Classic Blunders.

1. Never get involved in a land war in Asia
2. Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line

Oh, wait, those are the classic blunders from The Princess Bride.

But there are classic blunders in the digitization of medical devices. Today we talk about them.

What keeps the healthcare CIO up at night? How can you help? These are the questions that William Walder's CIO of Health First tackled in a recent post on LinkedIN. Today we break it down.

January 16, 2023: Laura O'Toole, Chief Executive Officer of SureTest joins Bill for the news. What are the top healthcare trends to prepare for in 2023? Where will the smart healthcare dollars go? What can we expect from EHR vendors in 2023? How will AI and Machine Learning Reshape Healthcare in the next 12 Months?

Key Points:

• If healthcare It leaders can help bring back a little bit of joy to clinicians, to IT staff, to any end user, then we've done our job
• Cybersecurity woes continue to be top of mind
• CIOs are now having to become even more strategic than ever
• Transparency will be a big theme in AI and machine learning models this year
• SureTest

Stories:

• Get Ahead Using Digital Health: 8 Trends for 2023 - Xealth
• Where will the smart healthcare dollars go in 2023? - LinkedIn
• What to expect from EHR vendors in 2023 - Beckers
• Top 10 AI and machine learning stories of 2022 - Healthcare IT News

Register now for our February 2nd webinar: Priorities for 2023. A CIO Discussion with Academic Medical Centers. Only available LIVE!

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5G is coming, 5G is coming, 5G is here. Zzzzzzzzzzz. Still 5 years away at the earliest for any real transformative innovation. That is things that can't be done in another way. Today we talk about 5G and what tech innovators are focused on.

This year, ROI will be measured in hours and minutes.

Does the new RCE requirement requirement for 2 Factor authentication represent an undue burden. Today we discuss. https://lnkd.in/g4Be2HRP

Nurses are striking in NY. How does a health IT organization handle this.

January 9, 2023: Drex DeFord, Executive Healthcare Strategist at CrowdStrike joins Bill for the news today. Airline executives and labor leaders point to inadequate technology systems as the reason why Southwest Airlines melted down. Epic launches SaaS aimed at independent medical groups. What are the Top 10 Healthcare IT News stories of 2022? How can we solve healthcare data fragmentation? And what will drive healthcare providers priorities in 2023? 

Key Points:

• It's definitely the CIO's job to help the organization understand the risks associated with not making investments for modernization and infrastructure upgrades
• Google and Microsoft's early initiatives into healthcare are like the Energizer Bunny. They keep at it.
• CrowdStrike

Stories:

• How Southwest Airlines Melted Down - Wall Street Journal
• Top 10 Healthcare IT News stories of 2022 - Healthcare IT News
• Larry Ellison on healthcare data fragmentation: 'We're going to solve this problem' - Healthcare IT News
• Epic launches SaaS aimed at independent medical groups - Healthcare IT News

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Our first webinar of the year is in the books, today I recap what we learned from three IDN CIOs.

Do you have a digital front door to a tiny room of your healthcare system. Today we discuss four good bets for where the money will be going in 2023.