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With many M&As and joint ventures happening, IT infrastructure leaders must be extremely agile in expanding tech capabilities on short notice, Verizon's Nancy Green says.
Mark Duman, managing director of MD Healthcare Consultants, urges all stakeholders to collaborate in order to achieve a cultural shift in the NHS discusses that would enable citizens to embrace innovation.
The NHS must ensure that all stakeholders are prepared and willing to embrace innovation, says James Freed, CIO, Health Education England.
With the increasing volume and complexity of data in clinical situations, artificial intelligence can help support and guide care providers' decision-making processes, says Dimitri Fane, director of product management of TrakCare at InterSystems.
Dr. William Ibbotson, a medical officer with the Royal Flying Doctors Service, talks about rolling out a light, mobile and agile EMR system that aims to better serve patients in areas where there may not be Internet or satellite coverage.
Healthbox, which was acquired by HIMSS in March, provides the platforms and opportunities for digital health startups to link up with payers and providers, says the company's president Neil Patel.
Xuanwu Hospital, Capital University of Medical Sciences, CIO Zhigang Liang outlines what hospitals need to understand before embarking on a journey toward Stage 7 on the HIMSS Analytics Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM).
With 11 hospitals validated at Stage 7 on the HIMSS Analytics EMRAM, China has been making great strides toward digitizing healthcare. Yu Quan, CIO at China Medical University's Shengjing Hospital, which achieved Stage 7, talks about the next steps.
Wael A. Kabli, CEO of Cura, says that patients living in rural areas and smaller cities have to travel to get to the healthcare they need, which makes telehealth more valuable.
Pirkko Kortekangas, Chief Development Officer at UNA Plan in Finland, says that data privacy is a priority, but sharing information is vital when it comes to identifying medical solutions.