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Revisiting 2021 Predictions – Part 2

Questions answered in this episode

  1. How accurately did a former CIO predict 2021's health IT trends?
  2. Which predictions about pandemic-driven burnout actually came true?
  3. Did cloud growth and obvious tech trends deserve prediction coverage?
  4. What fallout from two years of pandemic pace materialized in 2021?
  5. Which 2021 predictions missed the mark entirely?

About this episode

I think it is important to revisit ones predictions for the previous year before making predications for the next year. Today we finish up looking at what I predicted for 2021. How did I do? Let me know.

Transcript

Bill Russell 00:00:03 Today in health, it, we are going to revisit my Bill Russell 00:00:06 predictions from earlier in the year, actually from early February. Bill Russell 00:00:10 We had three shows, which we did predictions on. Bill Russell 00:00:12 I'm going to try to condense that down into two shows and Bill Russell 00:00:15 we're going to see how do I do. Bill Russell 00:00:17 Did I get anywhere close. Bill Russell 00:00:19 My name is bill Russell. Bill Russell 00:00:20 I'm a former CIO for a 16 hospital system and creator of this week and Bill Russell 00:00:23 health it a channel dedicated to keeping health it staff current and engaged. Bill Russell 00:00:29 All right. Bill Russell 00:00:30 Let's just jump in. Bill Russell 00:00:31 Here's what I'm going to do. Bill Russell 00:00:32 I'm just going to play these episodes in their entirety, cutting down some of the Bill Russell 00:00:36 parts, just so you can get the gist of it. Bill Russell 00:00:39 And so that we could fit it into two days and just let you decide, Bill Russell 00:00:43 how did I do, let me know how I did bill it this week and health it.com. Bill Russell 00:00:46 Here we go. Bill Russell 00:00:47 All right. Bill Russell 00:00:48 This is the second episode in this series. Bill Russell 00:00:51 And here's what I did yesterday. Bill Russell 00:00:52 I played. Bill Russell 00:00:53 The first episode of predictions in its entirety. Bill Russell 00:00:57 And today what I'm going to do is take the second to break them up a little bit, Bill Russell 00:01:00 give you a little commentary in between. Bill Russell 00:01:02 And play those in their entirety as well. Bill Russell 00:01:05 So in the interest of time, Let's get to it Bill Russell 00:10:11 All right. Bill Russell 00:10:11 So that's the clip from the second segment. Bill Russell 00:10:14 Here's the clip from the third segment? Bill Russell 00:10:15 I start off with some obvious predictions. Bill Russell 00:10:17 I took some flack on LinkedIn. Bill Russell 00:10:20 For not saying things like cloud is going to grow and those kinds of things. Bill Russell 00:10:23 So I had some obvious predictions I threw in here. Bill Russell 00:10:26 And then I close out with a prediction around what is going to Bill Russell 00:10:29 happen with regard to a fallout. Bill Russell 00:10:32 due to the pace which we were running at. Bill Russell 00:10:35 Through the pandemic for the better part of two years. Bill Russell 00:10:38 And that is how we close this. Bill Russell 00:12:16 So there you have it. Bill Russell 00:12:17 Those are the predictions for 2021. Bill Russell 00:12:20 And I feel pretty good about them. Bill Russell 00:12:21 To be honest with you, I'm not going to defend each one. Bill Russell 00:12:24 I really want your feedback. Bill Russell 00:12:25 How did I do, did I knock it out there far enough? Bill Russell 00:12:29 Did I not take enough risk? Bill Russell 00:12:31 And, which one do these, do you feel like didn't really come to pass? Bill Russell 00:12:36 I'm going to be making predictions in january and i Bill Russell 00:12:38 would love to get your feedback Bill Russell 00:12:40 That's all for today. Bill Russell 00:12:41 If you know someone that might benefit from our channel, Bill Russell 00:12:43 please forward them a note. Bill Russell 00:12:44 They can subscribe on our website this week, health.com or wherever Bill Russell 00:12:48 you listen to podcasts, apple, Google, overcast, Spotify, Stitcher. Bill Russell 00:12:52 You get the picture. Bill Russell 00:12:52 We are everywhere. Bill Russell 00:12:54 We want to thank our channel sponsors who are investing in our mission to develop Bill Russell 00:12:58 the next generation of health leaders. Bill Russell 00:13:00 VMware Hill-Rom Starburst advisers. Bill Russell 00:13:03 McAfee and Aruba networks. Bill Russell 00:13:06 Thanks for listening.

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