'The Best' Places to See and Things to Eat and Do in Las Vegas

Here’s a list of some of “The Best” places for eating, drinking, entertainment, sightseeing and adventures in Las Vegas. If you’re attending the 2016 HIMSS Conference this year, you’ll want to check out these lists.

Tip: Bookmark this page as I will be adding to it as I find more of “The Best Things in Las Vegas"

Eating & Drinking

The 15 Most Epic Breakfasts in Vegas

The Best Coffee Shops and Cafés in Las Vegas

The 30 Best Things to Eat In Las Vegas for $10 (Or Less)

10 Things You Don’t Know About Las Vegas Buffets

The 30 Best Happy Hours in Las Vegas

The 10 Best Secret Bars & Speakeasies in Las Vegas

The Definitive Guide to Sin City’s Best Outdoor Drinking Spots

Entertainment, Sight-Seeing & Adventures

The 13 Most Amazing Shows in Las Vegas Right Now

The 21 Most Instagrammed Places in Las Vegas

12 Secret Things in Vegas You Didn’t Know Existed

7 Hidden Vegas Gems You'd Never Think to Hit... Until Now

15 Things to Do in Las Vegas... For Free

11 Secret Spots in Las Vegas

What Else?

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Almost 30 Tips for Attending the 2016 HIMSS Conference (Or Any Conference)

Sometimes the comments on a blog post have information that is just as good – or even better – than the post itself. This blog post titled “12 Ways to Get the Most Out of Attending a Conference” is a perfect example of where reader comments were every bit as insightful as the post itself. I’ve pulled out ideas and tips for attending conferences from that post and am sharing them here for your conference-going pleasure. Thanks to all the commenters who supplied these ideas.

Pre-planning & Travel

1. Consider investing in a nice looking backpack or messenger bag. You’ll need it for chargers, snacks, water bottles, jackets, etc. And all those conference materials and vendor handouts.

2. Wear comfortable shoes and dress in comfortable, nice-looking clothes!!

In the words of Thurstson Howell III’s wife Lovey, one never knows whom one might meet. And you never know what could come from that meeting.

3. Plan ahead for quick trips to charge your phone/device charge and get a snack.

4. And don’t forget the freebies. Only pack your bag half fill with clothes to make room for them. And be choosy about what you take. If there’ something really good, take as many as they’ll let you get away with.

5. Don’t be fooled by maps. Get clear directions to where you are going. Orlando isn’t Vegas but it’s not Mayberry either.

6. Bring a sweater or jacket to every session. So many of those big conference rooms are FREEZING. Recommend layers. You can take one off and put it in that backpack or messenger bag mentioned above.

7. Maximize your conference: pick up new skills, learn about trends in your field, and make networking contacts

8. Set aside a “vendor block”. HIMSS conference have LOTS ofvendors which means lots to discover as well as specific vendors you'll want to see. Pick a 2+ hour block out of your schedule to do nothing but walk the vendor hall. And make sure you have some downtime after that block too. This is easier than trying to sneak in vendor visits between sessions.

Conference Sessions

1. Go to a session that has a subject you know little or nothing about; you just might learn something and find a new passion.

2. Pick out alternative sessions to attend if your first one does not work out, and your route to get there quickly. Sometimes the room is full. Sometimes presenters don’t show. Sometimes the session just plain sucks and is nothing like the description.

3. Don’t be afraid to leave a bad session. If it is clear that a session is not what you thought it would be, leave. Go to one of your second choice sessions and do not spend 30-60 minutes sitting in an unproductive session.

4. When you are in an awesome session, tweet about it. People stuck in bad sessions will see your tweet and can move to your room to see a great speaker they would have otherwise missed.

5. Don’t tweet about how bad a session is; but if the speaker doesn’t show or something similarly disastrous happens, alert others to that so they do not waste their time walking down there.

6. Consider occasionally splitting your sessions. If the first speaker of one session is interesting, and the third speaker of another, get up and go to the other session. Make sure you sit at the back of the room so you can leave unobtrusively between sessions. Do not do this all the time, because you want to end the session in a room with people you want to talk with.

