{"id":1575,"date":"2016-03-31T00:35:03","date_gmt":"2016-03-31T00:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/industry\/blog\/uncategorized\/why-this-himss-newbie-was-impressed\/"},"modified":"2023-05-31T16:37:36","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T23:37:36","slug":"why-this-himss-newbie-was-impressed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/healthcare\/2016\/03\/31\/why-this-himss-newbie-was-impressed\/","title":{"rendered":"Why this HIMSS newbie was impressed"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Erwin<\/a>
Erwin Visser, General Manager, Enterprise & Public Sector Marketing and Sarah Muckler, Director Worldwide Marketing, Health Industry were interviewed for HIMSS Media radio on the future of healthcare<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

During my first HIMSS, I saw many ways that health IT is transforming healthcare<\/h2>\n

I went to HIMSS<\/a> for the first time this year. And I was incredibly impressed by all the innovation that\u2019s happening in healthcare. As I perused the conference floor, I saw many ways that technology can empower patients and health professionals to improve health.<\/p>\n

One of the key themes that really stood out for me was population health<\/strong>. Cloud computing, big data, and machine learning offer unprecedented opportunities to improve population health. For example, clinicians can bring together a patient\u2019s history with worldwide clinical data to explore which treatments have been most effective for people with the same condition.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s more, with wearables and health apps, people can share more information about their health with their doctor. As a result, health professionals can provide more targeted recommendations to their patients. And, together, patients and their care teams can shift to a proactive approach to wellness<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also exciting to see how technologies such as CRM<\/a> and productivity tools such as Office 365<\/a> are empowering real-time care team collaboration and productivity, as well as improving patient relationship management.<\/p>\n

A great example of how technology is enabling proactive, predictive healthcare is Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health System\u2019s ImagineCare\u2014which was showcased at HIMSS. It harnesses advanced analytics, the Internet of Things, CRM technologies, and the cloud for personalized medicine.<\/p>\n

Visitors to our booth were also able to experience how solutions from Microsoft and our partners work together so patients have more meaningful and convenient interactions during their entire patient journey<\/strong>\u2014with the right security in place all along the way.<\/p>\n

Because, as Neil Jordan recently wrote<\/a>, in order for technology to empower health professionals and patients, they need to be able to\u00a0trust it. <\/strong>At HIMSS, we brought to life our commitment to security, privacy, compliance, and transparency with real-world stories from customers and examples of end-to-end security features.<\/p>\n

Being a sports and fitness fanatic, I especially enjoyed the RespondWell<\/a> telerehabilitation demo in our booth. Powered by Kinect for Windows<\/a>, it\u2019s a great example of scaling health services with technology. It uses sensors and gaming technology to guide and motivate people to do exercises at home. Check it out:<\/p>\n

\n
\n
RespondWell i\u2019move & Microsoft<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

In addition to RespondWell, I was thrilled to meet with many of our other partners at HIMSS, including GE Healthcare, McKesson, Cerner, HP, and Siemens.<\/p>\n

And having volunteered on an Operation Smile mission in 2015<\/a>, I was delighted to meet up again with Chris Bryant\u2014who is Senior Vice President of Enterprise Applications and Technology at Operation Smile. I always welcome the opportunity to explore how we at Microsoft can continue to empower Operation Smile with technology that helps scale the life-changing work it does<\/a> to heal children\u2019s smiles around the world.<\/p>\n

Another highlight of my HIMSS trip was attending the 2016 Microsoft Health Innovation Awards and having dinner with the winners<\/a>. I was impressed by how these industry leaders are taking advantage of intelligent technologies to enhance care delivery, harness the power of data and research, reduce costs, and streamline clinical and business processes.<\/p>\n

What inspired you at HIMSS this year? Let us know via email<\/a>, Facebook<\/a>, or Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

