Health IT Trends

The 21st Century Cures Act and Health IT: A Birds’ Eye View

By Tony Schueth The 21st Century Cures Act is now the law of the land. As you’ve probably heard by now, this bipartisan, $6.3 billion piece of legislation is intended …

A Practical Approach to Implementing a Population Health Management Program

By Michael Solomon Whenever I engage in discussion with health care executives or clinicians about strategies and programs for population health management (PHM), we have to step back and invest …

5 Ways the Trump Presidency May Impact ONC

In a post on November 14, we laid out our view of the implications of an unexpected Trump victory on healthcare, in general, and health information technology (health IT), specifically …

Reading the Tea Leaves: What Lies Ahead for Health IT in the Trump Administration?

By Tony Schueth, CEO The voters have spoken and there will be a new administration in roughly two months. What does this mean for health information technology (health IT)? Point-of-Care …

Top 10 Trends at HIMSS16

By Tony Schueth Didn’t make it to HIMSS16 in Vegas? If you did go but couldn’t make it to all the sessions or exhibits, the Point-of-Care Partners team has saved …

There’s No Stopping I-STOP

By Tony Schueth As the Point-of-Care Partners (POCP) team travels the country for conferences and client engagements, we often get asked about New York’s I-STOP (Internet System for Tracking Over-Prescribing …

Top Ten Health IT Trends for 2016

By Tony Schueth, Editor-in-Chief If 2015 was any indicator, 2016 will continue to be a year of innovation and change in health care and health information technology (health IT). Here …