2020 vision: What's ahead for health IT this year and beyond

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2020 vision: What's ahead for health IT this year and beyond

As a new year and new decade dawn, the health IT industry looks toward a bright future. Having learned valuable lessons (what to do, what not to do) from the transformative 10 years just past – and gained invaluable practical experience along the way – health systems now hope to build big on the momentum they've gathered.

With the IT infrastructure in place and data – lots of it – flowing freely (if still not always as easily and readily as it should) health organizations of all types are now putting it to work in new and exciting ways: to boost quality, lower costs, widen access and meet the imperatives of value-based reimbursement. Here's a look ahead at the priorities and strategies of providers, vendors, payers and patients, in 2020 and beyond.

2020: Looking Forward

Insight

2020 rings in new decade at Penn Medicine, closes chapter of big change

It's hard for me to believe, but I’ve been at Penn Medicine for 13 years. There has been a...

By Mike Restuccia |

January 31, 2020

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Accenture sees big health IT roles for AI and emerging technologies in 2020

Accenture has a deep bench when it comes to healthcare expertise. And the consulting giant keeps...

By Bill Siwicki |

January 31, 2020

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Cybersecurity pros offer their 2020 predictions for healthcare

Ransomware, coupled with an expanded attack surface thanks to a proliferation of internet...

By Nathan Eddy |

January 28, 2020

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Clean data, AI advances and provider/payer collaboration will be key in 2020

In 2020, the importance of clean data, advancements in AI and machine learning, and increased...

By Bill Siwicki |

January 27, 2020

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Health IT 2020: Patient engagement, human-centered tech, interoperability

The beginning of this new year sees keen healthcare industry observers looking forward to get a...

By Bill Siwicki |

January 23, 2020

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Healthcare venture investment in 2020: Quantum computing gets a closer look

Among the healthcare technologies venture firms be looking at most closely at in 2020, various...

By Nathan Eddy |

January 23, 2020

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In 2020, AI will aid administrators and CISOs will refresh internal security

As healthcare provider organizations confront the steep challenge of securely and efficiently...

By Bill Siwicki |

January 20, 2020

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Policy changes, AI, consumerism top interoperability trends for 2020

The new consumer-driven health information ecosystem is transforming the way health systems...

By Nathan Eddy |

January 16, 2020

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Investors looking toward healthcare IT innovators in 2020

Healthcare information technology will be the focus of investors in 2020, with interest in the...

By Nathan Eddy |

January 16, 2020

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2020 outlook: Predictive analytics, AI, enhanced security, telehealth and more

Predictive analytics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, personalization, consumer...

By Bill Siwicki |

January 13, 2020

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Trends to look for in patient engagement in 2020

The recent growth in virtualized patient engagement, such as contacting a doctor through a mobile...

By Nathan Eddy |

January 10, 2020

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Predictive analytics, payment issues, consumerism set to tangle with AI in 2020

This past year certainly showed that artificial intelligence has a huge role to play in the...

By Bill Siwicki |

January 07, 2020

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AI and machine learning trends to look toward in 2020

Artificial intelligence and machine learning will play an even bigger role in healthcare in 2020...

By Nathan Eddy |

January 06, 2020

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Investment in AI growing as health systems look to the future

Investment in machine learning and artificial intelligence is ramping up across the healthcare...

By Nathan Eddy |

January 03, 2020

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AI maturation, 5G, augmented reality point to accelerated innovation in 2020

Healthcare information technology will see many changes in 2020 spurred by newer technologies...

By Bill Siwicki |

January 02, 2020

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Health orgs making strategic interoperability plans beyond CMS and ONC rules

Forward thinking healthcare leaders in the United States see the proposed rules to drive...

By Nathan Eddy |

September 04, 2019

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Digital health predictions for 2020 from industry experts

Over the past year, we've seen a number of initiatives that aim to accelerate the use of digital...

By Leontina Postelnicu |

December 17, 2019

Video

Halamka: Cloud, AI, IoT changing cybersecurity priorities

Dr. John Halamka, newly named president of Mayo Clinic Platform, shares his five-year cybersecurity forecast – and discusses his new gig.

By HIMSS TV |

December 19, 2019

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Cybersecurity poses big challenges, but new cloud approaches hold promise

As healthcare organizations gets more comfortable with the idea of cloud migration, many...

By Mike Miliard |

December 20, 2019

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A look at how women are 'remaking medicine'

Emily Peters, author of "Procedure: Women Remaking Medicine," discusses female change makers in medicine, who are helping to create a better healthcare system.

By HIMSS TV |

December 23, 2019

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Healthcare transformation: 'We need to shift our mindset'

Change on many levels urgently required: This was the message brought forward at the Health 2019...

By Philipp Grätzel von Grätz |

November 06, 2019

Timing-related EHR errors, which could delay the administration of critical medications if the order generated doesn't match the dose administration time intended by the prescriber, were one of the risks noted on this year's list.

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ECRI's top health tech hazards for 2020 include EHR errors, alert fatigue, missing MRI data

For its new annual assessment of healthcare technology dangers, the nonprofit safety group ECRI...

By Mike Miliard |

October 08, 2019

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PCHA-led tech gatherings to be smaller, more frequent in 2020

Next year the Personal Connected Health Alliance and HIMSS will be prioritizing smaller, more curated events rather than the annual Connected Health Conference, explain HIMSS' Kerry Amato and the PCHA's Robert Havasy.

By HIMSS TV |

October 25, 2019