During my first HIMSS, I saw many ways that health IT is transforming healthcare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":582,"featured_media":9743,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_classifai_error":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1507],"post_tag":[],"content-type":[1488],"coauthors":[961],"class_list":["post-1575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-healthcare","content-type-events","review-flag-1593580416-594","review-flag-alway-1593580311-297"],"yoast_head":"\nWhy this HIMSS newbie was impressed - Microsoft Industry Blogs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/healthcare\/2016\/03\/31\/why-this-himss-newbie-was-impressed\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why this HIMSS newbie was impressed - Microsoft Industry Blogs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"During my first HIMSS, I saw many ways that health IT is transforming healthcare.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/healthcare\/2016\/03\/31\/why-this-himss-newbie-was-impressed\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Microsoft Industry Blogs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-03-31T00:35:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-05-31T23:37:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_0072.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"290\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"125\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Erwin Visser, General Manager, Enterprise & Public Sector Marketing, Microsoft\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Erwin Visser, General Manager, Enterprise & Public Sector Marketing, Microsoft\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 min read\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/healthcare\/2016\/03\/31\/why-this-himss-newbie-was-impressed\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/healthcare\/2016\/03\/31\/why-this-himss-newbie-was-impressed\/\"},\"author\":[{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/author\/erwin-visser-general-manager-enterprise-public-sector-marketing-microsoft\/\",\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@name\":\"Erwin Visser, General Manager, Enterprise & Public Sector Marketing, Microsoft\"}],\"headline\":\"Why this HIMSS newbie was impressed\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-03-31T00:35:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-05-31T23:37:36+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/healthcare\/2016\/03\/31\/why-this-himss-newbie-was-impressed\/\"},\"wordCount\":571,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/healthcare\/2016\/03\/31\/why-this-himss-newbie-was-impressed\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_0072.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Healthcare\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/healthcare\/2016\/03\/31\/why-this-himss-newbie-was-impressed\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/healthcare\/2016\/03\/31\/why-this-himss-newbie-was-impressed\/\",\"name\":\"Why this HIMSS newbie was impressed - Microsoft Industry Blogs\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/healthcare\/2016\/03\/31\/why-this-himss-newbie-was-impressed\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/healthcare\/2016\/03\/31\/why-this-himss-newbie-was-impressed\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_0072.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-03-31T00:35:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-05-31T23:37:36+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/healthcare\/2016\/03\/31\/why-this-himss-newbie-was-impressed\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/healthcare\/2016\/03\/31\/why-this-himss-newbie-was-impressed\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/healthcare\/2016\/03\/31\/why-this-himss-newbie-was-impressed\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_0072.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_0072.jpg\",\"width\":290,\"height\":125},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/healthcare\/2016\/03\/31\/why-this-himss-newbie-was-impressed\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Why this HIMSS newbie was impressed\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Microsoft Industry Blogs\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Microsoft Industry Blogs\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Microsoft-Logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Microsoft-Logo.png\",\"width\":259,\"height\":194,\"caption\":\"Microsoft Industry Blogs\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Why this HIMSS newbie was impressed - Microsoft Industry Blogs","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/healthcare\/2016\/03\/31\/why-this-himss-newbie-was-impressed\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Why this HIMSS newbie was impressed - Microsoft Industry Blogs","og_description":"During my first HIMSS, I saw many ways that health IT is transforming healthcare.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/healthcare\/2016\/03\/31\/why-this-himss-newbie-was-impressed\/","og_site_name":"Microsoft Industry Blogs","article_published_time":"2016-03-31T00:35:03+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-05-31T23:37:36+00:00","og_image":[{"width":290,"height":125,"url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_0072.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Erwin Visser, General Manager, Enterprise & Public Sector Marketing, Microsoft","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Erwin Visser, General Manager, Enterprise & Public Sector Marketing, Microsoft","Est. reading time":"2 min read"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/healthcare\/2016\/03\/31\/why-this-himss-newbie-was-impressed\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/healthcare\/2016\/03\/31\/why-this-himss-newbie-was-impressed\/"},"author":[{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/author\/erwin-visser-general-manager-enterprise-public-sector-marketing-microsoft\/","@type":"Person","@name":"Erwin Visser, General Manager, Enterprise & Public Sector Marketing, Microsoft"}],"headline":"Why this HIMSS newbie was impressed","datePublished":"2016-03-31T00:35:03+00:00","dateModified":"2023-05-31T23:37:36+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/healthcare\/2016\/03\/31\/why-this-himss-newbie-was-impressed\/"},"wordCount":571,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/healthcare\/2016\/03\/31\/why-this-himss-newbie-was-impressed\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_0072.jpg","articleSection":["Healthcare"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/healthcare\/2016\/03\/31\/why-this-himss-newbie-was-impressed\/","url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/healthcare\/2016\/03\/31\/why-this-himss-newbie-was-impressed\/","name":"Why this HIMSS newbie was impressed - Microsoft Industry Blogs","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/healthcare\/2016\/03\/31\/why-this-himss-newbie-was-impressed\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/healthcare\/2016\/03\/31\/why-this-himss-newbie-was-impressed\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_0072.jpg","datePublished":"2016-03-31T00:35:03+00:00","dateModified":"2023-05-31T23:37:36+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/healthcare\/2016\/03\/31\/why-this-himss-newbie-was-impressed\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/healthcare\/2016\/03\/31\/why-this-himss-newbie-was-impressed\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/healthcare\/2016\/03\/31\/why-this-himss-newbie-was-impressed\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_0072.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_0072.jpg","width":290,"height":125},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/healthcare\/2016\/03\/31\/why-this-himss-newbie-was-impressed\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Why this HIMSS newbie was impressed"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/","name":"Microsoft Industry Blogs","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/#organization","name":"Microsoft Industry Blogs","url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Microsoft-Logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Microsoft-Logo.png","width":259,"height":194,"caption":"Microsoft Industry Blogs"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Microsoft Industry Blogs","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1575"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/582"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_tag?post=1575"},{"taxonomy":"content-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-type?post=1575"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=1575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}