My take on HLTH, is that is aimed at getting Health Tech investors and CEO's in the same room. Kind of a JP Morgan Healthcare lite. It serves that purpose well and you don't have to rent a table at a San Francisco Starbucks for $100/hr. It is not aimed at real health tech buyers and I saw only a few in Las Vegas. I guess the backers posh-it-up for their intended audience.
Bill Spooner - 6 hours ago
Over the past several years all the HIT conferences seemed ot move toward promoting technology in general, the vendors displaying the solutions and growing the sponsoring organization, with little attention to improved healthcare quality, access and cost. The one exception appears to be advancing cybersecurity, with numerous vendors offering services as well, of course.
UnHLTHy - 6 hours ago
I have the perspective of both as a vendor and provider organization (long story). It is a relatively good conference for education and seeing what is out there. Certainly some great and interesting companies and products. I'd like to think that some building of knowledge wherever it comes from if used properly will translate to improvements to someone, whether it be an organization or ultimately the a patient.
With that said, there were very few providers in attendence. The show floor was only companies trying to sell other companies their stuff. An exhibitor I know analyzed the attendees list and of ~9000 he counted, 270 were from provider organizations. I asked this exhibitor if he would return since he said there was little to no sales traffic and he said yes.
This is the challenge that exists out there. Companies feel if there aren't present they are non-existent. It's a tough spot to be in but amplifies the perpetuation of the waste in our industry.
Since very few who have influence over how the patient benefits were in attendence I am thinking that ultimately this confidence ends up enriching HLTH but very few others. Which is too bad.
My take on HLTH, is that is aimed at getting Health Tech investors and CEO's in the same room. Kind of a JP Morgan Healthcare lite. It serves that purpose well and you don't have to rent a table at a San Francisco Starbucks for $100/hr. It is not aimed at real health tech buyers and I saw only a few in Las Vegas. I guess the backers posh-it-up for their intended audience.
Over the past several years all the HIT conferences seemed ot move toward promoting technology in general, the vendors displaying the solutions and growing the sponsoring organization, with little attention to improved healthcare quality, access and cost. The one exception appears to be advancing cybersecurity, with numerous vendors offering services as well, of course.
I have the perspective of both as a vendor and provider organization (long story). It is a relatively good conference for education and seeing what is out there. Certainly some great and interesting companies and products. I'd like to think that some building of knowledge wherever it comes from if used properly will translate to improvements to someone, whether it be an organization or ultimately the a patient.
With that said, there were very few providers in attendence. The show floor was only companies trying to sell other companies their stuff. An exhibitor I know analyzed the attendees list and of ~9000 he counted, 270 were from provider organizations. I asked this exhibitor if he would return since he said there was little to no sales traffic and he said yes.
This is the challenge that exists out there. Companies feel if there aren't present they are non-existent. It's a tough spot to be in but amplifies the perpetuation of the waste in our industry.
Since very few who have influence over how the patient benefits were in attendence I am thinking that ultimately this confidence ends up enriching HLTH but very few others. Which is too bad.