I have a problem with the whole "Make Health Tech Great Again". This is a transparent attempt to curry favour with the current US Administration. Just adopt the phrasing "Make X Great Again" and all will be well! That seems to be the thinking.
Also, what is this callback logic, referring to "Again"? When was this imagined Nirvana of greatness in healthcare tech? The truth is, now is the Nirvana! Despite all the problems and challenges, healthcare tech has never been so strong, so widespread, and so capable.
And I speak as someone who works in the trenches.
Been There, Done That - 4 months ago
I find it humorous when the Big Tech execs talk about these bold "new" visions that will "revolutionize healthcare". Meanwhile, those that actually know the industry all know that Epic already provides many of these things that they talk about like they are some sort of innovative future state pipe dream.
How long are we going to keep pretending that ShareEverywhere (https://shareeverywhere.epic.com/) doesn't exist already? Or the 24 million records already exchanged daily via CareEverywhere (https://www.epic.com/software/interoperability/), half with non-Epic orgs?
At this point I don't know if it's laughable or just a sad reflection on the Post-Truth political world we live in.
Cyrus Bahrassa - 4 months ago
If the participating organizations feel so enthusiastically, as their press releases and social media posts suggest, that this will be a game-changer for healthcare, they should have some financial skin in the game. Let them put in $100 to $100,000 each, based on annual revenue. If the goals of the initiative (which, from what I can surmise, are neither clear nor measurable) are achieved, everyone gets their money back. If they aren't, the funds go towards paying off a minuscule slice of the national debt.
Becky Nelson - 4 months ago
Ground Hogs Day. It shouldn’t take some stupid slogan to bring the healthcare tech companies together and it’s embarrassing for the companies who have already taken $M out of providers pockets promising what was “contrived” at this summit.
It's All Good - 4 months ago
If I had a quarter for every time senior healthcare execs pledged interoperability and/or data liquidity I'd be retired and living on my private island by now.
Very easy to smile and nod for the photo op and then do nothing. This will join the tall heap of other well-intended but failed HIT initiatives that will "transform healthcare". Anyone remember PHRs? No? Me either.
I have a problem with the whole "Make Health Tech Great Again". This is a transparent attempt to curry favour with the current US Administration. Just adopt the phrasing "Make X Great Again" and all will be well! That seems to be the thinking.
Also, what is this callback logic, referring to "Again"? When was this imagined Nirvana of greatness in healthcare tech? The truth is, now is the Nirvana! Despite all the problems and challenges, healthcare tech has never been so strong, so widespread, and so capable.
And I speak as someone who works in the trenches.
I find it humorous when the Big Tech execs talk about these bold "new" visions that will "revolutionize healthcare". Meanwhile, those that actually know the industry all know that Epic already provides many of these things that they talk about like they are some sort of innovative future state pipe dream.
How long are we going to keep pretending that ShareEverywhere (https://shareeverywhere.epic.com/) doesn't exist already? Or the 24 million records already exchanged daily via CareEverywhere (https://www.epic.com/software/interoperability/), half with non-Epic orgs?
At this point I don't know if it's laughable or just a sad reflection on the Post-Truth political world we live in.
If the participating organizations feel so enthusiastically, as their press releases and social media posts suggest, that this will be a game-changer for healthcare, they should have some financial skin in the game. Let them put in $100 to $100,000 each, based on annual revenue. If the goals of the initiative (which, from what I can surmise, are neither clear nor measurable) are achieved, everyone gets their money back. If they aren't, the funds go towards paying off a minuscule slice of the national debt.
Ground Hogs Day. It shouldn’t take some stupid slogan to bring the healthcare tech companies together and it’s embarrassing for the companies who have already taken $M out of providers pockets promising what was “contrived” at this summit.
If I had a quarter for every time senior healthcare execs pledged interoperability and/or data liquidity I'd be retired and living on my private island by now.
Very easy to smile and nod for the photo op and then do nothing. This will join the tall heap of other well-intended but failed HIT initiatives that will "transform healthcare". Anyone remember PHRs? No? Me either.
Typical Trump/MAGA B.S.