HIMSS15 Podcasts

1. The Importance Of Interoperability To Population Health Subject Of Discussion At HIMSS15 4/22/2015

   In this podcast, Dr. Tom Van Gilder, Chief Medical Officer and Vice President of Informatics and Analytics with Transcend Insights, lays out the company’s ’ ultimate goal within the health care IT industry and population health market as well as how it is approaching population health differently than some of the other vendors

2. Topol Talks mHealth, Patient Generated Data At HIMSS15 4/22/2015

   In this podcast, Dr. Eric Topol, Director and Chief Academic Officer for Scripps Health explains what impact he believes the proliferation and use of mHealth technologies – clinical smartphone attachments and applications, remote sensors, etc. – will have on the transformation of healthcare.

3. Provider’s Biggest RCM Challenges – And How To Overcome Them – Subject Of Conversation At HIMSS15 4/22/2015

   In this podcast, Greg Pelling, Senior VP and GM Networks and Insights and Kris Joshi, Insights EVP of Product for Emdeon describe what Emdeon does and their respective roles with the company.

4. Stanford Children’s Key RCM Strategies Revealed At HIMSS15 4/22/2015

   In this podcast, Andrew Ray, Manager, Revenue Cycle for Stanford Children’s Hospital shares some of the key revenue cycle challenges Stanford Children’s Hospital faced that led it to begin searching for an IT solution and why previous processes and systems fell short in addressing these challenges.

5. Adding Predictive Analytics To The Mix Is Topic Of Discussion At HIMSS15 4/22/2015

   In this podcast, Jyoti Kamal, Ph.D., Chief Data Scientist for Health Care DataWorks discusses Health Care DataWorks and her role with the company. Kamal explains what the intent was when the company was founded and how it has evolved since then. She also touched on Health Care DataWorks helps healthcare organizations not only with data integrations and analytics, but with predictive analytics as well.

6. The Impact Of A Unified Communications Initiative On A Health System Revealed At HIMSS15 4/22/2015

   In this podcast, PerfectServe CEO Terry Edwards offers up an overview of his company and the key announcements it made at HIMSS. He also notes the importance of streamlining all communication under one secure and unified mobile platform as many healthcare providers begin to focus their mobile clinical communications efforts on implementing secure messaging solutions.

7. Hospital’s EHR Journey Chronicled At HIMSS15 4/22/2015

   In this podcast, Hamilton General Hospital physician Dr. Randy Lee looks back to when Hamilton General decided to tackle Meaningful Use. Hamilton attested to Stage 1 as an early adopter and Lee explains why such an aggressive approach was taken as well as what feedback physicians offered during the process and how that information was managed.

8. Which Information Silos Need Broken Down Revealed At HIMSS15 4/22/2015

   In this podcast, John Backhouse, executive director of the Omni Program for Information Builders provides background on what Information Builders does across other markets it operates in and how the Omni Patient solution applies specifically to healthcare.

9. Challenges Providers Face When Aggregating And Analyzing Data Discussed At HIMSS15 4/22/2015

   In this podcast, Validic co-founder Drew Schiller explains what his company does and how it fits into the overall healthcare ecosystem as well as provided background on the two substantial deals entered into with Cerner and Meditech.

10. The Future Of MU And Other Quality Reporting Initiatives Revealed At HIMSS15 4/22/2015

    In this podcast, Tom Lee, CEO, and Beth Houck, VP of Client Services at SA Ignite describe the role the company plays with healthcare providers that are looking to achieve some level of Meaningful Use as well as the challenges providers face when they start Meaningful Use attestation.