Dr. Maheshwara Rao Appannan of Malaysia's Ministry of Health uses HIMSS benchmarks as guidance for advancing digital health maturity with the goals of increasing health equity and economic gains while improving patient outcomes.
Siloed data and integration issues are some common challenges in implementing emerging technologies, notes Tan Bin Ru, president of Enterprise Digital at ST Engineering.
The validation is part of Tungs' Taichung MetroHarbor Hospital's digital transformation, says Chief Superintendent Dr Min-Che Tung.
Clinicians at public health service Western Health used to spend up to 17 minutes on average to retrieve medical records per patient, shares Digital Health Division Director Lily Liu.
Transforming into a smart hospital does not mean losing its human touch, says Dr Chi-heum Cho, president of Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center in South Korea.
The new HIMSS AMAM24 provides a fresh, comprehensive approach to analytics maturity, says HIMSS senior digital health advisor Widi Salim.
Kyung Hee University Medical Center is working to introduce solutions to analyse multi-institutional health and medical data, shares Professor Sang Youl-Rhee.
Private group CareClinics recently signed a memorandum of understanding with HIMSS to help raise Malaysian primary care to global digital standards, says CareClinics CEO Dr Thirunavukarasu Rajoo.
National Institute of Health director Dr Hyun-Young Park shares their work on providing researchers access to population-level health data.
Inha University Hospital CEO Tack Lee envisions a region-wide cooperation of hospitals with technology enabling a coordinated patient transfer system.
Data of around six million patients are currently being vectorised as part of this development, according to Medical Science and Information Unit head Dr Sang-Heon Lee.
Private hospital chain Narayana Health in India is currently focused on bringing every stakeholder into its growing digital ecosystem, shares IT VP Jagadeesh Ramasamy.
