The document summarizes the winners of the Twelfth Annual HISsies Awards which honors the best and worst of healthcare IT as voted by readers. Some of the categories and winners mentioned are:
- Smartest Vendor Action Taken in 2018: Cerner convinces the VA to choose its system without issuing an RFP.
- Stupidest Vendor Action Taken in 2018: Athenahealth hires Jeff Immelt, fires Jonathan Bush, and prematurely enters the inpatient market.
- Best Healthcare IT Vendor or Consulting Firm in 2018: Epic.
- Worst Healthcare IT Vendor or Consulting Firm in 2018: Allscripts.
- HIS Industry Figure of the
2. Smartest Vendor Action Taken
GE and McKesson exit health IT
Apple connects to EHRs
Athenahealth fires Jonathan Bush and sells itself
Allscripts acquires Practice Fusion
Livongo hires former Cerner President Zane
Burke as CEO
4. Smartest Vendor Action Taken
GE and McKesson exit health IT
2018 Winner: Cerner convinces the VA to choose its system
without issuing an RFP
2017 Winner: McKesson plans its exit from healthcare IT
5. Stupidest Vendor Action Taken
Allscripts announces Avenel EHR at HIMSS, then goes
silent about it
Veritas Capital combines Athenahealth with GE
Healthcare
Athenahealth hires Jeff Immelt, fires Jonathan Bush,
and prematurely enters the inpatient market
IBM Watson Health lays off employees
7. Stupidest Vendor Action Taken
Athenahealth hires Jeff
Immelt, fires Jonathan Bush,
and prematurely enters the
inpatient market
2018 Winner: EClinicalWorks falsifies EMR certification data
2017 Winner: Everything done by Theranos
8. Best Healthcare IT Vendor or
Consulting Firm
Cerner
Divurgent
Epic
Nordic
29. When ______ Talks,
People Listen
Judy Faulkner, Epic
Grahame Grieve, Health Intersections Pty.
John Halamka, BIDMC
Ed Marx, Cleveland Clinic
Micky Tripathi, MA EHealth Collaborative
Bob Wachter, UCSF
31. When ______ Talks,
People Listen
John Halamka, BIDMC
2018 Winner: John Halamka, BIDMC
2017 Winner: John Halamka, BIDMC
32. Most Effective Healthcare IT
Provider Executive
Bobbie Byrne, Advocate Aurora
Darren Dworkin, Cedars-Sinai
Steve Hess, UCHealth
Ed Marx, Cleveland Clinic
37. Most Effective Medical / Clinical
Informatics Professional
2018 Winner: John Halamka, BIDMC
2017 Winner: John Halamka, BIDMC
John Halamka, BIDMC
38. HIS Industry Figure with Whom You’d
Most Like to Have a Few Beers
Zane Burke, Livongo
Jonathan Bush, formerly of Athenahealth
Carl Dvorak, Epic
Judy Faulkner, Epic
40. HIS Industry Figure with Whom You’d
Most Like to Have a Few Beers
2018 Winner: Jonathan Bush, Athenahealth
2017 Winner: Jonathan Bush, Athenahealth
Jonathan Bush, formerly of Athenahealth
41. HIS Industry Figure in Whose Face You’d
Most Like to Throw a Pie
Jonathan Bush, formerly of Athenahealth
Aneesh Chopra, CareJourney
Judy Faulkner, Epic
Atul Gawande, Brigham & Women’s
Patrick Soon-Shiong, NantHealth
Hal Wolf, HIMSS
43. HIS Industry Figure in Whose Face You’d
Most Like to Throw a Pie
Patrick Soon-Shiong, NantHealth
2018 Winner: Patrick Soon-Shiong, NantHealth
2017 Winner: Elizabeth Holmes, Theranos
44. HIStalk Healthcare IT
Industry Figure of the Year
Jonathan Bush, formerly of Athenahealth
Atul Gawande, Brigham & Women’s
Steve Posnack, ONC
Hal Wolf, HIMSS
46. HIStalk Healthcare IT
Industry Figure of the Year
208 Winner: Neal Patterson, Cerner
2017 Winner: Andy Slavitt, CMS
Atul Gawande, Brigham & Women’s
47. HIStalk Healthcare IT
Lifetime Achievement Award
Amy Abernethy, Flatiron Health/FDA
Terry Ragon, InterSystems
David Shulkin, formerly of the VA
Carla Smith, formerly of HIMSS
Eric Topol, Scripps Research