Healthcare IT Today

There's a lot of talk in healthcare about consumerism and the need for healthcare organizations to adopt consumer centric technologies. Of course, this discussion sometimes raises the ire of patients who don't want to be treated like a consumer. What's the balance between providing a great consumer experience and not treating a patient like a cog in a wheel. In this episode we try to make sense of the challenging topic of healthcare consumerism. Here are the topics and questions we discuss: * Patients or Consumers? * Is Healthcare Making the Necessary Investments for Consumers? * What’s Holding Us Back from Improved Experiences? * What’s On the Horizon for Healthcare Consumerism?

There's a lot of talk in healthcare about consumerism and the need for healthcare organizations to adopt consumer centric technologies. Of course, this discussion sometimes raises the ire of patients who don't want to be treated like a consumer. What's the balance between providing a great consumer experience and not treating a patient like a cog in a wheel. In this episode we try to make sense of the challenging topic of healthcare consumerism. Here are the topics and questions we discuss: * Patients or Consumers? * Is Healthcare Making the Necessary Investments for Consumers? * What’s Holding Us Back from Improved Experiences? * What’s On the Horizon for Healthcare Consumerism?

You'd think that IT and Marketing within a healthcare organization would work together. However, the reality is that very few marketing and IT organizations at hospitals and health systems collaborate together on projects. In this episode we dive into this divide, why it happens, and ways that marketing and IT could benefit from each other's expertise and skill sets. Here's a look at the questions and topics we discuss: * Does IT & Marketing Work Together? * Why Does IT Need Marketing? * Why Does Marketing Need IT? * Ideas for Bridging the Gap Between IT and Marketing

You'd think that IT and Marketing within a healthcare organization would work together. However, the reality is that very few marketing and IT organizations at hospitals and health systems collaborate together on projects. In this episode we dive into this divide, why it happens, and ways that marketing and IT could benefit from each other's expertise and skill sets. Here's a look at the questions and topics we discuss: * Does IT & Marketing Work Together? * Why Does IT Need Marketing? * Why Does Marketing Need IT? * Ideas for Bridging the Gap Between IT and Marketing

When people from the tech community start working on healthcare, there are a lot of things that surprise them. It turns out that there are a lot of things in healthcare that are pretty unique. with this in mind, we decided to talk about the healthcare assumptions people should be sure to encounter in their health IT journey. Here's a look at the healthcare assumptions we discuss: * Data Breach Will Happen * HIPAA Will Be Used As An Excuse to Keep The Status Quo * Users Will Never Do What Is Expected of Them * IT Projects Will Be Delayed * Budgets Will Suddenly Change

When people from the tech community start working on healthcare, there are a lot of things that surprise them. It turns out that there are a lot of things in healthcare that are pretty unique. with this in mind, we decided to talk about the healthcare assumptions people should be sure to encounter in their health IT journey. Here's a look at the healthcare assumptions we discuss: * Data Breach Will Happen * HIPAA Will Be Used As An Excuse to Keep The Status Quo * Users Will Never Do What Is Expected of Them * IT Projects Will Be Delayed * Budgets Will Suddenly Change

Physician reputation has become more and more important as the number of physician ratings and review sites has exploded. On this podcast Colin and John dive into the nuances of physicians ratings and reviews and offer some tips and tricks you can use to improve a physician's online reputation. Plus, we talk about the MIPS Quality Scores now being public and what they could mean for a physician's reputation. Here's a look at the full rundown of topics and questions we discuss: * What was the most interesting or memorable thing at the EXPO.health conference? * What was the most valuable takeaway from the health IT conference? * Were there any examples of collaboration at the conference that stood out? * Give us a look Behind the Scenes of the Conference

Physician reputation has become more and more important as the number of physician ratings and review sites has exploded. On this podcast Colin and John dive into the nuances of physicians ratings and reviews and offer some tips and tricks you can use to improve a physician's online reputation. Plus, we talk about the MIPS Quality Scores now being public and what they could mean for a physician's reputation. Here's a look at the full rundown of topics and questions we discuss: * What was the most interesting or memorable thing at the EXPO.health conference? * What was the most valuable takeaway from the health IT conference? * Were there any examples of collaboration at the conference that stood out? * Give us a look Behind the Scenes of the Conference

Coming out of the EXPO.health conference we organize, we wanted to share some of the key insights, experiences, and collaborations that we saw at the conference. If you weren't able to join the health IT community in this event focused on practical innovations, you'll enjoy this podcast which looks back at the event and provides a feel for what happened. Here's a look at the full rundown of topics and questions we discuss: * What was the most interesting or memorable thing at the EXPO.health conference? * What was the most valuable takeaway from the health IT conference? * Were there any examples of collaboration at the conference that stood out? * Give us a look Behind the Scenes of the Conference

Coming out of the EXPO.health conference we organize, we wanted to share some of the key insights, experiences, and collaborations that we saw at the conference. If you weren't able to join the health IT community in this event focused on practical innovations, you'll enjoy this podcast which looks back at the event and provides a feel for what happened. Here's a look at the full rundown of topics and questions we discuss: * What was the most interesting or memorable thing at the EXPO.health conference? * What was the most valuable takeaway from the health IT conference? * Were there any examples of collaboration at the conference that stood out? * Give us a look Behind the Scenes of the Conference

There's literally a healthcare conference every week. You could travel around the country attending a conference every day if you wanted. Given there are so many healthcare and health IT conferences out there, we wanted to share our insights and perspectives having attended literally hundreds of conferences. Plus, we provide some tips on how to get value out of the conferences you attend. Here's a look at the full rundown of topics we discuss: * The Culture of Conferences * Getting the Most from Your Conference Experience * Is Social Media at Conferences Useful? * Which Conferences?

There's literally a healthcare conference every week. You could travel around the country attending a conference every day if you wanted. Given there are so many healthcare and health IT conferences out there, we wanted to share our insights and perspectives having attended literally hundreds of conferences. Plus, we provide some tips on how to get value out of the conferences you attend. Here's a look at the full rundown of topics we discuss: * The Culture of Conferences * Getting the Most from Your Conference Experience * Is Social Media at Conferences Useful? * Which Conferences?

Regulation is a major part of healthcare and that's unlikely to change. In this episode we look at a number of recent government regulation discussions that are happening in the world of health IT and we share whether we're buying the changes or potential changes as a good thing or selling them as a bad thing. Here's a look at the healthcare regulation assertions discussed on this episode: * The US Needs a National Patient ID * UnitedHealth is a Better Home for PatientsLikeMe * De-identified Patient Data * EHRs Should be Regulated by the FDA

Regulation is a major part of healthcare and that's unlikely to change. In this episode we look at a number of recent government regulation discussions that are happening in the world of health IT and we share whether we're buying the changes or potential changes as a good thing or selling them as a bad thing. Here's a look at the healthcare regulation assertions discussed on this episode: * The US Needs a National Patient ID * UnitedHealth is a Better Home for PatientsLikeMe * De-identified Patient Data * EHRs Should be Regulated by the FDA

Access to medical records a hot topic with multiple perspectives. Should patients be able to access medical records? Why don't they have access to medical records? Some of it is just bumping up against culture and other is fear. In this podcast we take those challenges head on and talk about the benefits and challenges with access to medical records. Join John Lynn and Colin Hung as they dive into access to medical records. Here's a look at the high level topics for this episode: * Is Access to Records Useful or Useless for Patients? * Can the Challenge of Access Be Solved? * Where Are We on Standards for Access/Sharing? * Who Should/Shouldn’t Have Access?