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Top 10 HIMSS 2013
Conference Takeaways

2. Top 10 HIMSS 13 Conference Takeaways
#10 The hot topics were:
1) MU – Meaningful Use
2) CAC – Computer aided Coding ICD-10
3) Digital Health – mHealth inititatives
4) Interoperability – HIMS Center opening in
Cleveland
5) Big Data Analytics - Hadoop

3. Top 10 HIMSS 13 Conference Takeaways
#9 I need to check out CPHIMS Certification

4. Top 10 HIMSS 13 Conference Takeaways
#8 Keynote with
Farzad on the State of
Health Care was
enlightening…

5. Top 10 HIMSS 13 Conference Takeaways
#7 Clinical Decision Support has direct applicability
to Center for Innovation Projects…
 Huge issues with EMR usability
 Huge issues with Clinical Documentation (ICD-10)
 Speech translations and NLV is being applied to this space to
facilitate efficiencies
 Follow-up with some specific vendors

6. Top 10 HIMSS 13 Conference Takeaways
#6 The Expo Center was
1300 Vendors
Several Great Follow-ups:
1. Isabel – Decision Support
2. Sotera Wireless – wireless sensors
3. Intermountain Healthcare – Innovation Center
4. Mediacomp Systems - EMR Usability
1 mile

7. Top 10 HIMSS 13 Conference Takeaways
#5 Interoperability was BIG
 Demonstration – 45 Vendors
 HIMSS Interoperability Center Announced!
 CommonWell Health Alliance Announced (Cerner, McKesson,
Allscripts, athenahealth, Greenway Medical, RelayHealth)
promote national infrastructure

8. Top 10 HIMSS 13 Conference Takeaways
#4 Announcing new HIMSS Innovation Community

9. Top 10 HIMSS 13 Conference Takeaways
#3 I can get some PMP PDU credit for attending…

10. Top 10 HIMSS 13 Conference Takeaways
#2 Dr. Watson demo – the future of Health Care

11. Top 10 HIMSS 13 Conference Takeaways
#1 Topol’s speech was FANTASTIC !