Allscripts has named a panel of seven judges for its Open App Challenge, with 15 finalists set to be unveiled at the 2013 HIMSS Conference and Exposition next month in New Orleans.
The Chicago-based HIT giant has challenged mobile app developers to "start a revolution" by designing and integrating applications to extend the Allscripts Open EHR software. Company officials said 217 participants took part in Phase I of the challenge, with 98 submissions set for review.
Some of the submissions, officials said, target tools to improve diabetes management, while others take on patient scheduling, end-of-life planning, safety net facility information and sample medication management. The 15 Phase I winners will be announced at 3 p.m. CT on Monday, March 4, at the Allscripts booth.
Judges for Open App Challenge are:
- Mark Blatt, MD, worldwide medical director of enterprise solutions sales for Intel;
- Lennox Hoyte, MD, MSEECS, CMO of the University of South Florida Physicians Group
- Daniel Kraft, MD, chairman of the medicine track for Singularity University and executive director of FutureMed;
- Timathie Leslie, vice president of Booz Allen Hamilton;
- James Morrow, MD, CEO of Morrow Family Medicine in Cumming, Ga., and a 2004 HIMSS Davies Award winner;
- Bill Spooner, CIO of San Diego-based Sharp HealthCare; and
- Jeffrey Sunshine, MD, PhD, vice president and CMIO of University Hospitals in Cleveland.