Networking at Conferences

1. Talk to the celebrities of your profession. Those hot shot people who do keynotes, lightning talks, etc? They are normal people too. And most of them are very excited about what they do and want to share with others, so they can give you some great conference advice.

2. Be nice and introduce them to other folks you know.

3. Don’t be afraid to approach strangers.

4. Look for semi-professional social gatherings like user group meetings, meetups, sub-discipline meetings, etc. There are many unofficial and official tweetups in various public areas and restaurants near the conference and they're a good way to force yourself out of room service and into meeting more people

5. Make time to socialize outside your pack. If there’s a luncheon, let them know you are going to sit with others to spread your wonderfulness.

6. Want an easy excuse to talk to industry celebrities? Do a photo safari. Set a goal to collect as many pictures as you can of yourself with those industry celebrities. Feel free to even tell them that you are doing a photo safari, it makes a good ice-breaker. It will also help you plan out how to meet these people.

Using Twitter at a Conference Session

1. Use Twitter socially. You can find out about networking opportunities and where people are going for dinner or early evening drinks. This is especially a great tool for the introverted, as you can gather good information and focus your social time to be as effective as possible before you start to tire out.

2. Tweet. If you don’t use twitter, start learning, because a conference is one of the most useful professional situations for twitter.

3. Follow the conference back channel on Twitter where you can found out about neat things on and off the agenda. Sometimes there is a Tweet Up before the conference, a gathering where people can put faces to handles for conference twitter users.

Warning…Warning!

1. Don’t make non-work plans for the evenings.

2. A late night in the bar will trash you for the whole of the following day.

3. Think twice about going to the hotel bar after 9pm to talk further with conference people. This is generally when the hooking-up-at-conferences stuff starts getting kicked off

4. Don’t use a professional event as your opportunity for social justice warrioring or politicking or proselytizing.

Ending Each Day

1. End each working day by reviewing your notes, the panels you attended, the people you talked to, etc and jotting down action items or ideas to bring back to the office.


2. Doing so at the end of the day nets better results than doing it at the end of the conference. Once you’re back in the office, it’s too late — the pressing matters of the delayed work waiting for you will be overwhelming.

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Tips for Sharing Content at the 2016 HIMSS Conference

Here are some ideas and tips about making the information you share on Twitter more easily identified, consumed and shared with others.

Share Well – It’s Going to Be Around Forever

1. “Understand what you share because you can’t pull it back”

It’s ok to call out the value of what you share, add an opinion and/or point out possible contradictions – don’t be shy! Just remember that what you post on Twitter does not go away - even if you delete it.

2. Integrate hashtags into your tweet – if it makes sense
By integrating hashtag(s) into your tweet sentence on a contextualized basis, it may read better and you will also save space; therefore you can include more info.

Ex "2016 HIMSS Value of Health IT Survey: 6 Trends to Know" http://ow.ly/WXAXe

could be...

"2016 HIMSS Value of #HealthIT Survey: 6 #Trends to Know" http://ow.ly/WXAXe

Tidy Up Your Tweet Before You Share It

3. Cover your tracks!

You may want to remove tracking tags and keys from the URL’s you share – especially if any personal information like your email address is embedded in the URL.

For instance, instead of this:

http://www.business2community.com/strategy/6-clever-nudges-build-culture-experimentation-01421096?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+B2CMarketingInsider+%28Business+2+Community%29#7yzvCYuX4TILO0Jz.97

Use this:

http://www.business2community.com/strategy/6-clever-nudges-build-culture-experimentation-01421096

4. Leave room for others to RT and share your information

Keep your tweets to about 110-120 characters so it can be RT’d by others without them having to edit your tweet. Be concise. Remove unnecessary words like “the” “a” “is” “are” – and use a link shortener; which is typically built in to most tools nowadays

5. Validate links before posting them

At a bare minimum, click on links you intend to share and make sure they lead to something – even if it’s not the content you think it is! There’s nothing worse than a “404 – Page Not Found” error! :)

Point People in the Right Direction

6. If a link leads to a site that controls access to the content, inform user of the need to login to access the content. 

Add “[Login Reqd]” to the Tweet.

7. Identify special digital media formats at the end of the tweet

– Is it video? A huge document? A Podcast? Consider calling it out by adding [Video] or [Large File] etc.

