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Guest Article: How to test health IT interoperability

One of the key tenets of both the HITECH and Affordable Care Acts has been to drive improved patient care and reduction in cost by applying technology across all healthcare entities. A bigger challenge is how do to make multiple technology purchases interoperate within a provider network and / or across provider networks. There are solutions out there that can make it happen, but to make sure interoperability happens consistently, testing technology integration touch points is crucial but not easy without the right test infrastructure.

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A few tips for those just getting started with content sharing and blogging

The popularity of blogs has been a given for years now but now that experienced professionals have tools like LinkedIn Groups, Google+, and even Facebook I often get asked for tips on what kind of content/information is “best” to be shared. I don’t know that I have any definitive answers but here are some suggestions based on the kinds of content I share with my readers: Focus on actionable advice and talk to people as if they’re smart enough to act on what you’re suggesting.

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How to differentiate your health IT product and services, another webinar next week

John Lynn and I teamed up with Cari McLean (@carimclean) and Michael Gaspar (@MichaelGaspar) from the HIMSS Social Media team to talk about how to differentiate your products and services at the HIMSS 2013 Conference. Cari and Michael are two social media experts and were a joy to work with. We were humbled that they invited us to help HIMSS Exhibitors understand how best to use social media to get the most out of their 2013 Conference investment.

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Just because we have apps for smartphones doesn’t mean we have real mobility in healthcare

__App47 CEO and co-founder** Chris Schroeder** hosts a great podcast series called __“What’s Appening!” in which he covers topics around enterprise-grade Mobile Application Management for securely deploying, managing, and analyzing business-critical mobile apps. Chris interviewed me for a recent episode__ in which we spoke at length about the management of enterprise healthcare apps, what mobility means in healthcare, and why technically-savvy clinicians are the only real salvation for the healthcare IT industry.

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Leveraging digital signage for more than patient education and marketing – real service improvement

Earlier in the week I was in a waiting room for a physician visit and as I sat there for much longer than I wanted, I kept wondering “what patient number am I and how many people will be seen before me?” Given that we are in the trailing days of the year 2012 with some significantly advanced technology at our fingertips it bothered me even more that there was no way to know what was going on without asking the front desk receptionist every 5 minutes.

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What’s next for healthcare information technology innovation?

In Nashville on Friday, at the Vanderbilt Healthcare Conference, I gave a short talk on a panel focused on the question “What’s next for healthcare information technology innovation?” The talk focused on answering a couple of key questions: What does innovation in healthcare mean? Where are the major areas in healthcare where innovation is required? And it had a few key takeaways: Understand health tech buyer fallacies Understand PBU: Payer vs.

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‘Practical Data’, ‘Actionable Data’ and ‘Useful Data’ vs. ‘Big Data’ in healthcare and medical devices sector

Having recently spoken at about a half dozen conferences on the subject of big data in government and healthcare I’ve come to the conclusion that we’re focusing, at least in healthcare, on the wrong topic. When we’re dealing with individual patients, and even population health across multiple patients, the size and velocity of the data (“big data”) isn’t anywhere near as important as “actionable data” or “useful data” – by focusing on, and frankly scaring people with, the term “big data” we’re undermining the potential immediate utility of all kinds of “small data”.

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Do’s and Dont’s for effective “lightening” demos of your health IT product

I’ll be moderating the the first of 3 “Innovator’s Challenge” sessions at the Partners 2012 Connected Health Symposium & Expo. It’s not easy for a company to be selected for a prestigious demo session like this and if the demos are done right they can help the company gain traction in the market. The Innovator’s Challenge sessions use the “lightening” format where each participant has 5 or fewer minutes to do their demo before the next one starts (barely 30 seconds of transition between demos).

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