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"Standards and interoperability - key topics at HIMSS this year"
Published 01/17
"Concerted effort to call people in the industry and talk with them about what is happening in their particular organization or niche."
“Standards and interoperability (the ability of multiple systems and organizations to communicate and inter-operate) are likely to be main topics”, Bernie said. “But HIMSS tends to cover the breadth and depth of topics of concern to the healthcare industry. So, uptake of electronic health record systems and other technology will also be among the hundreds of topics.”
Healthcare IT News has an editorial office on-site during the conference. How does your team ensure they deliver an up-to-date account of the entire event’s news?
We take a look at the agenda for each day and make sure we have reporters at the main events – we always have someone from our team covering the keynote speakers for example. We also try to offer a sampling of everything that’s going on. If we wish to cover the topics of both patient safety and new legislation for example but can’t attend every session, we try to report a representative one. Plus our reporters have the advantage of covering these issues all year long through our various outlets – daily news online, our electronic NewsWeek and our monthly print publication. We also check out the show floor, meet with vendors and roam the halls to talk with conference attendees at random.
Outside the HIMSS conference, what is your main method of researching a new story?
Direct interviews sometimes triggered by press releases. We make a concerted effort to call people in the industry and talk with them about what is happening in their particular organization or niche. We try to develop new sources every day.
Healthcare IT News won the Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Award in 2006. How is your newspaper keeping in line with its award-winning standards?
It was a great honor to receive the award. We were all excited. But, we won without trying to. Sounds strange, but it’s true. We just have to try to do excellent work every day. When/if the awards come, it’s icing on the cake. Of course, having won once, we can’t help but want to win again! (GB)
Contact Bernie Monegain at bernie.monegain@medtechpublishing.com.
"Excellent work every day."
Healthcare IT News informs its readers of a broad range of IT, law, policy, insurance and software topics as they relate to the healthcare system in the USA and Canada. Aimed primerally at Chief Executive and Information Officers, Healthcare IT News is published on a monthly basis. Daily updates of news feeds and top stories on the www.healthcareitnews.com ensure readers are kept up to date with all the latest developments. The European edition is available at www.healthcareitnews.eu.
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