LIVE from HIMSS18 - It's the Friday Five!

Follow and join the conversation with #HIMSS18 and #HIMSSanity.

Today concludes HIMSS18 in Las Vegas and it was a week filled with information, innovation, analytics, connection and engagement. HIMSS18 was the largest conference to date and boasts some pretty impressive numbers. This week’s Friday Five takes a look back over the week through a social media lens and provides a snapshot of some stunning stats.

HIMSS18 BY THE NUMBERS

1,355 exhibiting companies – this is the largest exhibition at a HIMSS Global Conference & Exhibition to date!
336 first-time exhibitors
100+ startup companies
415+ thought leadership sessions on the show floor from industry experts
8 specialty pavilions – with topics ranging from cybersecurity to innovation and interoperability to federal health
Innovation live, brought to you in part by Google Cloud
120+ companies – record-breaking number of companies represented
80+ startup companies
50+ companies showcasing Artificial Intelligence product/services/solutions
40+ thought leadership learning opportunities
Developers Innovation Lab – a new, hands-on opportunity
Winners of Medical Innovation Summit and Cleveland Clinic Innovation Summit
Cybersecurity Command Center
75+ companies
8 hands-on challenges to test attendees’ cyber IQ on threat prevention, ransomware, phishing, etc.
70+ thought leadership learning opportunities
7 International country pavilions, showcasing 50+ companies – record-breaking international presence
International Pavilions – Germany (2), Israel (2), Spain, Canada, Philippines,
150+ companies (non-US Centric) will be present at HIMSS18 on the show floor

Wow! #HIMSSanity

#HIMSS18 is trending nationally on Twitter with 43,546 attendees and 7.2 TB of data downloaded at the conference. That is 1.8 million MP3s and 1,800 full-length movies. Talk about big data! 🌊⚡💡#HIMSSanity pic.twitter.com/VVGXiVrVYu

— HIMSS (@HIMSS) March 7, 2018

Top 5 Tweets from HCNR Hosts turned HIMSS Social Media Ambassadors

Matt Fisher – Host of Healthcare de Jure

Technology is about augmenting human potential. Well put by @drnic1. Tech right now more about helping not replacing as it should be. #TransformHIT #HIMSS18 pic.twitter.com/couNvv4P5Y

— Matt Fisher (@Matt_R_Fisher) March 7, 2018

Will #ArtificialIntelligence help solve problems created by #EHR? Interesting question posed by @techguy. #TransformHIT #HIMSS18 pic.twitter.com/fEKpjgeQyR

— Matt Fisher (@Matt_R_Fisher) March 7, 2018

David Harlow JD, MPH – Host of Harlow on Healthcare

Bring #HIMSS18 and some of your loyal SMA’s home with you – listen live and on demand today and every day – #rediscoverradio #podcast #HealthIT #HarlowOnHC #HealthcareOnTheRadio #smartHIT #PopHealthIT #PutData2Work https://t.co/iLVdPObo1n

— David Harlow (@healthblawg) March 7, 2018

#GSD #pinksocks @FogoDataCenters #tweetup w @Matt_R_Fisher @EMRAnswers @billesslinger #HIMSS18 #HITsecurity pic.twitter.com/lHVQiGARbM

— David Harlow (@healthblawg) March 6, 2018

Dr. Nick van Terheyden – Host of The Incrementalist (Coming Soon)

Excellent example of #incremental learning from @lufthansa and Frankfurt Airport where they have red coat 🧥 helpers throughout – applying the same for #Engage4Health in healthcare #HIMSS18 pic.twitter.com/vVZ9ZV8pNq

— Nick van Terheyden (@drnic1) March 5, 2018

Bonus…

#HIMSSTV Highlight: @drnic1 & @healthblawg spar on the trade-off between clinical burden & organizational risk when it comes to #HITsecurity. Your take? Catch more on https://t.co/4psLxcsRda. #HIMSS18 pic.twitter.com/0MtV1wRFo2

— HIMSS (@HIMSS) March 8, 2018

Top 5 Tweets

Keynote speaker and co-author of The New Digital Age and How Google Works’s presentation on Technology for a Healthier Future: Modernization, Machine Learning, and Moonshots.

Really impressed with what the Cloud and AI/ML can do for our collective health! Ten years after I spoke to HIMSS spoke again.https://t.co/jxw3L7gTPC

— Eric Schmidt (@ericschmidt) March 6, 2018

@MedCrypt wins HIMSS18 VentureConnect Pitch Competition

BREAKING: @MedCrypt has been named the #HIMSS18 VentureConnect Pitch Competition winner! 🏆🎉🙌#HITventure @health2con pic.twitter.com/Ylp6qkBkp3

— HIMSS (@HIMSS) March 8, 2018

The@HHSGov pledge to share more data signifies a culture change

HHS seeing ‘culture change’ when it comes to data sharing https://t.co/gHHqeBVixA #HIMSS18 #GovHIT

— MobiHealthNews (@MobiHealthNews) March 8, 2018

@HITAdvisor broadcasts his show #ThisJustIn live with guests @bwilson_mhealth @RasuShrestha @aneeshchopra and many more!

Coming down the home stretch! @HITAdvisor wraps up a great day at #HIMSS18 w/ a few more guests! @bwilson_mhealth @Cloudpost/#ThisJustInRadio Reporter, @jeffrcoughlin @HIMSS, @marxtango @ClevelandClinic, @KBDeSalvo @UTAustin Dell Medical School #HCNowRadio https://t.co/ZyVA2B3EpK pic.twitter.com/04HV7n5z7v

— HealthcareNOWradio (@HCNowRadio) March 7, 2018

Bonus…

Booth #4237 has been popping! This afternoon our @TimothyLMills met with Editor in Chief, @mssoftware of @HITECHAnswers & @HCNowRadio. They got down to the nitty girtty of all things #MACRA, #CHIP, #Medicare & more at #HIMSS18 in Vegas!

— Alpha II – Healthcare RCM (@Alpha_II) March 6, 2018