#HITsm and #hcldr Meetup at #HIMSS17 (And Online)

I was excited to join forces with my friend Colin Hung and do a combined meetup with the #HITsm and #hcldr communities at the HIMSS 2017 conference. There’s so much overlap between the two communities, we didn’t see any reason to do something separately. After a lot of discussions, we decided to go back to our roots and return to the old meetup style. So, we’re meeting in the lobby outside of Hall D on Tuesday, 2/21 at 10 AM ET (7 AM PT). We’ve also enlisted the help of some great people to facilitate those who show up for the meetup (Thanks @mandibpro, @shahidnshah, @sarahbennight). There’s not really a formal agenda per se. However, we do have a fun social activity for people to participate in. Plus, even if you’re not at the event, you can participate remotely. Here’s the format if you plan to participate remotely. At 10 AM ET (7 AM PT), you can start by introducing yourself, what you do, and a fun fact or something interesting about you. Shortly after that, take out a piece of paper or a whiteboard in your office and answer the question “How can we #ImproveHealthcare?”. Once you’ve answered the question on paper or the whiteboard, take a picture of you with the answer and tweet it out with the question “How can we #ImproveHealthcare?” and the hashtags: #hcldr #HITsm and #HIMSS17. The great news is that @JoeBabaian will be taking care of managing those that are participating remotely. Plus, those of u...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - Category: Information Technology Authors: Tags: #HITsm Healthcare HealthCare IT Healthcare Scene #HITsm Topics Colin Hung HIMSS 2017 HIMSS17 Joe Babaian Mandi Bishop Sarah Bennight Shahid Shah Source Type: blogs