Trump administration will bring, identify those technologies that will move from hype to reality, and highlighting which products are only “compiled” in Powerpoint - a powerful development language that is really easy to modify!Here are a few themes1. The Trump administration is likely to reduce regulatory burden but is unlikely to radically change the course of value-based purchasing.  This means that interoperability, analytics, and workflow products that help improve outcomes while reducing costs will still be important.  Fee for service medicine will diminish over time, so focusing on quality healthcare will be more important than increasing the quantity of tests, procedures, and visits.  Novel products and services will be needed since the existing EHR is not designed for optimizing wellness, it ’s designed for documenting/billing encounters.2. Precision Medicine that tailors care plans and therapeutics based on the unique characteristics of each individual will continue to be important.  Although there is much discussion of genomic medicine but even simple innovations can make an impact. For example, my wife needs to take 3.75mg of Methimazole every day but the medication is packaged as a 5mg tablet ...
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