Quality and Safety

Cotiviti's Nicole Neumarker asks, Without transparency, how can patients opt in as to how their information is being used?

James Millington, director of Healthcare Industry Marketing at VMware, says expect healthcare organizations to be moving their data centers from on-premises to the cloud.

Douglas Herr, vice president of EHR services at DeliverHealth, says the COVID-19 pandemic impacted healthcare facilities' ability to keep up with their day-to-day EHR maintenance and so now must play catch-up.

This week's top stories include the OIG claiming CMS hasn't been able to determine that hospitals had updated their emergency preparedness plans and a new report finding telehealth use is tapering off.

Dr. Darin Vercillo, chief medical officer and cofounder of Central Logic, explains how health systems via IT can best orchestrate such operations as patient transfers and discharges to post-acute care.

Florian Lange, director of AlinIQ EMEA at Abbott, says the company has worked with many governments to understand the value of different types of testing and aims to help build awareness of the benefits that digital health provides.

UMass Memorial Medical Center President Dr. Michael Gustafson says one long-term impact has been moving care out of the hospital, including a new Hospital at Home program.

The pandemic has accelerated transformation in telemedicine, AI diagnosis and AI-enabled medical devices, while innovative digital tools are helping in everyday life for South Koreans, says Yuri Jung, manager, F&D Partners.

David Labajo, VP of digital sales Europe at GE Healthcare, says transformation needs leadership to help develop new strategies at local and regional levels to provide more sustainable healthcare and improve outcomes.

Richard Vincent, CEO of FundamentalVR, discusses the importance of providing diverse offerings for different surgical training use cases.