What Will Mobile Health’s Presence Look Like at #HIMSS14?
Maybe I have HIMSS 2014 on the mind and for good reason. I have dozens of appointments set and a full schedule of meetings with amazing people. For someone deep into healthcare IT, going to HIMSS with 1200+ vendors and 37k+ attendees is like a kid in a candy store. Everywhere I look there will be something interesting.
For the context of this site, I think it’s worth considering what the mobile health presence will be at HIMSS. My gut prediction is that there won’t be anything special that’s specific to mobile health. However, we will see mobile health as a part of every single company’s strategy. I guess some might consider this fact pretty special.
Think about what this means. Has mobile health finally just become a part of the broader healthcare IT?
I think this is indeed the case. Some people predicted this previously, but I think that this HIMSS we’ll essentially see that it’s become a reality. Mobile Health isn’t its own industry, but is just the natural outgrowth and evolution of healthcare IT in general.
What I do think will be interesting to watch is health IT companies that start with a mobile first strategy. In the EHR world DrChrono and the Kareo EHR (originally the Epocrates EHR) are a couple that have worked to be mobile first EHR. It will be interesting to see the suite of applications that entrepreneurs create with a mobile first design process in mind.
I’ll be interested to see what I discover with mobile and smartphones at HIMSS. I’ll be sure to report back on my findings.
