With all the great things happening in the health IT market in 2010, it’s easy to forget that the economy continued to be a strain on providers. Add the down economy to regulatory requirements related to ICD-10 and EMRs, and those who provide care will continue to be burdened by financial worries in 2011. Consider [...]
Meaningful use
2010 was the year that health care IT hit the big time. It started in 2009 with the ARRA stimulus package that promised as much as $17 billion to providers who put electronic medical records to meaningful use. And those two words—”meaningful use“—were the hottest words in health IT. It seemed everyone had an angle [...]
It’s been a year since ARRA and HITECH were passed into law. In many ways, HITECH has revitalized health IT. At the end of 2008, our industry was in a funk. But today, we’ve experienced a 180-degree turn. The excitement around the industry was palpable at HIMSS10. But I’m also noticing some wariness among the [...]
I interviewed Gina Sandon, the vice president of marketing for Initiate Systems, an IBM company, at HIMSS10 in Atlanta. Gina was forthcoming about how Initiate made sure they were getting their money’s worth out HIMSS, and she also gave us a peek into how Initiate is using social media. Initiate utilizes podcasts, tweets, LinkedIn communities [...]
