Health IT leaders Weigh In On Biggest Moments of 2021: Sarah Richardson & David Bensema

December 29, 2021: What were the biggest moments in healthcare IT in 2021? What do you think will be the biggest movement in 2022? Bill is joined the Advisors to This Week in Health IT, https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahmjrichardson/ (Sarah Richardson) of Tivity Health and David Bensema, MD. We are still in the pandemic. Are we making progress? What was the impact of shutting down non-essential surgeries? What do Big Tech giants Amazon, Walmart and Best Buy have up their sleeve for healthcare? Is healthcare getting better at partnering? And what is the future of telehealth?  Key Points: 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:09:30 - Big Tech realized that healthcare is very hard 00:15:30 - We are developing new muscles in healthcare. How to work with the state better. How to work with entities better. How to get better at partnering. 00:16:30 - I think we've come a full decade in a year and a half, in terms of public health IT capability 00:25:00 - Work to your strengths and make sure you collaborate, delegate and outsource as much as possible when you feel out of your depth