Tony Schueth Info

Anthony J (Tony) Schueth is a columnist for HealthTechZone. A 24-year healthcare veteran, Mr. Schueth has spent the last 19 years working to bring information to stakeholders in the point-of-care. He is considered an expert in health information technology (HIT), in general, and one of the nation’s foremost experts in electronic prescribing, in particular. Within HIT, he follows and writes about infrastructure for accountable care organizations, patient-centered medical and pharmacy homes, health information exchanges (HIEs), medication adherence, medication reconciliation, electronic health records, mobile health, care communications, patient engagement and telehealth. He currently serves as editor-in-chief of HIT Perspectives, a newsletter dedicated to more than 1,500 health information technology executives and Perspectives in HIT, a blog with a similar audience. Both publications aspire to analyze the impact of newsworthy HIT-related events to key stakeholders. He has a Master of Science in integrated marketing communications from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois and a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Latest Articles

Six Under-the-Radar Trends You Should be Thinking About in 2021 - 02/22/2021
Health IT Under a Biden Administration: Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution? - 02/19/2021
Achieving Patient-Specific Price Transparency by Unlocking EHR Data - 10/28/2020
Health IT's Burgeoning Role in Fighting COVID-19 - 05/18/2020
Seven Trends Driving Health IT Innovation in 2020 - 03/20/2020
Health IT Drivers Advancing Industry Use of Electronic Prior Authorization - 09/30/2019
HIMSS 2019 Focused On Real-World Efforts to Improve Patient Journey - 04/03/2019
Health IT Solutions Connecting Patients With the Costs of Their Medications - 01/14/2019
Electronic Prescribing Moving Toward Optimization - 11/05/2018
Six Interoperability Trends That Demonstrate Value - 11/01/2018
Electronic Prescribing Moving Toward Optimization - 07/31/2018
10 Takeaways From HIMSS18 - 05/04/2018
Three Factors Contributing to Lagging Provider Adoption of EPCS - 04/03/2018
Following What the Doctor Ordered: Addressing Medication Noncompliance - 12/19/2017
The Impact of New, Nonproprietary Naming Convention for Biologics and Biosimilars: 7 Key Findings - 11/30/2017
Automating Enrollment for Specialty Prescriptions - 11/03/2017
Interoperability and Standards Will Be Areas of Focus Through Year End - 10/18/2017
Five Health IT, Opioid-Related Trends Impacting Electronic Health Records - 09/26/2017
Why Population Health Management Should Matter to Pharmaceutical Manufacturers - 07/14/2017
What's Ahead for Health IT at the Federal Level? - 06/23/2017
Stakeholder Impacts of the AMA's Prior Authorization Reform Proposal - 05/10/2017
FHIR Sets the Stage for Targeted Applications for Payers and Providers - 04/21/2017
Eight Takeaways from HIMSS 2017 - 04/07/2017
PDMPs Fight Against the Opioid Epidemic - 03/22/2017
What the 21st Century Cures Act Means for Health IT - 03/06/2017
10 Healthcare Trends to Watch in 2017 - 02/22/2017
Reading the Tea Leaves: What Lies Ahead for Health IT in the Trump Administration? - 11/23/2016
Working Smarter, Not Harder: Helping Clinicians Optimize Use of EHRs - 11/18/2016
Taking e-Prescribing to the Next Level with the Structured and Codified Sig - 11/16/2016
A National Patient Identifier: An Idea That's Time Has Come Again - 11/09/2016
Using Health Information Technology to Improve Patient Engagement - 10/05/2016
Taking Electronic Prior Authorization to the Next Level - 09/22/2016
Real-Time Benefit Inquiry: A New Kind of Clinical Decision Support - 07/05/2016
Top 10 Themes at Health Datapalooza 2016 - 06/21/2016
New Proposed Regulation Rebrands and Retools Meaningful Use - 06/16/2016
Integrating EHRs and PDMPs: How Vendors Can Get Ahead of the Curve - 04/18/2016
Alerting Prescribers for Biosimilar Substitution to Protect Patient Safety - 04/13/2016
Top 10 Trends at HIMSS16 - 04/11/2016
Meaningful Use: Not Entirely Gone But Certainly Not Forgotten - 03/21/2016
Top Ten Health IT Trends for 2016 - 03/02/2016
MGMA Meeting Reveals Five Trends Affecting Physician Practices - 12/03/2015
Four Sets of Federal Guidance You Should Know if You're in Health IT - 11/24/2015
Taking Clinical Decision Support to the Next Level: A Standards-Based Approach - 11/12/2015
Paving the Way for Specialty E-Prescribing - 09/17/2015
DERF-a-Palooza at May NCPDP Meeting Yields Results - 07/01/2015
Surescripts Issues 2014 National Progress Report - 06/22/2015
Information Blocking: A Hot Potato in Washington - 06/19/2015
Meaningful Use Stage 3: What Does It Mean for EHR Vendors? - 05/14/2015
HIMSS15: On FHIR and 6 Other Key Takeaways - 05/07/2015
Exciting Changes Ahead in 2015 for HealthIT - 03/04/2015
At Last! A Compelling Business Case for Interoperability - 02/27/2015
Biosimilars: Building a Better Technology Mousetrap - 01/26/2015
How EHR Vendors Are Making Productive Use of Regulatory Downtime - 01/23/2015
Interoperability: The Glass is More than Half Full - 12/22/2014
What's Next for EHR Market Consolidation? - 10/16/2014
Deciphering the Mystery of Population Health Management - 07/30/2014
Surescripts Stats Show ePrescribing Rounds Third Base - 07/30/2014
Reading the Tea Leaves: Prior Authorization for Advanced Imaging Services Is in Our Future - 05/12/2014
What's Next for Meaningful Use? - 04/17/2014
Top 10 Takeaways from HIMSS 2014 - 04/11/2014
How to Gain Traction for ePrescribing for Specialty Medications - 01/10/2014
ACA Insurance Exchange Plans Lack Appeal to Physician Practices for Time Being - 10/25/2013
Money Talks: Federal Incentives Confirmed to Spur ePrescribing Adoption - 07/17/2013
Leveraging HIT to Improve Specialty Medication Processes - 07/12/2013
Surescripts Issues ePrescribing Statistics and Safe-Rx Rankings for 2012 - 05/06/2013
Seven Key HIT Takeaways from HIMSS 2013 - 04/15/2013
Top Ten Under-the-Radar Healthcare Trends for 2013 - 02/06/2013
Implementing the ACA with HIT - 12/21/2012
Supreme Court Ruling on the ACA: Momentum Plus Opportunities for HIT - 08/01/2012