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HIMSS 2019: What People Are Saying

HIMSS 2019 is underway in Orlando, Florida, bringing together healthcare professionals from across the world. Social media is lighting up with some of the show’s best displays and we wanted to highlight the best of the best! If you’re at the show, make sure to read up on what you must check out this week…

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HIMSS 2019 is underway in Orlando, Florida, bringing together healthcare professionals from across the world.

Social media is lighting up with some of the show’s best displays and we wanted to highlight the best of the best!

If you’re at the show, make sure to read up on what you must check out this week in our event preview and interview with HIMSS Senior Director of Strategic Communications Karen Groppe!

The engagement started right away. It may not be breaking any barriers in the healthcare world but the opening reception area certainly got people excited:

This is great fun: #OpeningCeremony #reception #HIMMS19 now: “Magical“ Drinks, Networking, Party, Costumes! @HIMSS pic.twitter.com/rN8UDpzWBm
— MirjamBauer (@MirjamBauer) February 11, 2019

The #HIMSS2019 opening reception is underway!
There are some really cool superheroes here🦸. pic.twitter.com/BcjzKX2hxk
— Michael Johnson (@ghiafixer) February 11, 2019

Doors opened yesterday for the beginning of the expo. Attendees were welcomed to this massive show floor:

https://twitter.com/MichelleHostway/status/1095298346380656641

For some, it was too much to walk!

#HIMSS19 is huge. Here’s one way to efficiently get around. Bet he’s headed to Change Healthcare booth 3679. #HIMSS2019 #201901f pic.twitter.com/HgJIydf6T3
— Change Healthcare (@Change_HC) February 11, 2019

In terms of actual substance, there are plenty of sessions digging into the ways the industry is changing:

See how https://t.co/han7WxatBD can help you to convert and prepare medical data for 3D print very fast and easy. Visit us @DellEMCHealth Booth 3159 at #HIMSS19 @Intel @JNJCares #VR #TransformHIT #Aim2Innovate #3Dprint #dicom pic.twitter.com/h4UHo4BKQw
— Medicalholodeck (@medicalholodeck) February 12, 2019

Great session today on how AI can help deliver us smarter patient care. Amazing to see liked minded people from different parts of healthcare with one vision of improving our patients experience. @neilgomes @DICEGRP @TJUHospital #Engage4Health pic.twitter.com/KshPtTWYQL
— Viraj Patwardhan (@Viraj_says) February 11, 2019

Cybersecurity is a mission-critical concern for healthcare IT. @VMware’s own Dan Phoenix is hosting a #HIMSS19 session on “Intrinsic Security for Critical Healthcare Apps”: join us today @ 2:15 pm in Hall A, Booth 400, Cybersecurity Theater A: https://t.co/zdmjUXk5aT #HITSecurity
— Christopher Logan (@logancm77) February 12, 2019

Come ride with @Uber Health today at #HIMSS19 booth #5585. Just look up for our sign! Care begins with getting there and learn how @MedStarHealth and thousands of others are using Uber Health and our solutions already. #HIMSS2019 #SDoH pic.twitter.com/g2GuKs87j1
— Dan Trigub (@datrigub) February 12, 2019

Stay tuned for more coverage of the HIMSS 2019 conference all week and interact with us on social media!

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