FROM THE EDITOR
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HIMSS15 Provides Both Clarity & Confusion
Interoperability and Population Health Management were once again the hottest topics at the health IT industry’s largest conference. The event helped to clarify efforts in one of these areas while muddling the messages delivered in the other.
FEATURED ARTICLES

Join Wolters Kluwer at HIMSS15 to learn more about clinical decision support, CPOE, informatics, and more with their educational sessions and roundtable discussions. By Katie Wike, contributing writer
HEALTH IT VOICES
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HIMSS15: The Power Of Social Media
Cari McLean is a Social Media Strategist for HIMSS specializing in building relationships with audiences by creating engaging content and social media experiences that drive business outcomes. Cari recently took time to sit with Todd Schnick, host of Health IT Voices, to discuss HIMSS15 being held April 12-16 in Chicago. In particular, Cari discussed the role social media plays at HIMSS - both at the conference and year round.
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Driving Health IT ROI With Data Analytics
Ken Congdon, Editor In Chief at Health IT Outcomes, will be speaking at HIMSS15 about driving health IT ROI with data analytics. Ken will walk attendees through a series of provider case studies showing how to leverage data analytics to maximize payback from their health IT investments. He also took time recently to talk with Todd Schnick, host of Health IT Voices, about his presentation and the role of EHRs and technology in successfully achieving Meaningful Use.
NEWSLETTERS
FEATURED CONTENT
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How Providers Can Weed Through PHM Hype Topic Of Conversation At HIMSS15
In this podcast, Nandini Rangaswamy, EVP, Co-Founder, CFO for ZeOmega offers advice on how health providers can weed through population health management hype to effectively separate the contenders from the pretenders.
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Provider’s Biggest RCM Challenges – And How To Overcome Them – Subject Of Conversation At HIMSS15
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.
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Adding Predictive Analytics To The Mix Is Topic Of Discussion At HIMSS15
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.
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Elsevier Discusses Differences Between Online and Published Information At HIMSS15
In this podcast, Dr. Peter Edelstein, CMIO and CMO, Elsevier and Sterling Lanier, CEO, Tonic Health explains Elsevier’s HIMSS goals and its role in online information and traditional published information.
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Health Data Analytic Implementation Best Practices Revealed At HIMSS15
In this podcast, Dr. Tina Moen, Chief Clinical Officer and VP of Provider Analytics for Truven Health Analytics explains what Truven does and provides insight as to what it was promoting at HIMSS.
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Rush-Copley Discusses Importance Of Evidence-Based Order Sets At HIMSS15
In this podcast, Diane Homan, MD of Rush-Copley Medical Center explains how long Rush-Copley has leveraged evidence-based order sets to standardize care as well as how important this process is to patient care.
NEWS
- Bottomline Technologies Launches Healthcare Privacy And Data Security Solution At HIMSS 2015
- MerckManuals.com Customizes Medical Information For Its Dual Audiences
- Spectralink Expands PIVOT Product Family For Smarter Workplace Mobility
- PerfectServe To Exhibit And Speak At HIMSS15
- Information Builders Releases Omni-Gen To Generate Master Data Management Applications
- Digisonics Brings Latest In Enterprise PACS And Structured Reporting Solutions To HIMSS 2015
- Health Care DataWorks To Participate In HIMSS15 Annual Conference & Exhibition
- Accusoft Announces The Acquisition Of edocr.com
- ZirMed To Showcase Predictive Analytics Technology At HIMSS15
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