8. When sharing a large media source, point to specific locations within the document, video, or podcast that you want to call out.

Ex. “See pg 18-22” or “See 3rd paragraph” or “Starts at 1:35”

Tag It!

9. Use hashtag(s) to help categorize your content and make it easy to find.

Hashtags are also used by certain web services to summarize and index tweets – making your content more likely to be read. But don’t use too many hashtags!

Example: "#Free #today #icd10 #testing #tips for #payers and #providers”

10. Don’t use punctuation or special characters within a hashtag.

Using “#ICD-10” results in a hashtag of “#ICD”

11. You can use a question mark or exclamation point as the last character in a Tweet as it will be ignored. The following are all acceptable:

“#ICD10?” results in a hashtag of “#ICD10”

“#healthit’s a great space to work in” results in a hashtag of “#healthit”

“I love #HIMSS16!” results in a hashtag of “#HIMSS16”

By incorporating some or all of the above tips and approaches into your Twitter shares, you’ll make it easy on your readers and improve the value of the information shared. For more information on healthcare technology and conferences, consider following @HITConfGuy. You may also want to follow @ShimCode for information on healthcare data, technology and services.

Presentations & Handouts from Various HIMSS Educational Sessions

Here are some presentations from the various education and other sessions held at HIMSS this week in Chicago. the "topic" is my quick assessment of what the presentation covered.

Here are official slides w/ way more metadata: http://www.himssconference.org/handouts 

Wish I'd have had access to these before today. Last year I recall that HIMSS didn't make the slides available until after the conference.

Apologies on the formatting. BlogSpot is brutal. Moving to WordPress after the HIMSS Conference

