The one marketing message every HIT solution or service provider needs to deliver in 2014

New year, new trend reports. HIMSS just released one – 7 trends Healthcare Experts Anticipate in 2014. But all seven really boil down to just one – integration. For 2014, HIMSS predicts: #7: Better quality through transparency. In a value-based payment model, quality is currency, and patients and payers are saying, “Show me the money.”… Read More

Healthcare CEOs with no healthcare experience: It’s a good thing

In 1751, Dr. Thomas Bond conceived Pennsylvania Hospital – the nation’s first – as a place “for the reception and cure of the sick poor… free of charge.” By the 1900s, healthcare had become more organized, and nobody expected doctors (or the hospitals they worked in) to offer care for free. In the ‘70s, healthcare… Read More