HIMSS20 & Other Conferences Go Virtual - Insight & Information

The historic cancellation of the 2020 HIMSS Conference & Exhibition has impacted the way healthcare leaders and change-makers obtain information, exchange ideas, and network with others. In the last two weeks, many conferences have canceled or are canceling their physical events and are ‘going virtual’ to salvage the content and speakers they had lined up for their events. Other conference organizers are scrambling to figure out how to support their attendees and exhibitors going forward. Indeed, the conference and media industry – healthcare or otherwise – are mapping and paying the digital freight to help ensure their future.

Here’s some information on the virtual events and content the HealthCare Executive Group, our sponsors, partners, and associates are sharing to make the best of the cancellations of major healthcare conferences like the 2020 HIMSS Conference & Exhibition. And a bit of history on how HCEG provides a year-round approach to supporting the information and networking needs of healthcare executives and change-makers.

HIMSS 20 Cancellation – Collaborating Virtually

Almost immediately after HIMSS Leadership announced the cancellation of the 2020 HIMSS Conference & Exhibition, a slew of announcements about virtual events and content sharing were made by various speakers, attendees, exhibitors, and others involved in the HIMSS20 conference. This cancellation was the first time in nearly 60 years that the HIMSS Conference was canceled. And no one: attendees, speakers, panelists, sponsors, exhibitors, and/or those hired to produce the 2020 HIMSS Conference & Exhibition have NOT been impacted in one way or another by this cancellation.

And shortly after HIMSS announced the cancellation of their annual conference, they announced that the HIMSS 2020 Global Health Conference & Exhibition is Going Digital.

Information and Insight About the Future of Healthcare Conferences – Go Virtual

The comfort of meeting and exchanging ideas and information with each other at in-person events has changed. There’s no denying this fact. People are going to have to get comfortable with sharing information, making acquaintances, and networking with others in new, largely unknown and somewhat difficult to use, channels and platforms. Thankfully, the HealthCare Executive Group has decades of experience facilitating interaction between healthcare executives and the companies that support their mission.

In addition to our Annual Forum and quarterly Executive Leadership Roundtables, HCEG presents webinars, online discussion, podcasts and blog posts such as this post.

HCEG has also established both formal and informal partnerships with complementary organizations that also serve our members and other healthcare industry participants associates. These partnerships extend and complement the content, networking opportunities, and value offered by HCEG and its partners. For 2020, these partnerships include being a HIMSS Collaboration Partner and AHIP Educational Partner.

RELATED: The HealthCare Executive Group: Supporting & Convening Leaders & Change Makers in 2020 & Beyond

HCEG Sponsor Partners – Conferences Go Virtual

HCEG sponsors scheduled to present in Orlando have stepped up and performed the work to share most of their scheduled presentations. We urge you to check out these virtual shares – webinars, recordings, blog posts, and other information – from our sponsor partners:

Change Healthcare:

Our longtime sponsor Change Healthcare has prepared videos, graphics, blog posts and more to share information intended for HIMSS20 attendees.

See the Virtual On-Demand HIMSS20 Experience from Change Healthcare here.

Surescripts:

Webinar recordings, blog posts and other digital content intended to help HIMSS20 attendees understand how Cost & Transparency and the Consumer Experience are key to improving healthcare outcomes are shared here by Surescripts and in the following downloads.

Executive Director Ferris Taylor shares thoughts on HIMSS20 cancellation and how HCEG is participating in #virtualHIMSS20 in this podcast from @healthcare_pod

Other HIMSS20 Participants – Go Virtual

Over the last week, dozens, if not 100’s, of virtual presentations and digital artifacts have been shared to help ameliorate the cancellation of the 2020 HIMSS Conference. Here are some of those digital shares of potential value:

Decision Insights Emerging Patterns 2018-2020

Compliance Trends and Frameworks for the Healthcare Industry

Virtual HIMSS – Consumerism & Patient Engagement Pavilion

The Near Future of Virtual & Intimate In-Person Events

Over the last week, since the 2020 HIMSS Conference has been canceled, a number of worldwide organizations, companies, and individuals have shared valuable insight into what may turn out to be the future of long-standing ‘initiatives’

Here are a few considerations:

How will healthcare leaders and change-makers obtain the leads they’ll lose from Cancelled Conferences and Events?
How will the current organizer dominatrix move forward over the next 12-24 months?
How will the organizer bring their conference or event online?

Here are some ideas for ‘Going Virtual:’

10 steps for scrappy marketers to survive the #HIMSS20 cancellation

Amid Coronavirus Fears, Startups Rethink the Virtual Conference

Best Practices: Hosting Events In The Age Of #Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Key planning recommendations for Mass Gatherings in the context of the current COVID-19 outbreak

What it takes to run a great virtual meeting

Connect with HealthCare Executive Group All Year-Round

Consider the following if you’d like to learn more about the healthcare delivery system transformation and connect with other healthcare leaders and changemakers.