Karen Conway, Executive Director, GHX, talks about how innovation can impact the supply chain of healthcare organizations as well as how organizations can focus their innovation efforts at the edge of their existing business as well at the core. Karen dives into the healthcare delivery system and explains how collaborative efforts are the key to overcoming many of today's obstacles in healthcare.

We talk to five attendees at HIMSS14 in Orlando about what they saw that was innovative at the conference, how they will take what they've learned back to their companies, and what they think the future holds for health IT.

Guests in order of appearance: Monica Stynchula, Founder & CEO, Dovetail Care John Dzivak, Business Relationship Services, Physician EMR Group, Children's Medical Center Richard Douglass, Senior Clinical Sales Manager, iRx Reminder Naveen Khan, Founder & CEO, PT Pal Dutch Dwight, Director of Business Development, Medullan.

Sandy Vance, introduces the HIMSS Innovation Center and explains the opportunities that the new space presents for the future of health IT. In addition Sandy notes that you can take a virtual tour of the HIMSS Innovation Center in Orlando atHIMSS14 in Hall F to fully comprehend the many use cases of the Innovation Center.

For more information on the HIMSS Innovation Center, please contact Elizabeth Peters at [email protected]. Sandy Vance is the Senior Director of Interoperability Initiatives at HIMSS.

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Joined by four volunteer leaders of various HIMSS Content areas, we explore what they're looking forward to the most at HIMSS14 as well as their predictions for the themes that will surface from the annual conference.  For more information on HIMSS14 please visit www.himssconference.org.

Today's guests (from left to right) included Craig Miller, Chair of the HIMSS Innovation Committee, Cecilia Backman, MBA, Chair of the HIMSS Management Engineering and Process Improvement Committee, Greg Wolverton, Chair of the HIMSS Enterprise Information Systems Committee, andRobert Schumacher, Ph.D., Chair of the HIMSS Usability Taskforce.

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Derek Newell, CEO of Jiff, talks about how the Jiff platform is connecting consumers with healthcare systems, plans, and program providers in real time to improve health outcomes. By creating an experience that appeals all stakeholders the Jiff system has engaged people in their wellness and motivated them to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

Derek has 20 years experience growing and leading innovative healthcare technology and service companies. Prior to taking the helm at Jiff, and making digital health a reality for everyone, Derek was President and CEO of Robert Bosch Healthcare. While at Bosch, Derek worked with the management team to build Bosch into the world’s largest remote patient monitoring company.

Gigi Sorenson and the Flagstaff Medical Center serve 52,000 square miles of rural Arizona but remain in constant contact with their patients through a unique telemedicine program. Dealing with a vast array of cultures, education levels, and health issues, the telemedicine program at the Flagstaff Medical Center has begun to impact care outcomes in the community and made patients and caregivers feel that, in healthcare, "wireless is limitless".

Gigi Sorenson is the Director of Telemedicine at Flagstaff Medical Center.

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Handpicked from the Innovation Community Webinar series, this podcast features Community members participating in an interactive dialogue with presenter (Maureen Bisognano, President and CEO, IHI). View the full webinar.

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John L. Brooks, III, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Joslin Diabetes Center, talks about how the Joslin Diabetes Center researches, treats patients, and innovates all under one roof. As a 115 year old organization, Mr. Brooks explains how Joslin maintains a start-up mentality and its financial stability even though it is a mission based not-for-profit organization.

A well-known life sciences executive, Brooks assumed the President and Chief Executive Officer responsibilities in March 2011, having previously served as Chairman of the Joslin Board of Trustees. Mr. Brooks co-founded three life sciences companies including Insulet, which offers an insulin-pump system for people with type 1 diabetes. He has been principal of Healthcare Capital Consulting LLC, which advises early-stage life sciences companies, and a founder of Prism VentureWorks, which raised more than $1.25 billion in capital. Brooks has been Chief Executive Officer of Reflectance Medical, which offers technology for non-invasive monitoring of critically ill patients. He was also general manager at Pfizer/Valleylab, where he was responsible for Pfizer&'s Hospital Products Group’s minimally invasive surgery and new medical technologies business. As President/General Manager at Pfizer/Strato, he led the growth of a rapidly evolving vascular access medical device business. A native of Massachusetts, he holds an M.S. in Business and a B.B.A. cum laude from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Dulcie Madden, MPH shares the story of Rest Devices and their Mimo baby monitor. Dulcie shares the experiences and processes needed to continually innovate, prototype, and work with Mimo beta-testers.

Dulcie leads business development and sales/marketing at Rest. Previously, she worked in India as a Program Officer for the Deshpande Foundation, where she developed programs promoting entrepreneurship, managed grant portfolios, and helped manage the office's operations and growth. She received her BS in Biology from Georgetown University and her MPH from Boston University, where she concentrated in epidemiology. Dulcie has half an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management and eight phenomenal nieces and nephews.

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Joseph C. Kvedar, MD talks about his experience engaging patients in their healthcare through innovative technologies. By taking advantage of four key motivators, which Dr. Kvedar outlines, patients can improve their health and remain engaged in their long-term wellbeing.

Joseph C. Kvedar, MD, is the Founder and Director of the Center for Connected Health, working to create a new model of healthcare delivery, by developing programs and innovative strategies to move care from the hospital or doctor's office into the day-to-day lives of patients. For his full bio visit Partners Healthcare.

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