Session	Topic	Title	URL
PHY6	ACO/PCMH	The Pressures and the Politics of Participating in an Integrated Clinical Network	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/PHY6.pdf
CBA1	ACO/PCMH	Extracting Value Patient Centered Medical Home	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/cba1.pdf
147	Analytics	Data Analytics in the Military Healthcare System Reorganization	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/147.pdf
150	Analytics	Dartmouth Experience: Proudly Accepting PGHD	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/150.pdf
205	Analytics	Analyze, Measure, Customize: Get Right Clinical Alerts Now	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/205.pdf
211	Analytics	Making Structured Reporting Happen in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/211.pdf
218	Analytics	Using Large Data to Drive Physician Clinical Adoption	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/218.pdf
300	Analytics	BI/Analytics and Stage 7: How Can It Be We’re Just Getting Started?	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/300.pdf
306	Analytics	Better Care with Big Data	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/306.pdf
PHY4	Analytics	Turning Data into Information: The Power of Clinical and Business Intelligence	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/phy4.pdf
NI4	Analytics	A New Data Point for Nursing: PGHD	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/NI4.pdf
115	CareCoord	“Managing Patient Information during a Mass Casualty Incident”	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/105.pdf
112	CareCoord	Transforming Traditional Care Management Engagement Models	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/112.pdf
113	CareCoord	EHR-Enabled Chronic Care Management: A Davies Story	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/113.pdf
119	CareCoord	Coordinating Care to Improve Care & Reduce Costs	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/119.pdf
157	CareCoord	Bridging the IT Functionality Divide in Care Coordination	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/157.pdf
166	CareCoord	Safety Nets Improve Care Coordination with HIE	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/166.pdf
168	CareCoord	Are We Being Accountable to Our Kids?	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/168.pdf
182	CareCoord	Using RTLS to Enhance Patient Flow & Care Team Coordination	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/182.pdf
221	CareCoord	Fuel Outpatient Revenue Growth with Better Provider Care Coordination Strategies	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/221.pdf
116	CareCoord	CMS Quality Reporting Upgrade	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/116.pdf
HIE3	CareCoord	Evolving Solutions to Transitions in Care	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/hie3.pdf
109	Clinical	A Multidisciplinary Approach to Combating Sepsis	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/109.pdf
114	Clinical	Technology Key to Improving Efficiciency and Containing MERS	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/114.pdf
115	Clinical	Managing Patient Information during a Mass Casualty Incident	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/115.pdf
PSNI12	Clinical	IVIG – Ohh, Now I See	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/psni12.pdf
PSP6	Clinical	Evaluation of the Accuracy and Consistency of the Patient Problem Lists in Clinical Documents	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/PSP6.pdf
188	Clinical	Using Genomic Data to Make a Difference in Clinical Care	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/188.pdf
197	Clinical	Business Intelligence for Sepsis & Heart Failure Readmissions	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/197.pdf
163	Collaboration	Improving Clinical Communications and Workflow via Smartphones	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/163.pdf
176	Collaboration	Improving Health Care Delivery Through Collaboration with Lean Tools	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/176.pdf
192	Collaboration	Crowdsourcing Consumer Access to Healthcare	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/192.pdf
302	Collaboration	DIRECT Patient Information Exchange Outcomes	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/302.pdf
307	Collaboration	Using Technology to Engage the Community Around Acute-Care Settings and Improve Patient Outcomes	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/307.pdf
PSNI11	Collaboration	Interprofessional Collaboration: Nurses in IT and IT Professionals	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/psni11.pdf
PSNI23	Collaboration	Meaningful IS Relationships	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/psni23.pdf
NI3	Collaboration	Improving Clinical Communications & Workflow	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/ni3.pdf
27	Digital Health	Harnessing the Science of Behavior Change in Digital Health	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/27.pdf
305	Digital Health	Healthy Living, Connected Devices, & Wearables	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/305.pdf
PSP7	Digital Health	Protecting Access and Preventing Violence in the Emergency Department	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/PSP7.pdf
400	Digital Health	The Convergence of mHealth: A Consumer and Clinical Perspective	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/mh1.pdf
MH2	Digital Health	Establishing Connections – Infrastructure Enabling mHealth	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/mh2.pdf
MH4	Digital Health	Establishing ROI and Forming Partnerships: Growing mHealth Collectively	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/mh4.pdf
MH5	Digital Health	The mHealth Policy Conundrum: Keeping Pace with Technology	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/mh5.pdf
128	EHR	Extending the EHR Platform with Open Apps and Services	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/128.pdf
183	EHR	Riding the Wave of EHRs for Nutrition Practice	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/183.pdf
199	EHR	Measuring Redundancy in EHR Data and Workflow	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/199.pdf
PSNI20	EHR	Improving Shift Reporting: Getting the electronic workflow into shift reporting.	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/psni20.pdf
PSP3	EHR	Rising Computerized Provider Order Entry Rates Predict Shortened Length of Stay	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/PSP3.pdf
