Host Jonah Comstock is joined by editors from all three HIMSS Media brands – Kat Jercich, senior editor at Healthcare IT News; Susan Morse, executive editor at Healthcare Finance News, and Laura Lovett, executive editor at MobiHealthNews – to look back at the biggest health tech and finance trends of the past year and chat about what to expect in 2022. We'll be taking a few weeks off after this, so enjoy the final HIMSSCast of the year.
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Talking points:
- Trend: Health tech companies going public through SPACs.
- Trend: Hospital staffing shortages and staff burnout.
- Trend: New care modalities, especially in the retail world.
- Trend: Virtual services accelerated by COVID-19.
- Trend: Innovation in kidney care.
- Prediction: More ransomware attacks.
- Prediction: More hybrid and online primary care.
- Prediction: More hospital -at-home services.
- Prediction: Bigger strides toward value-based care.
- Prediction: Rethinking insurance.
- Prediction: Moving forward with interoperability and price transparency.
More about this episode:
Digital health in 2021: A look back
The future of healthcare: What 2022 could bring
Healthtech companies reap benefits of robust year in venture capital funding
Looking back on a year of interoperability milestones at eHealth Exchange
The biggest healthcare data breaches of 2021
Former CMS chief of staff previews 4 areas of value-based care in 2022
A turbulent year, and a retooled future, for the VA's EHR rollout
2022 will require augmented intelligence, IoT and wearables data, and info outside EHRs
