Optimum Healthcare IT

The future of HTM is about smarter resource deployment, not just more resources. Carol Davis-Smith and Matt Baretich discuss strategic workforce planning on Visionary Voices. Tune in: https://hubs.la/Q04hc4950 #VisionaryVoices #HTM #HealthcareIT

Congratulations to Optimum Healthcare IT for winning Best Use of Social Media at the 2026 Swaay.Health Awards! Creative engagement, strong storytelling, and authentic connection helped this work stand out in a crowded digital landscape. See who else won: https://lnkd.in/guJVWxWH #SwaayHealthAwards #SHL26

Accurate documentation = Better care outcomes. During Healthcare Documentation Integrity Week, we recognize the critical role documentation plays in clinical decision-making, compliance, and reimbursement. At Optimum Healthcare IT, we help organizations optimize their EHR workflows and implement solutions that make documentation easier, more accurate, and more efficient so clinicians can spend less time clicking and more time caring. From Epic optimization to AI-enabled documentation tools, the right technology and processes ensure integrity across the care continuum. To all CDI specialists and HIM professionals: your work matters. #HealthcareDocumentationIntegrityWeek #CDI #HealthcareIT #EHROptimization

Join us as we celebrate Healthcare Technology Management week! Optimum Healthcare IT Principal Advisory Consultant, and HTM expert, Shelby Johns sits down with fellow thought leaders Carol Davis-Smith, CCE FACCE AAMIF and Matt Baretich, P.E., Ph.D. on our latest episode of the Visionary Voices podcast. The three cover the growing importance of data in decision-making, the challenges organizations face in turning data into actionable insights, and how #HTM teams are moving beyond compliance toward more strategic contributions. The episode offers perspectives on what will matter most over the next decade, including standardization, expanding care settings, and the continued alignment between technology and patient outcomes. How are you celebrating HTM week? Let us know in the comments!

Application rationalization creates space for innovation when done right. Listen to Charity on why it's about empowerment, not just elimination: https://hubs.la/Q04hb3r90 #VisionaryVoices #HealthcareIT

Healthcare runs on devices that don't speak the language of modern cloud infrastructure. Ultrasounds, PACS routers, vitals monitors, and biomedical interfaces communicate through one method: static IP addresses hard-coded into firmware. These devices rarely make headlines, but they keep hospitals running and assist in patient care every single day. The problem? When you move to the cloud, migrate between regions, or experience a regional failure, those IP addresses change. And when that happens, every static IP clinical device loses its ability to communicate. Someone has to physically walk around and reconfigure every device, sometimes hundreds of them, across multiple facilities. Healthcare cannot afford that level of outage. So we built a solution the cloud hadn't fully solved: a true multi-region floating IP architecture for healthcare devices. The breakthrough came from an October 2023 AWS networking enhancement that barely drew attention outside deep cloud engineering circles. EC2 instances could now attach ENIs from multiple VPCs. It wasn't marketed as a healthcare feature. But for us, it was the missing piece. We could finally build a floating IP that survives a region dying. Read the complete technical breakdown: https://hubs.la/Q04h90vJ0

How is healthcare technology management evolving, and what does that mean for organizations navigating an increasingly complex care environment? In this episode of Visionary Voices, we sit down with Carol Davis-Smith, CCE FACCE AAMIF and Matt Baretich, P.E., Ph.D. to explore the transformation of HTM from a compliance-focused function to a strategic partner driving operational and clinical outcomes. The conversation covers how HTM teams were traditionally measured versus how they deliver value today. Carol and Matt discuss the growing importance of data in decision-making, the challenges of turning metrics into actionable insights, and why focusing on people and skills matters as much as technology itself. Looking ahead, they share perspectives on what will shape HTM over the next decade, including standardization across care settings, vendor management strategies, and the continued alignment between technology performance and patient outcomes. If you're a healthcare leader responsible for technology management, operations, or clinical engineering, this episode offers practical frameworks for building more strategic, data-driven HTM programs. Listen now: https://hubs.la/Q04g_nxx0 #VisionaryVoices #HealthcareIT #HTM #ClinicalEngineering #OptimumHealthcareIT

Happy HTM Week to the biomedical and clinical engineering professionals who keep healthcare technology running 24/7. Your work behind the scenes ensures that every medical device, imaging system, and piece of critical equipment performs when it matters most. At Optimum Healthcare IT, we understand that managing thousands of medical devices and maintaining compliance requires more than spreadsheets. The right technology helps you track assets, schedule maintenance, ensure regulatory compliance, and keep patients safe. To every HTM professional: thank you for the essential work you do every day. #HTMWeek #HealthcareTechnology #BiomedicalEngineering #ClinicalEngineering #HealthcareIT

What a whirlwind of a week! Our team was on the ground across four incredible events, connecting with healthcare IT leaders from all corners of the nation. It was great to see every Optimum Healthcare IT service line represented as we engaged in meaningful conversations about the future of healthcare technology. XGM – Epic with Island | Madison, WI NerdioCon with Nerdio | Palm Springs, CA Knowledge26 with ServiceNow | Las Vegas, NV CHIME Innovation Summit | Jacksonville, FL Thank you to everyone who stopped by, said hello, or sat down with us. We can't wait to keep the conversations going! 🙌 Brian Symonds, Jim Austin, Aaron Bartosch, Morgan C., Joshua Cook, Paige Harthun, Lawrence Kaiser Lawrence Green, MBA, PMP, Louie Gomez, Sandi Nguyen, M.Ed, Shelby Johns, Sam Snyder Mangels, Andrew Saylor, Dani Patterson, Dave Anderson, Orion Withrow, Matt DiVenere, Ted Baker, Shawn J., Dan Robinson