IBM is set to make its mark in the healthcare market, making several significant announcements timed to the start of the 2015 HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition. 

CHICAGO—Alex Gourlay, executive vice president of Walgreens Boots Alliance and president of Walgreen Co., opened the 2015 HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition with a keynote address that covered the retail pharmacy chain giant’s future plans.

Almost three-quarters (72 percent) of respondents believe that consumer and patient considerations, such as patient engagement, satisfaction and quality of care will have a major impact on their organization’s strategic efforts over the next two years, according to the 26th Annual HIMSS Leadership Survey. 

CHICAGO--"Failure is an important stepping stone to success," said AMA President Robert Wah, MD, delivering the keynote address at the Innovation Symposium at the 2015 HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition.

More and more futuristic body sensors are coming to market but Matt Patterson, MD, president of AirStrip, isn’t impressed. “Right now, physicians don’t care about sensor data, especially consumer data.”

As part of its effort to advance patient-centered information exchange, today at HIMSS athenahealth announced it has made CommonWell services available to its entire client base of more than 62,000 healthcare providers nationwide. 

KANSAS CITY, Mo. and SAN DIEGO, April 13, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cerner Corp. (Nasdaq:CERN) and Qualcomm Life, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq:QCOM), today announced an agreement to extend Cerner's industry leading medical device connectivity capabilities beyond the hospital to the home.

Vocera Communications, Inc. (NYSE:VCRA), the leading provider of real-time, intelligent communication solutions for mission-critical healthcare environments, today announced the Vocera app for Apple Watch.