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2018 Predictions from Healthcare Leaders Across the Country

2018 Predictions from Healthcare Leaders Across the Country

December 27, 2017

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There’s a familiar quote that says, “Never make predictions, especially about the future.” But ‘tis the season for doing just that so we asked some of the leading healthcare experts to give us their predictions for the industry in 2018. Their outlook on the coming year cover a wide range of issues including technological innovation, EHRs, cloud services, cybersecurity, healthcare costs, legacy data management and the Internet of Things.

John Halamka, MD, MS, CIO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
I believe most of the news in healthcare in 2018 will revolve around technology. Private sector innovation will be the key driver, not new government regulatory requirements. The real breakthroughs will occur in startups creating products that layer on top of existing EHRs via FHIR APIs.

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