The document summarizes key observations from the HIMSS2013 conference. It identifies the five most notable areas as: [1] patient engagement through mobile technologies; [2] greater technological maturity in the industry with more developed solutions; [3] increased corporate partnerships around interoperability; [4] emphasis on analytics to make data more useful; and [5] focus on interoperability between hospitals and technologies. Visitor comments acknowledged interacting with many booths and watching demonstrations, while the concluding section discusses how exhibiting products is important but knowledge expression and use of data are even more significant.

1. Five Notable Observations from a
HIMSS2013 Attendee
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
2013

2. HIMSS 2013
What are the FIVE notable observation
from HIMSS13??
1. Patient engagement
2. Maturation of the industry
3. Corporate partnerships
4. Analytics
5. Interoperability

3. 1. Patient engagement
Dr. Eric Topol’s keynote address yesterday,
which highlighted mobile technologies both
available to the public and in research
pipelines, underlined the theme of patient
self-management.
This theme was also demonstrated and
discussed in many other parts of the
conference.

4. 2. Maturation of the industry
Technologies showcased this year
represent leaps in downstream
development compared to previous years.
There’s a lot less of “We are working on
that,” and more of “Here is what we
have.” This is seen in tech ranging from IT
to wearable sensors.

5. 3. Corporate partnerships
In addition, Cerner, McKesson, Allscripts,
athenahealth, Greenway Medical
Technologies, and RelayHealth announced
a partnership called “CommonWell Health
Alliance,” which will result in seamless
interoperability.
Really it’s a great move to the EHR
industry.

6. 4. Analytics
If Big Data was “The Thing” last year,
analytics is it this year. Emphasis on how
to make data useful to providers and
hopefully therefore patients is evident
everywhere.
Clinical utility of data as a focus is
necessary, exciting, and evolutionary.

7. 5. Interoperability
Past conferences focused on having
technology. This year, conference
emphasizes the importance of how
hospitals are using their technology to
work together.
I heard many questions such as, “How
does it connect to EHRs?”

8. Visitor’s Comment on HIMSS13
Alen says “I was interacting with many
booths and they displayed lots from
their product menu”
Steve says “I just watched the DEMO of
healthcare technologies”
Likewise we have received lots from the
participants.

9. BillingParadise vs HIMSS13
BillingParadise has concluded many
things from the conference-
“Products are many but how the
exhibited is more important than just
showing it”
“Knowledge could be many but
how they expressed is most important”

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