Topic One: How valuable do you see the use of gaming as a vehicle for patient education and engagement? #mHealth
T1: I think the trick with gaming is like all other apps. How do I pull together all necessary data for game when it is scattered? #hitsm
— CLOUDHealth™ (@CLOUDHealth) March 22, 2013
T1: #gamification can be a great tool for encouraging patients to connect to their health through mobile and social #hitsm — Perficient Health IT (@Perficient_HC) March 22, 2013
T1: I see gaming as a long continuum of engagement. And gaming is a long continuum itself. Often great use of narrative. #HITsm — Leonard Kish (@leonardkish) March 22, 2013
I think gaming is more than just education.I think gaming to can improve activity as well.#HITsm — EMR, EHR and HIT(@ehrandhit) March 22, 2013
Topic Three: Is healthcare departing from the client/server architecture toward the cloud? AKA, “The cloudalization of healthcare.”
A1: We must acknowledge we are in NEW TIMES – kids are not buying cars at 16 because they have iPhones, car sales are down #HITsm — Melissa Cole, FACHE (@ColeFACHE) March 22, 2013
#HITsm T2: Is healthcare departing from the client/server architecture toward the cloud? AKA, “The cloudalization of healthcare.” #HITsm — CapSite (@CapSite) March 22, 2013
T2: What we are doing with cloud computing right now is moving backwards from client/server to timeshare models #hitsm — CLOUDHealth™ (@CLOUDHealth) March 22, 2013
A2: Cloud is a viable option that must be considered for various implementations – the scalability and low entry cost is appealing #HITsm — TigerText (@TigerTextApp) March 22, 2013
Topic Three: Is HITECH to blame for introducing false demand for #EHRs? What will happen after all the money is flushed out of the system?
T3:HITECH!Healthcare needed the incentive. #HITsm
— Sonal N. Patel (@HIT_Sonal) March 22, 2013
A3: HITECH brought attn to past-due need to bring healthcare up to par with other businesses – digital, transparent, integrated. #HITsm
— Jessica Clifton (@jslentzclifton) March 22, 2013
T3: In a world of App stores, is an enterprise sales model even the right one anymore for #EHR #hitsm — CLOUDHealth™ (@CLOUDHealth) March 22, 2013
T3 Vendors moving from one #EHR install to another, little emphasis on training, leaving HC orgs in cold. #HITsm — Brian Eastwood (@Brian_Eastwood) March 22, 2013
Topic Four: If an #EHR vendor fails, how will their customers migrate to another product if their data is locked in a proprietary system?
T4 : Case by case situation. Evaluate what you have , plan on how to migrate your data into your new EMR. What can you live with(out) #HITsm
— HealthCo(@healthcois) March 22, 2013
Someone at mayo brought this up: Successful platforms for open innovation are either walled gardens/supported by big player (Google) #HITsm
— Leonard Kish (@leonardkish) March 22, 2013
T4: Plenty of vendors out there that specialize in this. Example: @teamellkay #HITSM
— RightPatient (@RightPatient) March 22, 2013