Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)
Juan Nanez, a speaker at HIMSS23 and director of Programs at Paso del Norte Health Information Exchange, says when clinicians can access past patient history to guide decisions, hospital readmissions and ER visits decrease.
The Ellison Institute is working to create a nationwide enterprise architecture for health data that includes clinical, public health and social determinants. Gabriel Seidman, the institute's director of policy, explains.
Frank Hester, CEO and founder of TPP, says EHR vendors must understand they need their solutions to work not just for hospitals, but also for governments, if the whole health ecosystem is going to manage future pandemics.
Chris Bates, director of research and analytics at TPP, UK, explains why the ability to provide patients with direct access to their medical records is fundamental to ensuring good quality data.
The wider use of wearable devices is opening big opportunities for better care delivery, says AJ Missaghi, CTO for Healthcare & Life Sciences at Dell Technologies APAC and Japan.
As the United Arab Emirates continue their digital transformation, Ali Alajme, director of the digital health department at the UAE's Ministry of Health and Prevention, offers an update.
Ensuring medication history data, prescription fill insights and other information is scaled to specific populations can lead to better patient outcomes, says Dr. Colin Banas, chief medical officer at health IT company DrFirst.
Kim Clarke, assistant CIO at West Virginia United Health System, says even though more than half of WVU hospitals are in rural areas, all patients get the same level of care because of EMRAM Stage 7.
The technology can complement EHRs, reduce errors and enhance time management, explains Dr. Subha Airan-Javia, a hospitalist at University of Pennsylvania Health System and founder of CareAlign.
Digital innovation and policy changes at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs are improving access to healthcare for veterans and their families, says Jim Gfrerer, former CIO at the VA, who shares some predictions about the future of healthcare.
