#MGMA14 Twitter Roundup

I’ve been spending the past couple days at the MGMA Annual conference in Las Vegas. It’s been interesting to talk to many of the leaders in healthcare. There seems to be a lot of confusion and uncertainty in the air. In fact, that seems to be the case at all the healthcare conferences I’m attending lately. While the industry is going through a turbulent period, it’s still been interesting to see the ongoing evolution that’s happening.

The Twitter stream has been a little disappointing to me. I’d like to see more attendees tweeting content. The vendors are extremely active. However, I found a few tweets which highlight a few of the topics being discussed.


I’m always amazed with how many people want their EHR to be connected. If it being connected was so valued by end users, then why hasn’t it happened? There’s still a misalignment of incentives that needs to be solved.


Lots of these ideas floating around. Everyone agrees that the move to some sort of quality based reimbursement is coming. We’re going to see a lot more discussions like the one above. Unfortunately, right now it’s a lot of speculation.


I wasn’t able to make this session, but it certainly brings up some interesting questions. We’ve written a number of times before about the value of a practice with and without an EHR. This certainly seems to call into question whether a practice without EHR is worth saving. This is going to become a really interesting topic as more doctors who’ve never used EHR in their practice decide to retire.

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John Lynn

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John manages Healthcare IT Central, the leading career Health IT job board. He also organizes the first of its kind conference and community focused on healthcare marketing, Healthcare and IT Marketing Conference, and a healthcare IT conference, EXPO.health, focused on practical healthcare IT innovation. John is an advisor to multiple healthcare IT companies. John is highly involved in social media, and in addition to his blogs can be found on Twitter: @techguy.

   

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