Health IT Trendspotting: What’s on the horizon in 2015?

The past year has been a notable one for health IT, which leads us to believe 2015 can only bring a slew of new achievements. In the spirit of embracing the New Year, HIMSS15 Views From the Top speakers divulged their insights on what we can expect in the coming year and beyond. These individuals are leaders in their healthcare roles with real-world experience from which they glean their predictions. Looking ahead, they see the following trends taking center stage in health technology policy, process and innovation:

1. Patient-to-patient social media collaboration – Mary Beth Mitchell
2. App-driven data liberation – Patrick Conway
3. Traction on ‘care without boundaries’ – Laura J. Wood
4. Customized personal health analytics – Judy Murphy
5. Continuation of tech-enabled patient engagement – Roy Rosin
6. Streamlined patient-to-physician mobile app data – Alan M. Muney

Explore these trends in greater detail: http://ow.ly/H5hqF

Knowing that the healthcare ecosystem is a complex one, what trends would you prioritize? Are these leaders on-point with your professional experiences? What trends are you noticing?

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