Want to know what's going to happen in health IT in 2020? This episode is for you. We pull out our proverbial crystal ball and make some predictions on the following:

* What Will Be the Biggest Success in 2020?

* What Will Be the Biggest Disaster in 2020?

* Ones to Watch in 2020

* What We’re Looking Forward to Most in 2020

We're coming to the end of a decade and a lot has happened with Health IT. Join us as we discuss the biggest topics of the last decade and also the hot topics for 2019. Here's a summary of some of the top topics we discuss:

Last Decade

* Government Regulations – Meaningful Use

* Cloud Acceptance

* Cybersecurity Explosion

* Healthcare Consolidation

Last Year

* Physician Burnout

* Big Tech Entering Healthcare

* Data Blocking & Interoperability

* Legal Cases & Violations

Many have reacted to the recent news that Ascension Health has been sharing 10s of millions of patient records with Google. In this episode Colin Hung and John Lynn discuss what this means and whether patients should trust their data being shared with a company like Google. Here are the questions discussed:

* Is Ascension Sharing Health Data with Google Legal?

* What Will Be the Impact of This on Google?

* What Will Be the Impact of This on Acscension?

* Is Data Sharing (Without Our Knowledge) Something We Should Just Get Used To?

There's a lot of talk in healthcare about health data and how it's being used. In this episode we dive into the myths and realities associated with health data. Here's the main topics and questions that drive our discussion:

* Health Data As An Asset – What Does This Really Mean?

* Health Data Is Not All Created Equal

* It’s About More Than Just the Data

* How Can Healthcare Better Leverage the Wealth of Data?

Are Medical Groups Still Viable?

There's a lot of talk in healthcare about consumerism and the need for healthcare organizations to adopt consumer centric technologies. Of course, this discussion sometimes raises the ire of patients who don't want to be treated like a consumer. What's the balance between providing a great consumer experience and not treating a patient like a cog in a wheel. In this episode we try to make sense of the challenging topic of healthcare consumerism.

Here are the topics and questions we discuss:

* Patients or Consumers?

* Is Healthcare Making the Necessary Investments for Consumers?

* What’s Holding Us Back from Improved Experiences?

* What’s On the Horizon for Healthcare Consumerism?

You'd think that IT and Marketing within a healthcare organization would work together. However, the reality is that very few marketing and IT organizations at hospitals and health systems collaborate together on projects. In this episode we dive into this divide, why it happens, and ways that marketing and IT could benefit from each other's expertise and skill sets.

Here's a look at the questions and topics we discuss:

* Does IT & Marketing Work Together?

* Why Does IT Need Marketing?

* Why Does Marketing Need IT?

* Ideas for Bridging the Gap Between IT and Marketing

When people from the tech community start working on healthcare, there are a lot of things that surprise them. It turns out that there are a lot of things in healthcare that are pretty unique. with this in mind, we decided to talk about the healthcare assumptions people should be sure to encounter in their health IT journey.

Here's a look at the healthcare assumptions we discuss:

* Data Breach Will Happen

* HIPAA Will Be Used As An Excuse to Keep The Status Quo

* Users Will Never Do What Is Expected of Them

* IT Projects Will Be Delayed

* Budgets Will Suddenly Change

Physician reputation has become more and more important as the number of physician ratings and review sites has exploded. On this podcast Colin and John dive into the nuances of physicians ratings and reviews and offer some tips and tricks you can use to improve a physician's online reputation. Plus, we talk about the MIPS Quality Scores now being public and what they could mean for a physician's reputation.

Here's a look at the full rundown of topics and questions we discuss:

* What was the most interesting or memorable thing at the EXPO.health conference?

* What was the most valuable takeaway from the health IT conference?

* Were there any examples of collaboration at the conference that stood out?

* Give us a look Behind the Scenes of the Conference

Coming out of the EXPO.health conference we organize, we wanted to share some of the key insights, experiences, and collaborations that we saw at the conference. If you weren't able to join the health IT community in this event focused on practical innovations, you'll enjoy this podcast which looks back at the event and provides a feel for what happened.

Here's a look at the full rundown of topics and questions we discuss:

* What was the most interesting or memorable thing at the EXPO.health conference?

* What was the most valuable takeaway from the health IT conference?

* Were there any examples of collaboration at the conference that stood out?

* Give us a look Behind the Scenes of the Conference