Patient Engagement
Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences' Ursula Hübner and University of Scranton's Beth Elias on the Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform and strategic approaches to seamlessly delivering health informatics education.
Liz Rockett, director at Kaiser Permanente Ventures, details how Kaiser looks for innovations that align with its focus on high-value care, putting patients first and thinking about clinicians.
Key pieces to patient-centered care include revenue cycle management, patient and physician engagement, business intelligence and analytics, pop health and a clinically oriented supply chain, says KLAS VP of Business Development Doug Tolley.
H-SIMM, the new maturity model for supply chain, can help improve patient safety as well as potentially save health systems billions of dollars, according to Anne Snowdon, with the World Health Innovation Network, and Blain Newton with HIMSS.
CEO Tom Skelton says Surescripts' product allows doctors to tell the patient at the point of care the price of prescriptions along with alternatives.
At HIMSS19, HIMSS put on a showcase dealing with topics including data sharing, patient engagement and social determinants of health that intersect with interoperability, says Christel Anderson, senior director of Interoperability Initiatives for HIMSS.
Haiqing Song, deputy director of the neurology program at the Xuanwu Hospital, Capital University of Medical Sciences in China, discusses what is needed to effectively leverage technology.
Hal Wolf, President and CEO of HIMSS, shares what stood out at this year's global conference, including emerging trends driving the reformation of healthcare across the entire ecosystem.
Cindy Cohn, executive director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, talks about the rights of the end user as well as how companies can improve their products in terms of security and privacy.
Use technology to take compassionate care to the next level, rather than leading with innovative tech that doesn't always solve the big problems, says Rebecca Kaul, Chief Innovation Officer at MD Anderson Cancer Center.