HIMSS: Thoughts on Conference's Value
This is, I think, my final piece sharing my thoughts about the HIMSS 2019 Conference. I had wanted to report and reflect on the value of this conference, attended by some 43,000 individuals engaged in one way or another in healthcare delivery and improvement.
- 24/02/2019
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HIMSS Day Four: Opportunity for Data Release
Lots of organizations use the HIMSS conference as the location to release new products, new studies, new personnel changes. I have been witnessing this all during and just before and after the conference. I have received a myriad of press releases and emails. I suppose it makes sense from a public relations and uptake standpoint: release new information (devices, data) when there is a ready-made audience of 44,000 people, give or take.
- 20/02/2019
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HIMSS Day Three: A WOW on Wearable Devices and Usable Programs
To be candid, I was getting worried about this HIMSS conference. There were abundant presentations and exhibits but at least for me, they seemed too theoretical or too technical. Many were at the 30,000 foot level. Many were engineer driven. The words “interoperable,” and “silos” and “coordinated efforts” and “shared efforts” were repeated again and again.
- 13/02/2019
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HIMSS2019: Day Two Begins
Today was supposed to begin with the Keynote addresses --- starting at 8:30 a.m. Well, despite a timely departure, there were delays getting to the Convention Center (the bus took the wrong route and several wrong turns). This prevented an on-time arrival -- kind of like flights to a meeting where one experiences delays. And, even when my busload of folks arrived at the Convention Center, it was like we were at the bottom of a ski slope where one then needed a chairlift or gondola to get to the point where one begins the actual activities.
- 12/02/2019
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HIMSS19: Pre-Conference Observations and Initial Findings
When I left DC this morning, an icy rain was falling. By way of contrast, Orlando, FL, where the HIMSS conference is being held, is muggy and hot. Although I much prefer cold weather generally, the conference is housed in a massive conference center – as in massive. So, I am indoors in an air-conditioned place that actually could be anywhere. That’s not unique for conferences in general although other events pale in size. There are over 40,000 attendees in attendance. More on that later.
- 11/02/2019
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