As I mentioned in my last post, HIMSS is always great for people watching and stumbling upon great new concepts and products. A chance encounter with Jason Hwang, founder of PolkaDoc, combined the two. Hwang was kind enough to chat with me about his company, which has created the first birth control app of its […]
My fourth HIMSS has come and gone, and all I have left to show for it are numerous bits of badge flair and a new Withings activity tracker, courtesy of the good folks at HIMSS and HealthStandards.com – the team behind the weekly #HITsm tweetchats. (Who knew you could social network AND play bingo at […]
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
The annual HIMSS conference is nearly upon us, kicking off in less than two weeks in Orlando. When I attempt to convey the magnitude of the Health Information Management Systems Society event to non-industry folks, I often describe it as the Olympics of our industry – an ironic statement given the games going on in […]
I think it goes without saying that strong personalities tend to leave big impressions. This seems to be true in the business world, no matter what type of industry you’re in. I’ve find that in healthcare IT, the big personalities often get their fair share of media coverage – no doubt a small part of […]
I’ve not yet had the chance to attend the mHealth Summit (held last December in D.C.) or the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), going on now in Las Vegas. After hearing somewhat lukewarm reviews of the mHealth Summit, I’m especially interested to hear how the digital health track of CES compares. Who better than my good […]
Growing up, my dad personified the word “hobbyist.” Though a recording engineer by trade, he was always building model cars or ships, crafting railroad trestles from toothpicks and scrap wood, or rigging together electric (ok, psychedelic) light displays for the fun of it. He never met a project he couldn’t tackle, though resources and time […]
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
During holiday down time, I try to indulge in a variety of relaxing activities – eating foods I shouldn’t, starting puzzles I’ll probably never finish, and reading as many books as my kids’ attention spans will permit. The Thanksgiving break saw me finish ‘The Astronaut Wives’ Club by Lilly Koppel. While not the best written […]
As I mentioned in my last blog post, I have been heavily involved with organizing the Health IT Leadership Summit. The event, which took place last week, has certainly matured in the four years it has been held. From a marketing perspective, we’ve gone from solid numbers to sell-out numbers, from a tweet stream populated […]
By now, we’ve all read about the dismal go live of Healthcare.gov. I consider myself an eternal optimist when it comes to healthcare IT and I firmly believe that, eventually, the kinks will get sorted out, the “tech surge” will help make online sign-up easier than enrolling over the phone, and future generations of healthcare […]
Innovation. It’s such a loaded term these days, especially in the world of healthcare IT. Depending on whose company you’re in, a conversation about innovation can go one of three ways: excited dialogue about movers and shakers behind up and coming clinical IT solutions; a shaking of heads due to the plethora of nearly identical […]
We will highlight Build My Health's revenue practice management tools, which could help physician practices add up to $250,000 to their practices.
“Intimate Computing.” It was a phrase buried deep in a predictive piece on the role Burberry CEO Angela Ahrendts will likely take as the future head of Apple’s retail and online businesses. Though I had never heard of or read it before, it certainly piqued my interest. Was it the softer side of wearable tech? […]