Interoperability
David Lareau, CEO of Medicomp Systems, explains how MA evaluates diagnostic data to assess how well providers manage each patient – and how those providers should be approaching their EHRs to optimize reimbursement.
Dr. Laura Purdy, a telemedicine and digital health expert and a physician licensed in all 50 states, discusses helping medical professionals launch their digital health businesses with the aim of making care more accessible to all.
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Andrea Fiumicelli, CEO of Dedalus, outlines how interoperability and digital healthcare tools such as AI can help control costs, reduce medication waste and prevent clinician burnout worldwide.
Nurse and physician informatics teams should collaborate more on data-driven workflow optimization, says Lisa Stephenson, CNIO at Houston Methodist.
Native Americans face health disparities and interoperability challenges that make modernizing EHRs in tribal communities a critical need, according to Mitchell Thornbrugh, CIO of the Indian Health Service.
Standardizing information capture, including a universal patient identification, can enhance data quality while eliminating the 20% record duplication rate facing healthcare organizations, says Gregg Church, president of 4medica.
Encouraging state and regional HIMSS chapters to advocate for healthcare information policies in their area is critical, says Lawrence Voyten, HIMSS board member and national advocacy chair.
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In Episode 5 of "Unlocking Big Data," sponsored by Arcadia, Chad Konchak, AVP of Clinical Analytics at NorthShore University HealthSystem, and Michael Meucci, CEO of Arcadia, discuss what functions a data analytics platform should have.
Military healthcare initiatives, including the common EHR and virtual-first care, are discussed by Dr. Brian Lein, DHA assistant director of healthcare administration, Bill Tinston, FEHRM director, and Holly Joers PEO DHMS program executive officer.
The Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement will accelerate the move toward large-scale interoperability, says Michael Palantoni, vice president of platform and data services at athenahealth.