This Week in Health Tech HIMSS Conference 2021 Post Conference Review
In this episode of TWIHT, Vik and Jimmy comment on HIMSS 2021 Conference that just ended Aug 12.
This year the conference was in person in Las Vegas and was also available digitally online. Number of participants was low this year because of the pandemic, and it seemed like instead of the usual 50 to 60 thousand registrants, 2021 conference only had about 18000 registrants. Many of them attended digitally.
Vik explains the importance of this conference and what it means for the healthcare information technology conference. Vik mentions that he attended the conference digitally this year and experience of attending digitally did not compare well to in person.
Jimmy asks about the digital experience, and Vik explains that even though the app tried to facilitate the communication through the app, the experience could have been much better. Number of digital sessions were limited and there were fewer opportunities to connect in digital sessions.
There was a way to view the directory of participants and reach out to people, however, that is probably not the best way to connect with people.
Vik then answers Jimmy question about which topics were really the hot topics in this year's conference. Vik comments that the biggest topic was interoperability because of digital transformation in healthcare. The president of HIMSS indicated that with value based care and personalized care, it made sense for organizations to invest in the right strategies and technologies to enable integration between EHR, hospitals, and innovative applications to provide the best experience for patients.
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