Substack November 8, 2024
Health IT’s High Hopes, Hype, and a Touch of “Maverick”
Every health IT conference seems to follow a familiar pattern—hope, hype, and a dose of over-the-top optimism. CHIME 2024 Fall Forum was no exception. There wasn’t the ocean of vendor booths hawking technology that looked like something from a sci-fi script, but there were plenty of conversations that contained a lot of hype. But there were as many that were real-world solutions to real-world issues.
An example is the work being done to tackle the opioid epidemic, a mission I’m particularly close to through my role with the Opioid Task Force. You may wonder why a health IT organization is addressing such a human crisis. But as both an...