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Part Two: Our 2018 Health IT Wish List

Mobile Health Matters

The healthcare IT industry enters 2018 with a lot of potential, along with the need to overcome structures that have historically stunted progress. In 2018, I wish for stronger industry collaboration to improve seamless care delivery and physician satisfaction.” – Nancy Pratt, Chief Operating Officer, AirStrip.

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Extended reality holds 'incredible potential' for remote care applications

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Reneker, assistant dean of scholarly innovation at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, has been researching virtual reality as a way to enhance sports performance and prevent sports injury since 2018. She says XR offers healthcare providers the chance to explore solutions beyond two-dimensional technologies.

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Health IT implementation best practices

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

by November 01, 2018. Artificial intelligence and machine learning are set to transform healthcare. We at HIMSS Media in November will delve into the ways AI and machine learning have already taken root in healthcare, we’ll interview experts about what’s coming next and examine the promise and threats of AI.

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Part One: A Look Back on Health IT in 2017

Mobile Health Matters

As we enter a new year, it is important to celebrate the industry’s successes in 2017, and reflect on the ways these changes, incidents, and regulations both pushed health IT forward and established a foundation for 2018. In 2017, many hospitals were conservative in their IT investments due to healthcare reform uncertainties.

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The Hidden Barrier to Better Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

He has spent his career building companies, first founding FarmShots, a Y Combinator backed startup that grew to an international presence and was acquired by Syngenta in 2018. He holds a BS/BSE in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from Duke University.

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Will Vertical Integration Kill the Primary Care Practice?

Health Blawg

Given the crazy, mixed-up world of healthcare, it is not at all clear that a free-market approach to these transactions is the right way to think about them. David Harlow. The Harlow Group LLC. Health Care Law and Consulting. Comments […] HealthBlawg, David Harlow looks at mergers in the. by Spring Is Here!

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Will Vertical Integration Kill the Primary Care Practice?

Health Blawg

Given the crazy, mixed-up world of healthcare, it is not at all clear that a free-market approach to these transactions is the right way to think about them. David Harlow. The Harlow Group LLC. Health Care Law and Consulting. Comments […] HealthBlawg, David Harlow looks at mergers in the. by Spring Is Here!