The Friday Five – Healthcare IT Today Debuts

It’s been a busy, productive year here at HealthcareNow Radio. We’ve added a number of new shows to our line-up and just this past week we debuted one more right before the end of 2018. Healthcare IT Today, with hosts John Lynn and Colin Hung, airs weekdays at 1:30 am, 9:30 am and 5:30 pm ET. This week’s Friday Five provides you with everything you need to know about the show, its hosts and their endeavors.

Healthcare IT Today
Tune in to Healthcare IT Today with John Lynn and Colin Hung. On the show, our intrepid hosts share their experiences as they roam the country, attending conferences and forums, and talking with thought leaders in the know. Take the journey with them and find out what the industry is talking about TODAY and what’s in store for tomorrow. Why? Because they love this stuff and we do too.

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John Lynn
John Lynn is the Founder of the HealthcareScene.com, a network of leading Healthcare IT resources. The flagship blog, Healthcare IT Today, contains over 13,000 articles with over half of the articles written by John. These EMR and Healthcare IT related articles have been viewed over 20 million times.

John also manages HealthcareITCentral.com, the leading career Health IT job board. He also organizes the first of its kind conference and community focused on healthcare marketing, HealthITMarketingConference.com, and a healthcare IT conference, EXPO.health, focused on practical healthcare IT innovation. John is an advisor to multiple healthcare IT companies. John is highly involved in social media, and in addition to his blogs can be found on Twitter: @techguy.

Colin Hung
Colin Hung is an award-winning Marketing Executive with more than 15yrs of healthcare and HealthIT experience. He co-founded one of the most popular healthcare chats on Twitter, #HCLDR and he has been recognized as one of the “Top 50 Healthcare IT Influencers”. Colin’s work has been published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology, American Society for Healthcare Risk Managers, and Infection Control Today. He is currently the Chief Marketing Officer and Editor at Healthcare Scene. Colin holds an Engineering degree from the University of Waterloo. Colin can be found on Twitter @Colin_Hung.

#HITsm Tweet Chat
When: Every Friday, 12 pm ET/11 am CT
What: Each week different industry thought leaders host the #HITsm Tweet Chats. Topics are announced @HealthcareScene – #HITsm TweetChats, #HITsm is an acronym for “healthcare IT social media” and they focus on current topics that are influencing healthcare technology, health IT, and the use of social media in healthcare. The first #HITsm chat of the new year will take place on Friday, 1/4 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). The chat will be hosted by John Lynn who will be discussing New Years Predictions for 2019.

Healthcare and IT Marketing Conference
When: April 17-19, 2019
Where: Boston, MA
The 6th annual Healthcare and IT Marketing & PR event (HITMC), founded by John Lynn, will focus on healthcare B2B marketing. Registration for HITMC 2019 is now open. Drop them a note on their contact page if you have any questions about the event or want to be notified of ongoing event updates.

EXPO.health
When: July 31 – August 2, 2019
Where: Boston, MA
The 2nd Annual EXPO.health Conference will be focused on improving healthcare through technology collaboration. Registration for EXPO.health 2019 is now open along with their Call for Speakers. If you have any questions about the conference or want to be notified of ongoing event updates be sure to sign up on their contact page.

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