The document summarizes the winners of the Sixth Annual HISsies Awards which honors the best and worst of healthcare IT as voted by readers of HIStalk. Some of the categories included smartest and stupidest vendor actions, best and worst healthcare IT vendors, most effective healthcare IT executives, and lifetime achievement awards. Winners included Epic, Allscripts, Kaiser Permanente, and Judy Faulkner of Epic who won multiple categories.

1. The Sixth
Annual HISsies
Awards
Honoring the Best (and the Worst) of
Healthcare IT, as nominated and voted by
the readers of HIStalk

2. Smartest Vendor Action Taken
Allscripts replaces its executive team
Epic creates a data warehouse
Epic sticks to its plan
Aprima goes after Allscripts MyWay users

3. The Winner
...

4. Smartest Vendor Action Taken
Allscripts replaces its
executive team
2012 Winner: Google shuts down
Google Health

5. Stupidest Vendor Action Taken
Allscripts sues NYCHHC and Epic after losing
the deal
Allscripts stops major development of MyWay
Allscripts mishandles its attempt to find a
private equity partner
Allscripts waits too long to replace
management

6. The Winner
...

7. Stupidest Vendor Action Taken
Allscripts sues NYCHHC
and Epic after losing the
deal
2012 Winner: GE and Microsoft move
their healthcare products to a new joint
venture

8. Best Healthcare IT Vendor or
Consulting Firm
Epic
Athenahealth
Greenway
Encore Health Resources

9. The Winner
...

10. Best Healthcare IT Vendor or
Consulting Firm
Epic
2012 Winner: Epic

11. Worst Healthcare IT Vendor or
Consulting Firm
GE Healthcare
McKesson
Cerner
Allscripts

12. The Winner
...

13. Worst Healthcare IT Vendor or
Consulting Firm
Allscripts
2012 Winner: GE Healthcare

14. Best Leader of a Healthcare IT
Vendor or Consulting Firm
Judy Faulkner, Epic
Carl Dvorak, Epic
Jonathan Bush, athenahealth
Tee Green, Greenway

15. The Winner
...

16. Best Leader of a Healthcare IT
Vendor or Consulting Firm
Judy Faulkner, Epic
2012 Winner: Judy Faulkner, Epic

17. Best Provider User of
Healthcare IT
Kaiser Permanente
Cedars Sinai
Texas Health Resources
Cleveland Clinic

18. The Winner
...

19. Best Provider User of
Healthcare IT
Kaiser Permanente
2012 Winner: Kaiser Permanente

20. Most Promising
Technology Development
Mobile health
Analytics
RFID/RTLS
Remote personal monitors

21. The Winner
...

22. Most Promising
Technology Development
Analytics
2012 Winner: Mobile health

23. Most Overrated
Technology
HIE
Cloud computing
Speech recognition
Mobile computing/mHealth
Big data/analytics

24. The Winner
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25. Most Overrated
Technology
Cloud computing
2012 Winner: Social Media

26. Most Overused
Buzzword
ACO
Big data
Interoperable
Meaningful Use
Cloud

27. The Winner
...

28. Most Overused
Buzzword
Cloud
2012 Winner: Cloud

29. When ______ Talks,
People Listen
Judy Faulkner, Epic
Farzad Mostashari, ONC
Jonathan Bush, athenahealth
John Halamka, BIDMC

30. The Winner
...

31. When ______ Talks,
People Listen
Farzad Mostashari,
ONC
2012 Winner: Farzad Mostashari, ONC

32. Most Effective Healthcare IT
Provider Executive
Darren Dworkin, Cedars Sinai
Ed Marx, Texas Health Resources
John Halamka, BIDMC
Drexel DeFord, Steward Health Care

33. The Winner
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34. Most Effective Healthcare IT
Provider Executive
Ed Marx,
Texas Health
Resources
2012 Winner: Ed Marx,
Texas Health Resources
*

35. Most Effective Medical / Clinical
Informatics Professional
William Hersh, OHSU
John Showalter, U. Mississippi Medical Center
Ferdinand Velasco, Texas Health Resources
Eric Hartz, Eastern Maine Medical Center

36. The Winner
...

37. Most Effective Medical / Clinical
Informatics Professional
Ferdinand Velasco, MD,
Texas Health
Resources
2012 Winner: Paul Tang,
Palo Alto Medical Foundation
*

38. Industry Figure With Whom
You’d Most Like to Have a Few
Beers
Carl Dvorak, Epic
Jonathan Bush, athenahealth
Judy Faulkner, Epic
Farzad Mostashari, ONC

39. The Winner
...

40. Industry Figure With Whom
You’d Most Like to Have a Few
Beers
Jonathan Bush,
athenahealth
2012 Winner: Jonathan Bush,
athenahealth

41. Industry Figure In Whose Face
You’d Most Like to Throw a Pie
Neal Patterson, Cerner
Glen Tullman, formerly of Allscripts
Judy Faulkner, Epic
Jonathan Bush, athenahealth

42. The Winner
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43. Industry Figure In Whose Face
You’d Most Like to Throw a Pie
Glen Tullman, formerly
of Allscripts
2012 Winner: John Hammergren,
McKesson

44. HIStalk Healthcare IT
Lifetime Achievement Award
Carl Dvorak, Epic
Neal Patterson, Cerner
Neil Pappalardo, Meditech
George Halvorson, Kaiser Permanente

45. The Winner
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46. HIStalk Healthcare IT
Lifetime Achievement Award
George Halvorson,
Kaiser Permanente
2012 Winner: Judy Faulkner, Epic
*

47. HIStalk Healthcare IT
Industry Figure of the Year
Neal Patterson, Cerner
Farzad Mostashari, ONC
Judy Faulkner, Epic
Jonathan Bush, athenahealth

48. The Winner
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49. HIStalk Healthcare IT
Industry Figure of the Year
Judy Faulkner, Epic
2012 Winner: Judy Faulkner, Epic
*

50. HISsies 2014
Monday, February 24, 2014
Orlando, FL