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Patient experience cannot be overlooked when driving innovation, as global patient advocate Michael Seres discovered – and his legacy will be continued with the HIMSS Global Patient Innovator Award, says his wife, Justine Seres, director, 11 Health.

Switching cardiology patients to Bluetooth-enabled medical devices that send data to patient portals is helping to reduce chronic care complexities, says Sutter Health CCIO Dr. Richard Milani and Patient Experience R&D lead Trevor Berceau.

Lessons healthcare can learn from other industries and countries that employ biometrics to address patient matching —the ability to link records for the same individual held in different locations and a perennial problem in healthcare.