Healthcare IT News
For organizers of the 2013 HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition, social media at this year's gathering is all about one thing: #connectivity.
As healthcare IT continues to impact the delivery of patient care, academic institutions are improving their HIT degree programs. Nowhere is this trend more evident than on University Row at the 2013 HIMSS Annual Convention & Exhibition.
As the healthcare IT workplace evolves, occupational needs change. Consequently, career management specialists say, new job titles are being created to address the demands of the new environment.
Former President Bill Clinton, founder of The William J. Clinton Foundation, 42nd President of the United States and as many might say, the country's speaker-in-chief, takes the stage at HIMSS13 on Wednesday, March 6.
Healthcare continues to be one of the hottest areas for hiring across the country - and an area where it's crucial to recruit the right talent - according to a survey by recruiting firm CareerBuilder.
The vision back in 2004 was that in 10 years the healthcare industry would have complete interoperability from one provider to the next, from providers to patients to payers and back again. Now those 10 years are almost up. So how close is the industry to the original goal?
The closing keynote on Thursday is a twofer. James Carville and Karl Rove, on opposing sides of the political spectrum, will take the stage together at HIMSS13 to debate politics, economics, healthcare reform -- well, just about everything.
As National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Farzad Mostahari, MD, has, since 2011, led the government's efforts to transform the nation's healthcare structure into a 21st century digital system. The goals are to improve patient care, increase efficiencies and lower costs. Mostashari delivered a rousing keynote talk at HIMSS12, and he is slated as a headliner again this year (Thursday, March 7, at 8:30 a.m.).
In his March 5 keynote at HIMSS13, Eric J. Topol, MD, will discuss the need to escape from ways of practicing medicine that have outlived their usefulness.
Warner Thomas, CEO of Ochsner Health System in New Orleans, keynotes at HIMSS13 on Monday, March 4. Thomas led Ochsner's expansion of its delivery system through the acquisition of six hospitals, preparing the health system to tackle the changes prompted by healthcare reform.