I think someone needs to create a “Pharmacist Guide to HIMMS” next year that tells us what to see on the floor and what sessions look good.  Maybe we can task @JFarhni:disqus 

I was privileged to be invited to take part in the Dell Healthcare sponsored round table ‘think tank’ discussion held in conjunction with HIMSS12.  There was so much discussion revolving around ‘big data’ management and technology that patient care seems to have gotten lost in the shuffle.  Sometimes we focus too much on high tech when we should be focusing on ‘high touch’ patient interactions.  Pharmacists can either step up and take advantage of this or continue to wait for the invitation to participate on somebody else’s terms.  

In addition to pharmacists needing to become ‘power IT users’ in the drug distribution system, we need to become power users of the technology to apply our knowledge more directly to patient care.  This is where we can actually start to make progress towards better patient outcomes.