Government & Policy

Ray Manahan, Director of Government Programs at Providence Health & Services, talks about analyzing data from the past and using predictive analytics for gauging future performance to comply with changing government programs from CMS.

Niall Brennan, Chief Data Officer at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, talks about CMS' initiatives in predictive modelling to identify fraud, real time delivery system monitoring and increasing transparency in healthcare data.

"Being adverse with physicians is something I never really expected to experience as a CMIO," said Brian Yeaman, MD, when asked about how the role has changed over the years.

Thomas Mason, MD, discusses his role as chief medical officer at the ONC and how his experience as the ambulatory CMIO and practicing physician at Cook County has aligned with the ONC's work in transforming healthcare delivery.

David Collins, Senior Director, Health Information Systems at HIMSS and Tom Martin, PhD, of HIMSS, discuss the results from the 2015 HIMSS Mobile Technology Survey.

HIMSS15 Social Media Ambassador Susan Hull, RN, MSN, comments on the advancement of the Blue Button initiative across the industry and the FHIR standards for interoperability.

Ken Ong, MD, MPH, discusses his book, Medical Informatics: An Executive Primer.

Roy Smythe, MD, talks about the evolution of HX360 and the overall goals of the inaugural event.

Revisit what some hospital CIOs identified as their key challenges last year. From standardization of workflow processes to increasing compliance demands to concerns about privacy and security, CIOs had a full plate in 2014.

Gary Light, VP/CIO at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper, Indiana, talks about IT goals for 2015 and offers advice to fellow CIOs.