Gary Palgon

Vice President Product Management and Strategy

Gary is in charge of strategy for the Liaison with a special interest in healthcare, security and cloud computing. He has a passion for family tree research, including publishing multiple books, and community service with Camp Sunshine, volunteering to spend a week of each summer as a counselor for children with cancer.

Recent Posts

  • Cutting Healthcare Costs or Improving Patient Outcomes?

    Apr 08, 2013
    Greetings from Beantown and Medical Informatics World 2013!
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  • Hype, Trend or a Fad? - From eHealth Initiative 2013

    Feb 14, 2013
    Hype, Trend or a Fad? From eHealth Initiative 2013 by Gary Palgon - direct from eHealh's Annual Conference, 2013
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  • 2013 Predictions: 6 Trends to Watch For in 2013

    Jan 08, 2013
    As we enter 2013, the healthcare industry will continue to see great emphasis on value-based care and the exchange of health information. Here are three healthcare trends and three life sciences trends to watch for in the upcoming year.
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  • Healthcare Must Overcome "Brand, Money and Ego"

    Dec 05, 2012
    You know it's going to be a day filled with interactive dialog when the opening speaker says "Healthcare today is all about brand, money and ego and that needs to change". We need to get more competitive on technology transfer (get innovations to the bedside quicker), need to create a safe environment for doctors to practice where they don't fear lawsuits in everything they do (or don't do) and have courage to stay hungry in making change (there's lots of barriers to overcome).
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  • Connecting the Drive Inside from BITCON 2012

    Nov 09, 2012
    It's Day 2 at the Bristol-Myer Squibb IT 12th Annual Symposium in Princeton, NJ and while many people here are still without power from Hurricane Sandy and we had 4+ inches of snow from the Athena Storm last night, it's not enough to scare people away from the great presentations and discussions going on. The conference theme, Connecting the Drive Inside, is meant to inspire the attendees to match the realities of what they do to the visions of where they want to be.
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