A Shot in the Arm

“Voice of the Patient” Front & Center at the 10th Annual SAS Health Care and Life Sciences Executive Conference

Brad Sitler — Wed, 15 May 2013 12:50:49 +0000

The SAS Health Care and Life Sciences Executive Conference kicks off in Cary, North Carolina on May 15th with executive attendees from across the health care continuum. Health care providers, payers and life sciences companies will all be represented at the SAS event. New for this year, SAS will highlight [...]

Health and Life Science Leaders Gather to Discuss the Impact of Big Data Analytics

Graham Hughes, MD — Tue, 14 May 2013 01:06:23 +0000

Want to get a glimpse of the future of healthcare? Would you like to be able to hear what leading organizations are doing to prepare for the huge opportunities (and challenges) associated with healthcare "big data" - without ever having to leave your office? If so, why not click here to logon and join us for [...]

Top 5 reasons I am looking forward to the 10th Annual SAS Health & Life Sciences Executive Conference

Alice Swearingen — Mon, 13 May 2013 14:15:29 +0000

This week marks the 10th Annual SAS Health and Life Sciences conference in Cary with a lineup of spectacular speakers and panel participants! As part of the Life Sciences content development team, I have a behind the scenes view and thought you may be interested in learning a bit more about [...]

Data Collaboration: Crowdsourcing for Health Care

Dave Handelsman — Mon, 13 May 2013 13:00:48 +0000

Crowdsourcing is the ultimate in data collaboration. Crowdsourcing is an Internet-age phenomenon by which problems are distributed to “the crowd,” and those in the online community offer partial solutions. These partial solutions, when taken in aggregate, solve the overall problem. This approach continues to gain in popularity. Great examples in [...]

HIMSS13 Day 4: Deja Vu All Over Again

Rick Ingraham — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 18:38:09 +0000

As the last of the HIMSS13 sessions came to a close and the mass exodus to the New Orleans airport began in earnest Thursday, I found myself thinking of past similar gatherings and braced myself for the “return-to-business-as-usual let-down” from this week’s energized discussions. Passionate is often a word others [...]

HIMSS13 Day Three: Human Touch and Innovation

Rick Ingraham — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:55:35 +0000

As I think back on the winding course of my career, I am struck by the perspective each organizational-stop and its staff had as to its “fit” within the broader healthcare objective of compassionate care. Some of the finest and hard-working individuals I had the privilege of knowing always seemed [...]

“Homo-Distractus” HIMSS Day Two

Rick Ingraham — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 16:00:46 +0000

A fast-paced keynote by Eric J. Topol, director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute and a man named one of twelve “Rock Stars of Science” by GQ Magazine, not only awakened me to the possibilities of individualized medicine and care, but also reminded me how far we’ve come regarding access [...]

With the beat of the drums, HIMSS13 has begun!

Rick Ingraham — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 16:49:20 +0000

When I attend the HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition each year I am always overwhelmed by the magnitude of the gathering. It was no different Monday morning in New Orleans as 35,000+ began to fill the grand hall within the Ernest Morial Convention Center for the opening session. And then, [...]

Using the H-word

Rick Ingraham — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:26:36 +0000

The Denver Post refers to “HMO” in a recent headline ... and the world keeps on spinning! There can be a lot of good to come from seriously addressing how care is delivered, how safety protocols work or don't, how patients are engaged, and how costs are impacted without jeopardizing quality. The [...]

Are you ready for new health care payment and delivery models?

Carol Dorn Sanders — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:30:54 +0000

For more than two decades, we’ve read and heard about the unsustainable costs associated with our complex and fragmented health care system. We’ve attempted to steer away from the fee-for-service payment model, which pays for volume instead of value. And further, we’ve tried—with limited success—to shift some risk from payers [...]