INV4	EHR	Answering Clinicians’ Questions within the EHR with Infobuttons	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/INV5.pdf
INV1	Financing	Failure with a Capital “F” May Just Mean “Finally”	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/INV1.pdf
121	Governance	Data Governance:  Measure Twice, Cut Once	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/121.pdf
125	Governance	AHIMA: Leading the Adoption of Information Governance in Healthcare	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/125.pdf
ITPM2	Governance	IT Governance: Stopping the “Yes Machine”	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/ITPM4.pdf
100	HIE	Using HIE to Improve Care for Military Personnel	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/100.pdf
209	HIE	A Hybrid Model HIE: Path to Sustainability	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/209.pdf
HIE2	HIE	California Integrated Data Exchange	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/hie2.pdf
HIE4	HIE	Consumer Access and Health Information Exchange	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/hie4.pdf
107	HIPAA/Security	Preparing for a New Level of HIPAA Enforcement	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/107.pdf
137	HIPAA/Security	What does “HIPAA Compliant” mean?	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/137.pdf
148	HIPAA/Security	OIG Security Audits of EHR Incentive Program Participants	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/148.pdf
HS04	ICD-10	Successful ICD-10 Implementation from a Provider Perspective	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/hs04.pdf
130	Innovation	From CMIO to CHIO: Information, Integration and Innovation	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/130.pdf
143	Innovation	Shaping a Culture of Innovation from Idea to Execution	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/143.pdf
145	Innovation	Fostering Innovation Through Federally Funded Programs: Assessing the Strategic Health IT Advanced Research Projects (SHARP)	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/145.pdf
402	Innovation	Great Idea! Now Make it Real	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/INV2.pdf
INV2	Innovation	The Innovator’s Checklist	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/INV3.pdf
INV3	Innovation	Innovations (and Meta-Innovations) that Solve Clinical Problems	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/inv4.pdf
HIE1	Interoperability	Connecting Health and Care for the Nation: A Shared Nationwide Interoperability Roadmap – DRAFT Version 1.0	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/hie1.pdf
HIE5	Interoperability	Network of Networks: Approaches to Interoperability from Coast to Coast	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/hie5.pdf
PJY7	Interoperability	Achieving Clinical Transformation with an Interoperable Health IT Infrastructure	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/PHY7.pdf
175	Management	How the CIO and IT Provide Value to the C-Suite/Boardroom	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/175.pdf
HIE6	Medicaid	Medicaid Moving Forward: Systems Priorities for 2015 and Business Case for Integration at All Levels	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/hie6.pdf
160	MU	CMS Meaningful Use Stage 3 and ONC 2015 Edition Certification Criteria Changes	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/160.pdf
220	MU	MU2 Transitions of Care with "Best-of-Breed" Approach	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/220.pdf
PSNI15	Pat Engage	Patient Story: Designed for Telling	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/psni15.pdf
135	PatEngage	Empowering Patients Enabled through Personal Health IT – Secrets in the Health Engagement Sauce	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/135.pdf
165	PatEngage	Three Perspectives of Patient Engagement: A National Study	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/165.pdf
194	PatEngage	The Educated Patient - Opting in on Patient Engagement	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/194.pdf
310	PatEngage	Beyond Patient Engagement: The Road to Patient Empowerment	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/310.pdf
77	PatEngage	HIT Alone Isn’t Enough: Humanizing Patient Engagement	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/77.pdf
CBA5	PatEngage	Patient / Consumer Engagement - Key to Successful Population Health Management	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/cba5.pdf
MH2	PatEngage	Active Patient Engagement: mhealth as a Tool for Interaction	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/mh3.pdf
PE2	PatEngage	Access to Data - Patient Portals, Blue Button, Open Notes	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/pe2.pdf
216	Patient Safety	Innovative RTLS Integration for Process Improvement & Patient Safety	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/216.pdf
15	Payers-Providers	Payers and Providers Build an HIE: A Major Metro Region Experiment	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/15.pdf
CPM5	Payers-Providers	Technologies Needed to Support the Payer, Provider and Patient Associated with New Care and Payment Models	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/cpm5.pdf
CPM6	Payers-Providers	Navigating Disruptive Change in the New Provider-Payer Environment	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/cpm6.pdf
127	PopHealth	Applying Analytics to Population Health Management	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/127.pdf
180	PopHealth	Bad Data’s Effect on Population Health Performance	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/180.pdf
185	PopHealth	Population Health Success at the North Carolina State Health Plan	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/185.pdf
#N/A	PopHealth	Population Health Management: Using Geomapping to Enable Data-Driven Decisions	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/PHY2_1428844781824_1.pdf
CBA2	PopHealth	Population Health Management Defined	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/cba2.pdf
CBA3	PopHealth	Population Health Presents Unique C&BI Challenges	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/cba3.pdf
CBA4	PopHealth	Analytics for Population Health Management	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/cba4.pdf
CBA6	PopHealth	Clinical Integration & Population Health Including Predictive and Prescriptive Analytics and Decisioning Systems: A GLIMPSE at the FUTURE	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/cba6.pdf
