Show Notes

March 21, 2022: Charles Boicey, Chief Innovation Officer at Clearsense joins Bill for the news at HIMSS 2022. What were the most transformative technologies on display? What were the most memorable keynotes? And in the news … a new regulation would send hospitals' pandemic data back to the CDC. Epic launches SaaS aimed at independent medical groups. Microsoft has closed on its $16 billion acquisition of speech recognition company Nuance. And Atrium Health pilots a virtual nursing program to help improve patient care.

Key Points:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:35 - We talk an awful lot about security but not that much about privacy. Privacy is extremely important.

00:05:00 - New regulation would send hospital pandemic data back to the CDC, despite its difficulties collecting hospital data throughout the pandemic

00:16:30 - The US could have a national HIE. There's no reason technically that we don't.

00:25:00 - Artisight is addressing the problem of staff shortages with simple cameras in the room

Stories:

• New regulation would send hospitals' pandemic data back to CDC - Beckers
• Epic launches SaaS aimed at independent medical groups - RamaOn Healthcare
• Microsoft closes $16 billion acquisition of Nuance - ABC
• Atrium Health pilots virtual nursing program to help improve patient care - The Business Journals