Post-HIMSS Reflections

February 25, 2011 by Mark Hagland
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So it’s hard not to invoke the opening sentence of Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” Certainly, I’ve never seen the wonderful professionals in our industry work harder or with more concentration and resolve, than they are right now; and equally certainly, I’ve never seen a time when the stakes were higher or the challenges more intense. It will be fascinating to attend HIMSS in 2012 and see what progress will have been made, and where patient care organizations find themselves, a year from now. Along the way, we at Healthcare Informatics will of course remain committed to providing our readers with the latest information, insights, analysis, and perspectives, through editorial of the highest possible quality, to help our readers make it successfully to HIMSS12 and beyond.

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Submitted by nsmurali on Fri, 03/04/2011.

The only physicians and hospitals that will see any value from their IT investment are those who first did a honest "needs analysis", before spending their first dime on CCHIT certified software. For the past several years, I have repeatedly said this on many forums. Investment modeled around "stimuli" and "federal grants/handouts" are doomed to fail.
Party for this year is over. Handshakes and mutual pats on the backs, awards ceremonies are over.
This thing has gotten so rotten that the HHS secretary is now spinning this fiasco as a "jobs in IT" issue! Soon they may put a "national duty" or "patriotism" label on it.
I think it is time to purchase the famous "Tulips" poster for each of the CEO, CIO, CTO, CHIMO's office and put all the redundant IT planners on furlough until they are needed again.
let us all get back to taking care of patients.