I’ve attended almost every HIMSS conference since 2003. For many years, I had my companies go as exhibitors, which is a pretty massive commitment in terms of money, time, and resources. But even when I’ve gone just as an attendee, it’s not particularly cheap, plus there’s a real opportunity cost associated with tapping out from my normal…

For business people, LinkedIn has become an important tool. But, as it's grown, quite a few things have started happening that aren’t just limiting its effectiveness but are also becoming downright annoying – proliferation of ads, spambots, faulty recommendations, and the like. So our CEO decided to do one of his quick polls and here’s what he found out…

There are a lot of things that cause serious headaches for healthcare organizations so we did a quick poll to find out what issues are the most troublesome right now. What we found out wasn’t terribly surprising with one glaring exception – cybersecurity risk was second to last. Given how many hacks, breaches, etc., that keep happening, this is a very concerning result.

Over the past decade, various VR headsets have come and gone in health care but none have really made a sustainable difference in healthcare. Will Apple’s new Vision Pro mixed-reality headset be any different? And if so, where will it be used? We did a quick poll to see and the results are pretty mixed, pun intended.

There is a lot of great healthcare tech. In fact, there’s so much that healthcare organizations can’t keep up with it. To make matters worse, some tech gets so much hype and press it can overwhelm the senses, so to speak. So we did a quick poll to see which tech is getting over-hyped right now. The results aren’t “too” surprising…

Improving outcomes – financial, operational, clinical, etc. – is the goal of any organization in the healthcare industry. There are a lot of companies who can help but we wanted to see which of the larger ones come to mind first. There may have been a little “gaming the system” so we’ll probably do a different version of this in the future. Stay tuned…

Trade shows are important events for meeting customers and generating new leads. They’re also useful for educational sessions and sharing best practices with peers. They aren’t too shabby when it comes to networking either. But given that resources are limited we wanted to see which of the major healthcare IT conferences is most popular, namely, has ViVE passed HIMSS as the trade show Alpha?

When a hospital gets acquired, change is inevitable. It can be particularly challenging for nurses, doctors, and even for patients. So we wanted to see how much of a change it is for them and whether or not it’s generally positive or negative. Here’s what you told us…

Every important action a business takes either helps them progress or it ends up (inadvertently) helping their competitors. That being the case, we did a quick poll to see what company and hospital leaders use to make informed decisions. Based on the results, we’re probably going to do a follow-up poll to find out how they define ‘real primary research’. Enjoy…

There’s an interesting business dead zone, so to speak, that starts a few days before Christmas and lasts until New Years. And we wanted to see what people do during this period – do they tap out completely, keep cranking away through it all, or use it to retool/re-prioritize/rethink their strategy and tactics. This is what we found out…

The annual RSNA conference is not only the largest conference for medical imaging, it’s also one of the largest healthcare conferences on the planet. But does size really matter? Is all of the travel, expense, time, etc., really worth it? In other words, is the juice worth the squeeze?

Healthcare conferences require a lot of time and money to attend so you have to make sure there’s a good ROI. It appears RSNA is one of those events most feel is one they need to attend on a regular basis.

Like it or not, patients are consumers and those hospitals and clinics that don’t adjust to this reality are going to find themselves left out in the cold.