Link: Guerra On Healthcare: HIMSS Buzz Doesn't Square With Reality -- Health IT -- InformationWeek
Anthony Guerra reports on his experience at HIMSS11 in Orlando last month. He speaks to the ever widening conversation in the healthcare marketplace about technology, its uses, and regulations for Meaningful Use. His opinion speaks to a wide gap between what vendors are reporting and what Hospital CIOs have identified as primary objectives for 2011.
HIMSS had an incredible number of vendors in the Exhibit Hall.. Since it was my first time to participate as an Exhibitor, I was also impressed with the Crates at the loading docks! Absolutely incredible... the number of crates was astounding. So, it doesn't seem so unusual that the "HIMSS" Buzz in the Exhibit hall was founded upon vendor's perceptions of goals for 2011.
There were many visits to Nuvon's booth, many of the visitors asking about Meaningful Use and Data Exchange criteria. I think it's all on the table now. There is a high level of uncertainty regarding repayment of incentives and pay-for-service models.. There's a political war at the home front - healthcare is just one aspect.
Will be interesting to watch it unfold...
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