The Eighth Annual HISsies Awards

Honoring the best (and the worst) of healthcare IT, as nominated and voted by

the readers of HIStalk

Smartest Vendor Action Taken

Cerner buys Siemens Healthcare

Health Catalyst partners with Allina

Nordic expands its consulting scope

Epic and IBM join for DoD EHR bid

The Winner ...

Smartest Vendor Action Taken

Epic and IBM join for DoD EHR bid

2014 Winner: Allscripts replaces its executive team2013 Winner: Allscripts replaces its executive team

Stupidest Vendor Action Taken

Cerner buys Siemens Healthcare

Allscripts cuts ties with Medfusion’s portal

McKesson asks Horizon customers to move to Paragon

Epic tries to expand its non-compete clause

The Winner ...

Stupidest Vendor Action Taken

Epic tries to expand its non-compete clause

2014 Winner: Vendors form CommonWell and leave Epic out2013 Winner: Allscripts sues NYCHHC/Epic after losing the deal

Worst Healthcare IT Vendor or Consulting Firm

GE Healthcare

McKesson

Epic

Allscripts

The Winner ...

Worst Healthcare IT Vendor or Consulting Firm

GE Healthcare

2014 Winner: GE Healthcare2013 Winner: Allscripts

Best Provider User of Healthcare IT

Kaiser Permanente

Cedars-Sinai

Texas Health Resources

ThedaCare

The Winner ...

Best Provider User of Healthcare IT

Kaiser Permanente

2014 Winner: Kaiser Permanente2013 Winner: Kaiser Permanente

Most Promising Technology Development

Wearables

API-based interoperability

FHIR

Analytics

The Winner ...

Most Promising Technology Development

API-based interoperability

2014 Winner: Population health management2013 Winner: Analytics

Most OverratedTechnology

Analytics

Google Glass

Wearables

HIE

Biometrics-based security

The Winner ...

Most OverratedTechnology

Google Glass

2014 Winner: Google Glass2013 Winner: Cloud

Most Overused Buzzword

Patient engagement

Analytics/Big Data

Optimization

Patient-centered

The Winner ...

Most Overused Buzzword

Analytics/Big Data

2014 Winner: Big Data2013 Winner: Cloud

When ______ Talks, People Listen

Judy Faulkner, Epic

Karen DeSalvo, HHS

John Halamka, BIDMC

Darren Dworkin, Cedars-Sinai

The Winner ...

When ______ Talks, People Listen

John Halamka, BIDMC

2014 Winner: Farzad Mostashari, Brookings Institution2013 Winner: Farzad Mostashari, ONC

Most Effective Healthcare IT Provider Executive

Bert Reese, Sentara

Darren Dworkin, Cedars-Sinai

Sue Schade, University of Michigan

John Halamka, BIDMC

The Winner ...

Most Effective Healthcare IT Provider Executive

John Halamka, BIDMC

2014 Winner: Ed Marx, Texas Health Resources2013 Winner: Ed Marx, Texas Health Resources

Most Effective Medical / Clinical Informatics Professional

Robert Murphy, Memorial Hermann

William Hersh, OHSU

Chris Longhurst, Stanford

Susan Newbold, Nursing Informatics Boot Camp

Alan Weiss, Memorial Hermann

The Winner ...

Most Effective Medical / Clinical Informatics Professional

Chris Longhurst, Stanford

2014 Winner: Paul Tang, Palo Alto Medical Foundation2013 Winner: Ferdinand Velasco, Texas Health Resources

HIStalk Healthcare ITLifetime Achievement Award

Ivo Nelson, Next Wave Health

William Spooner, Sharp HealthCare (retired)

Neil Pappalardo, Meditech

Sheldon Dorenfest, Dorenfest and Associates

The Winner ...

HIStalk Healthcare ITLifetime Achievement Award

Neil Pappalardo, Meditech

2014 Winner: Carl Dvorak, Epic2013 Winner: George Halvorson, Kaiser Permanente

HIStalk Healthcare ITIndustry Figure of the Year

Susan DeVore, Premier

Karen DeSalvo, HHS

Neal Patterson, Cerner

The Winner ...

HIStalk Healthcare ITIndustry Figure of the Year

Karen DeSalvo, HHS

2014 Winner: Farzad Mostashari, Brookings Institution2013 Winner: Judy Faulkner, Epic

And Now For Something Completely

Different, Our First-EverBi-Directional Awards

Presentation

Best Leader of a Healthcare IT Vendor or Consulting Firm

Judy Faulkner, Epic

Best Healthcare IT Vendor or Consulting Firm

Epic

Industry Figure With Whom You’d Most Like to Have a Few Beers

Jonathan Bush, Athenahealth

Industry Figure In Whose Face You’d Most Like to Throw a Pie

Jonathan Bush, Athenahealth

HISsies 2016Monday, February 29, 2016

Las Vegas, NV