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HIMSS19 was remarkable, but not for the reasons you might think. When 43 thousand healthcare IT professionals gather in one place at the same time, a new product or topic is bound to make headlines.
HIMSS19 was remarkable, but not for the reasons you might think. When 43 thousand healthcare IT professionals gather in one place at the same time, a new product or topic is bound to make headlines.
Industry gatherings are always a great chance to renew old acquaintances, share war stories, get in on the latest industry gossip, and try out that new pair of sneakers on the exhibition floor. And HiMSS 2017, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society’s annual gathering of 40,000 healthcare IT professionals didn’t disappoint. IBM CEO Ginni…
Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston just posted its first budget loss this century. Lahey Health, another Massachusetts hospital network, lost $21M this year. Both are listed as being among this year’s biggest spenders on EPIC as their new electronic health record system. Coincidence? There’s no argument that EHR implementation can be costly. But is it the millions in…
We wouldn’t call it an epidemic but there’s a growing number of hospital CIOs across America opening their medicine cabinets today in search of an aspirin. They committed their organizations to implement EpicCare EMR software, hired dozens of consultants, spent a hundred million (if not hundreds of millions of) dollars, and their phone is ringing…
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