As we gear up for the holiday season and the start of 2018, it’s a perfect time to reflect on the past year and everything we’re grateful for. That’s why we want to give thanks to 10 blogs, and the people behind them, that we think do a superb job drilling down into the complexities of healthcare IT, and highlighting how exciting, innovative, and inspiring this industry can be.

After our combined decades of experience in the business, we know a great healthcare blog when we see it. Here are our 10 favorites:

Everywhere you look in Boston (including outside Aria’s windows), flowers are peeking through the earth and blooming on branches. Similarly, our clients are popping up all over top-tier publications. Take a look at the freshest picks of our clients’ news, announcements and coverage from last month:

This spring, Aria had the pleasure of having two interns support the public relations team. Both Gaby and Alex worked directly with Aria account executives on a range of activities, including media monitoring, media research and social media support. Before their internship programs come to an end, we sat down with the colleague students and talked to them about their semester at Aria. Following is Gaby’s summary of her experience at Aria:

This week is U.S. National Health IT week (#NHITweek), a movement organized by HIMSS and the Institute for e-Policy that focuses on sharing stories and raising awareness of the real-world impact of healthcare information technology. NHIT Week engages constituents, including congressional, federal, and state agencies; healthcare providers; non-profit organizations; and vendors, to host both virtual and live events with the sole purpose of amplifying conversations around the power of healthcare IT.

As an agency centered on healthcare IT, NHIT Week is singularly important to us. This weeklong initiative aims, as we do every day, to demonstrate the universal value of healthcare IT and its significance to the betterment of every single community.

Goodbye 2016, hello 2017! While the Aria team enjoyed an extended winter break (work perks!), we came back ready to hit the ground running and kick the new year off with a bang. We are sure that 2017 will be a great year for Aria, and are thrilled to share some of the major PR wins our clients achieved in the first month of the year: 

Our team was busy this month with building and sustaining media momentum for our clients nationwide! Scroll through below for some of the top-notch results secured by our teams in May.

Last month, my fellow SAE Danielle Johns and I had the opportunity to attend INFLUENCEHER Week in the Seaport district in downtown Boston. Organized by the Massachusetts Innovation and Technology Exchange (MITX), the event featured an inspiring lineup of panels (one of which featured Julie Yoo, CSO and Co-Founder of Kyruus, one of Aria’s clients!), presentations, and workshops to promote and further women leaders and entrepreneurs in the technology industry.

September flew by, but the Aria team didn’t waste any time getting great results for our clients. Scroll down to see September’s top highlights:

I feel like I am really aging myself here, but by my calculation this year will mark my 13^th trip to HIMSS, the healthcare IT version of the Oscars. Everyone right now is blogging and tweeting their predictions for HIMSS 2020 (hello ONC Information Blocking Rule!), but I decided to mix it up a little and instead write about the top three worst experiences I have had at the annual ‘who’s who’ of HIT.

The change of administration resulting from the November election will surely have big implications for the healthcare industry.  Just how big remains to be seen, as Georgia’s two Senate seats and the fate of the Senate majority remain in question.  With or without the Senate, the Biden administration will have a very different agenda than the previous administration with regard to the future of the ACA, pharmaceutical pricing, and many other issues at hand for the US healthcare system.