CPM4	PopHealth	Greater Rochester Independent Practice Association… Leading the way in Population Health	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/CPM4.pdf
QU2	PopHealth	Chronic Care Management & Population Health	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/QU2.pdf
120	Portals	Engaging Patients Online in Rural Wisconsin - A 10 Year Journey	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/120.pdf
403	Portals	Implementing a Patient Portal at the FMC	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/psp8.pdf
PSP4	Portals	INFORMATION RETRIEVAL FOR PROVIDERS	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/PSP4.pdf
PE3	Portals	Of Portals and Patient Centered Interoperability	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/pe3.pdf
PE4	Portals	Provider Perspective on Patient Adoption of Portals, Secure Messaging	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/PE4.pdf
108	Process	Transforming Process Improvement through RTLS Data April 14, 2015	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/108.pdf
133	Process	Beyond Implementation: Achieving Value After EHR Implementation	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/133.pdf
155	Process	CAVEAT EMPTOR: Decision Making on Clinical Technology Acquisitions	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/155.pdf
203	Process	Application Retirement Planning: Compliance, Cost & Access	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/203.pdf
106	Quality	Quality Monitoring Utilizing Natural Language Processing	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/106.pdf
129	Quality	The Joint Commission's Performance Measurement Journey	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/129.pdf
131	Quality	CMS Future Directions in Quality Measurement	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/131.pdf
193	Quality	UDI and Health IT: Key to Unlocking Medical Device Quality and Costs	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/193.pdf
210	Quality	The Future of Administrative and Electronic Quality Measures	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/210.pdf
PSNI18	Quality	Real Time Quality Initiatives Dashboard Within the Electronic Medical Record	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/psni18.pdf
PSNI19	Quality	Quality In/Quality Out: The Nursing Role in Medication History	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/psni19.pdf
QU3	Quality	Core Measures: Pursuing Perfect	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/QU3.pdf
QU4	Quality	eCQM Implementation: A Provider’s Perspective	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/QU4.pdf
QU5	Quality	Tools for Aligning Quality Improvement and Quality Measurement	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/QU5.pdf
104	Reimbursement	The New Revenue Cycle Imperative	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/104.pdf
47	Reimbursement	Leveraging Clinical Data for Risk Adjusting Bundled Payments	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/47.pdf
401	Reimbursement	National Perspective on Evolving and Emerging Healthcare Delivery and Payment Models	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/CPM1.pdf
CPM2	Reimbursement	Achieving Changes in Care Delivery through Incentive Payment Models	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/cpm2.pdf
215	Research	Trust in Regional Exchange Supports Patient-Centered Research	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/215.pdf
139	SocialMedia	Social Service Integration Strategy for Medicare Patients	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/139.pdf
301	SocialMedia	Converting Unknown Consumers into Patients Using Social Media	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/301.pdf
172	Technology	Developing an Enterprise Imaging Strategy with VNA	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/172.pdf
219	Technology	Passive Optical LAN A Revolution in IT Infrastructure	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/219.pdf
222	Technology	Using a Regional EMPI to Optimize Data and Reduce Readmissions	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/222.pdf
PSNI17	Technology	Practical Uses and Considerations for Smartphones in Home Health Care	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/psni17.pdf
INV5	Technology	Boosting IT Capacity Without Adding Cost: Using Modern Process Improvement Methods in IT Departments of Health Care Organizations	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/itpm2.pdf
118	Telehealth	Developing a Game-Changing TeleHealth Strategy for Success	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/118.pdf
204	Telehealth	Advancing Telemedicine through an Adoption Model	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/204.pdf
303	Telehealth	Mobility and Remote Patient Monitoring: No More Secrets	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/303.pdf
304	Telehealth	Reducing the Cost of Healthcare Delivery via Virtual Care	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/304.pdf
111	Workforce	Bye, Bye Boomers	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/111.pdf
126	WorkForce	IT Internships and the ROI and Recruitment that Drives Them	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/126.pdf
132	WorkForce	PEO DHMS Overview	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/132.pdf
140	WorkForce	Competencies in the Schoolhouse	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/140.pdf
161	WorkForce	Building the Workforce for Today and Tomorrow	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/161.pdf
169	WorkForce	The HI Workforce for Tomorrow’s HIT Work – An HR Outlook to 2019	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/169.pdf
PSNI13	WorkForce	Nursing Informatics Competencies for Nurse Leaders/Managers: A Delphi Study	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/psni13.pdf
PSNI14	WorkForce	Nursing Informatics-Led Optimization Program	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/psni14.pdf
PSNI21	WorkForce	Encouraging Information Technology Expertise Among Hospital Nursing Staff Development Educators	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/psni21.pdf
PHY1	Workforce	Diverse Roles of Physicians in Health IT	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/PHY1.pdf
309		Understanding the “I” in TIGER	http://files.himss.org/2015Conference/handouts/309.pdf