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Quite recently, I stumbled upon an article that talked about how pro-basketball, had embraced technology and one of the pioneers of this revolution were the Golden State Warriors of Oakland.  

It is the season of miracles and what better place to look for one than in a hospital, where one moment a man is given the gift of life and another moment a woman gives birth to life. Samuel Johnson’s accolade to the medical profession, “healthcare is the greatest benefit to mankind,” stands true even in this day and age. The kind of life-saving operations in place today is nothing short of a miracle for people from centuries ago, who could not tell a common cold from pneumonia, let alone treat it. The smallpox vaccination scar, a sign of medical sophistication for the twentieth century, could very well be mistaken for a “devil’s mark” by people from the previous centuries.

Most of you have watched Peter Jackson’s epic saga Lord of the Rings. It’s been almost 16 years since the first Lord of the Rings movie was released, bringing J.R.R. Tolkien’s  mesmerizing world of hobbits, elves, dwarves, and orcs to life. I was rewatching it recently and couldn’t help but see parallels to healthcare’s present conundrums.

Looking forward to the year ahead is one thing, but if we are to have a balanced perspective on the changes in health reform, we must also learn from the year gone by. The year 2017 has been a year of uncertainties and opportunities. The election of Donald Trump ushered in a new era for the US healthcare industry, which has spent years adapting to the erstwhile U.S. President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act (ACA). Despite the potential policy changes in Washington D.C., the painstaking and challenging work of shifting to value-based care continues.

With 2017 almost in the rear-view mirror, it is time to look forward to 2018 and how healthcare will evolve in this year. The last year has been an eventful one for healthcare, from the uproar in healthcare regulations to potential mega-mergers. Needless to say, it’s a time of transition, and healthcare is in a very fluid state- evolving and expanding. There are certainly going to be new ways to keep healthcare providers and health IT pros stay engaged and excited, and here are our top 10 picks:

Internet of Things or IoT has made quite a name in the healthcare industry and there are endless opportunities for its application in the same. In an earlier blog, “Internet of Things: The Digital Future of Value-based Care”, we discussed the significance of IoT in making the care delivery process more efficient and automated.