The document summarizes the winners of the Twelfth Annual HISsies Awards which honors the best and worst of healthcare IT as voted by readers. Some of the categories and winners mentioned are: - Smartest Vendor Action Taken in 2018: Cerner convinces the VA to choose its system without issuing an RFP. - Stupidest Vendor Action Taken in 2018: Athenahealth hires Jeff Immelt, fires Jonathan Bush, and prematurely enters the inpatient market. - Best Healthcare IT Vendor or Consulting Firm in 2018: Epic. - Worst Healthcare IT Vendor or Consulting Firm in 2018: Allscripts. - HIS Industry Figure of the

1. The Twelfth
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
GE and McKesson exit health IT
Apple connects to EHRs
Athenahealth fires Jonathan Bush and sells itself
Allscripts acquires Practice Fusion
Livongo hires former Cerner President Zane
Burke as CEO

3. The Winner ...

4. Smartest Vendor Action Taken
GE and McKesson exit health IT
2018 Winner: Cerner convinces the VA to choose its system
without issuing an RFP
2017 Winner: McKesson plans its exit from healthcare IT

5. Stupidest Vendor Action Taken
Allscripts announces Avenel EHR at HIMSS, then goes
silent about it
Veritas Capital combines Athenahealth with GE
Healthcare
Athenahealth hires Jeff Immelt, fires Jonathan Bush,
and prematurely enters the inpatient market
IBM Watson Health lays off employees

6. The Winner ...

7. Stupidest Vendor Action Taken
Athenahealth hires Jeff
Immelt, fires Jonathan Bush,
and prematurely enters the
inpatient market
2018 Winner: EClinicalWorks falsifies EMR certification data
2017 Winner: Everything done by Theranos

8. Best Healthcare IT Vendor or
Consulting Firm
Cerner
Divurgent
Epic
Nordic

9. The Winner ...

10. Best Healthcare IT Vendor or
Consulting Firm
2018 Winner: Epic
2017 Winner: Epic

11. Worst Healthcare IT Vendor or
Consulting Firm
Allscripts
Cerner
IBM Watson Health

12. The Winner ...

13. Worst Healthcare IT Vendor or
Consulting Firm
2018 Winner: Allscripts
2017 Winner: GE Healthcare

14. Best Leader of a Vendor or
Consulting Firm
Carl Dvorak, Epic
Judy Faulkner, Epic
Colin Konschak, Divurgent
Brent Shafer, Cerner

15. The Winner ...

16. Best Leader of a Vendor or
Consulting Firm
Judy Faulkner, Epic
2018 Winner: Judy Faulkner, Epic
2017 Winner: Judy Faulkner, Epic

17. Best Provider User of
Healthcare IT
Cleveland Clinic
Geisinger
Intermountain Healthcare
Kaiser Permanente
Ochsner Health System
UCHealth Colorado

18. The Winner ...

19. Best Provider User of
Healthcare IT
2018 Winner: Kaiser Permanente
2017 Winner: Kaiser Permanente

20. Most Promising
Technology Development
AI / machine learning
Apple Watch EKG
Blockchain
FHIR and APIs
Virtual visits

21. The Winner ...

22. Most Promising
Technology Development
FHIR and APIs
2018 Winner: FHIR and APIs
2017 Winner: Telehealth

23. Most Overrated
Technology
AI / machine learning
Blockchain
FHIR and APIs
IBM Watson Health

24. The Winner ...

25. Most Overrated
Technology
IBM Watson Health
2018 Winner: Blockchain
2017 Winner: Wearables

26. Most Overused
Buzzword
Artificial intelligence
Blockchain
Disruption
FHIR

27. The Winner ...

28. Most Overused
Buzzword
Disruption
2018 Winner: Big data
2017 Winner: Big data

29. When ______ Talks,
People Listen
Judy Faulkner, Epic
Grahame Grieve, Health Intersections Pty.
John Halamka, BIDMC
Ed Marx, Cleveland Clinic
Micky Tripathi, MA EHealth Collaborative
Bob Wachter, UCSF

30. The Winner ...

31. When ______ Talks,
People Listen
John Halamka, BIDMC
2018 Winner: John Halamka, BIDMC
2017 Winner: John Halamka, BIDMC

32. Most Effective Healthcare IT
Provider Executive
Bobbie Byrne, Advocate Aurora
Darren Dworkin, Cedars-Sinai
Steve Hess, UCHealth
Ed Marx, Cleveland Clinic

33. The Winner ...

34. Most Effective Healthcare IT
Provider Executive
Ed Marx, Cleveland Clinic
2018 Winner: John Halamka, BIDMC
2018 Winner: John Halamka, BIDMC

35. Most Effective Medical / Clinical
Informatics Professional
Bobbie Byrne, Advocate Aurora
John Halamka, BIDMC
Long Le, Harvard Medical School

36. The Winner ...

37. Most Effective Medical / Clinical
Informatics Professional
2018 Winner: John Halamka, BIDMC
2017 Winner: John Halamka, BIDMC
John Halamka, BIDMC

38. HIS Industry Figure with Whom You’d
Most Like to Have a Few Beers
Zane Burke, Livongo
Jonathan Bush, formerly of Athenahealth
Carl Dvorak, Epic
Judy Faulkner, Epic

39. The Winner ...

40. HIS Industry Figure with Whom You’d
Most Like to Have a Few Beers
2018 Winner: Jonathan Bush, Athenahealth
2017 Winner: Jonathan Bush, Athenahealth
Jonathan Bush, formerly of Athenahealth

41. HIS Industry Figure in Whose Face You’d
Most Like to Throw a Pie
Jonathan Bush, formerly of Athenahealth
Aneesh Chopra, CareJourney
Judy Faulkner, Epic
Atul Gawande, Brigham & Women’s
Patrick Soon-Shiong, NantHealth
Hal Wolf, HIMSS

42. The Winner ...

43. HIS Industry Figure in Whose Face You’d
Most Like to Throw a Pie
Patrick Soon-Shiong, NantHealth
2018 Winner: Patrick Soon-Shiong, NantHealth
2017 Winner: Elizabeth Holmes, Theranos

44. HIStalk Healthcare IT
Industry Figure of the Year
Jonathan Bush, formerly of Athenahealth
Atul Gawande, Brigham & Women’s
Steve Posnack, ONC
Hal Wolf, HIMSS

45. The Winner ...

46. HIStalk Healthcare IT
Industry Figure of the Year
208 Winner: Neal Patterson, Cerner
2017 Winner: Andy Slavitt, CMS
Atul Gawande, Brigham & Women’s

47. HIStalk Healthcare IT
Lifetime Achievement Award
Amy Abernethy, Flatiron Health/FDA
Terry Ragon, InterSystems
David Shulkin, formerly of the VA
Carla Smith, formerly of HIMSS
Eric Topol, Scripps Research

48. The Winner ...

49. HIStalk Healthcare IT
Lifetime Achievement Award
2018 Winner: Clem McDonald, NLM
2017 Winner: Neal Patterson, Cerner
Eric Topol, Scripps Research

50. HISsies 2020
Monday, March 9, 2020